UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE
Programme Specification
This Programme Specification provides a concise summary of the main features of the
programme and the learning outcomes that a typical student might reasonably be expected
to achieve and demonstrate if he/she takes full advantage of the learning opportunities that
are provided.
Sources of information on the programme can be found in Section
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1. Awarding Institution / Body
University of Central Lancashire
2. Teaching Institution and
Location of Delivery
University of Central Lancashire
3. University Department/Centre
School of Management
4. External Accreditation
N/A
5. Title of Final Award
MSc Leadership in Policing
6. Modes of Attendance offered
Part-time, Full-time, Block Delivery, Mixed Delivery
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7. UCAS Code
N/A
8. Relevant Subject
Benchmarking Group(s)
Business and Management (General)
9. Other external influences
College of Policing
10. Date of production/revision of
this form
April 2014
11. Aims of the Programme
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to provide you with a postgraduate career development programme in leadership in
policing that will enable you to achieve learning outcomes at a level appropriate for
the award of an MSc from the University
to provide you with the opportunity to develop your critical understanding of
leadership in a policing context and its constituent processes from both a theoretical
and practical perspective.
to enable you to critically review and integrate your existing work experience with
your postgraduate studies within an intensive process of leadership development
to provide you with a learning experience which will enable you to enhance your
career potential, personal and professional effectiveness, and performance in
employment in the field of leadership in a policing context
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12. Learning Outcomes, Teaching, Learning and Assessment Methods
A. Knowledge and Understanding
A1: to communicate a knowledge, understanding and critical evaluation of the body of
knowledge and research relating to leadership in a policing context including leadership
theory and practice, personal leadership style and its relationship to organisational
performance; the theoretical and organisational context of leadership.
A2: to communicate a knowledge, understanding and critical evaluation of social science
research methodologies and methods in their application to the leadership and policing
environment.
A3: To communicate knowledge, understanding and critical evaluation of strategy and its
relationship to leadership within an organisational context and personal leadership
approaches.
Teaching and Learning Methods
Lectures, plenary and small group discussion; case study analysis; background reading and
research; guest speakers.
Assessment methods
Essays, reports, research tasks, presentations.
B. Subject-specific skills
B1: To collect and analyse information in order to synthesise it into a form that enables
complex leadership in policing situations to be evaluated and addressed.
B2: To understand and be able apply appropriate techniques and skills to allow detailed
investigation into relevant leadership in policing issues.
B3. Demonstrate skills in competent practical leadership skills in complex policing situations
benefitting the public, the profession, and personal development
B4. Demonstrate appropriate techniques and skills to allow detailed investigation into
relevant leadership in policing issues and complementary skills required to contribute to and
influence development and evaluation of evidence based practice in the context of the
current changing policing policy and external demands and expectations
B5. Adapt methods of learning under guidance and independently, to meet new public and
government led demands relevant to policing.
B6: To critically analyse and apply leadership tools, techniques and models to analyse and
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address issues and problems faced within complex policing and to enable their evaluation
and solution definition.
B7: To exercise judgment as to the appropriateness and potential value of concepts, models
and paradigms to the understanding and management of police organisations from a
leadership perspective.
Teaching and Learning Methods
Lectures, exercises, plenary and small group discussion; case study and video analysis;
background reading
Assessment methods
Essays, reports, individual and group case study analyses; research tasks; presentations
C. Thinking Skills
C1: to engage in postgraduate level academic study and learning within the field of
leadership in policing.
C2: to critically review your work experience to date in the light of contemporary knowledge
and understanding of leadership in policing.
C3: to plan, implement and report on an extended programme of individual research in a
contemporary leadership in policing issue, problem or field of study.
Teaching and Learning Methods
Lectures and discussion; critical reviews of academic writing; reflective learning activities
Assessment methods
Individual essays and reports; critical review of academic writing; reflective learning reports
D. Other skills relevant to employability and personal development
D1. to apply key personal, social, technical and other transferable skills relevant to
employment within a leadership context, including communication, team-working, and critical
and creative thinking.
D2: to be able to learn through reflection on practice and experience in order to facilitate
your personal and professional development.
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Teaching and Learning Methods
Lectures, plenary and small group discussions, presentations, investigative tasks, reflective
learning activities, action learning sets.
Assessment methods
Essays, reports and oral presentations, case study analyses, reflective learning reports
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13. Programme Structures*
Level
Module
Code
Module Title
14. Awards and Credits*
Credit
rating
Compulsory
Level 7
MSc Leadership in Policing
HR4023
Leadership: Personal
Development in an
Organisational Context
20
HR4029
Strategic Leadership
Perspectives in an
Organisational Context
20
Research Methods for
Crime and Criminal
Justice
20
FZ4707
MSc Dissertation
60
HR4030
Leadership in Policing
Dissertation
60
FZ4701
Postgraduate Diploma
Requires 120 credits at level 7
Postgraduate Certificate
Requires 60 credits at level 7
Options
FZ4719
Operational Leadership
20
FZ4704
The Ethics of Criminal
Investigation and Policing
20
FZ4718
Employment Law: Theory
and Practice
20
HR4028
Personal Leadership
Development as a
Strategic Manager
10
HR4032
Strategic Planning
10
MD4061
Management Coaching
Skills
20
IR4021
Globalisation and Policing
20
HR4033
Leadership and Change
20
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Requires 180 credits at Level 7
HR4034
Leadership Development
through Coaching
20
HR4035|
Alternative dispute
resolution: Managing
conflict in the workplace
20
15. Personal Development Planning
A supported PDP process commences with a briefing during the Postgraduate Certificate
induction programme. For students who are engaged in concurrent part-time higher
education alongside their full-time employment, the opportunity to continuously relate their
studies with their work experience is a powerful vehicle for fostering their own personal
development. Students are also expected to utilise the University ‘Skills Learning Resources’
website; discussions with their personal tutor; draw on modules in terms of curriculum,
teaching/learning/assessment strategies; the dissertation process; University careers advice
service website; extra-curricular experiences and to maintain a PDP file.
16. Admissions criteria
Programme Specifications include minimum entry requirements, including academic
qualifications, together with appropriate experience and skills required for entry to study.
These criteria may be expressed as a range rather than a specific grade. Amendments to
entry requirements may have been made after these documents were published and you
should consult the University’s website for the most up to date information.
Students will be informed of their personal minimum entry criteria in their offer letter.
Admission is based on a holistic review of each candidate’s work experience and
educational qualifications in order to assess their ability to benefit from the Programme. It is
anticipated that admissions to the Postgraduate Diploma stage of the course will usually
come through the Postgraduate Certificate, Leadership in Management or other relevant
programmes.
Candidates normally have at least 2 years of relevant and appropriate work experience.
In terms of the minimum educational qualifications, an HND/C or Foundation Degree or
equivalent professional body qualification is typically sought
Candidates without the above educational qualifications but with appropriate managerial,
administrative, technical or professional experience will also be considered for the
Programme
Candidates may also be accepted directly from relevant degree programmes and may be
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subject to interview to discuss future career trajectory.
17. Key sources of information about the programme
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LBS Part-time Postgraduate brochure and web-site
UCLan Open Days
Lancashire and Cumbria Police Force marketing
Marketing Information sheet
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18. Curriculum Skills Map
Module
Code
Module Title
Leadership: Personal
Development in an
HR4023 Organisational Context
Comp
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Research Methods for Crime
FZ4701 and Criminal Justice
Comp
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Strategic Leadership
Perspectives in an
HR4029 Organisational Context
Comp
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Subject-specific Skills
A3
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B1
Thinking Skills
B2
C1
C2 C3
Other skills relevant to
employability and
personal development
D1
D2
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Level
Compulsory Knowledge and
(Comp),Core Understanding
(C) or Option
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A1
A2
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FZ4707
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MSc Dissertation
Leadership in Policing
HR4030 Dissertation
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Comp
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