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The Centre for Policing Research and Learning have identified a number of online Structured Honours Degrees (BSc or BA) that can be studied part-time or full-time, aimed at specific police-related subjects. Alternatively, police officers and staff can select specific modules of interest, that when combined can form an Open Degree Qualification that is unique for their interests.

Obtaining a Degree can enhance CDP and enable the learner to progress to higher levels of study, thus creating further career opportunities within the Police.

Structured Honours Degrees (BSc or BA)

BA (Honours) Business Management

How do businesses develop strategies, handle risk and take decisions? What’s involved in functions such as marketing, accounting and finance? This innovative degree is firmly rooted in your own experience. You’ll investigate how organisations think and work, how they’re managed, and the external world in which they operate. You can focus entirely on business management, or choose to specialise within the subject areas of accounting, economics, leadership practice, innovation and enterprise or marketing.

Duration: 6 years (Part time)
Course code: Q91

BA (Honours) Business Management (Innovation and Enterprise)

What roles do innovators and entrepreneurs play? How do you negotiate creative solutions to ‘real world’ problems? What makes for a convincing new venture proposal? In this specialist route available in our BA (Honours) Business Management degree, you will develop an interdisciplinary perspective on the management of business organisations and a distinctive combination of skills, knowledge and understanding around innovation, enterprise and related fields such as creativity and design. On completion, you will be able to apply your learning to tackle economic, social and environmental challenges and pursue varied career opportunities in tech start-ups, social enterprises, corporations and public sector organisations.

Duration: 6 years (Part time)
Course code: Q91-ie

BA (Honours) Business Management (Leadership Practice)

What makes good leadership? What are the issues you might face in leading organisations, and how can you practice leadership in an ethical and responsible manner? In this specialist route available in our BA (Honours) Business Management degree, you will develop an interdisciplinary perspective on the management of business organisations and build specialised knowledge and skills in leadership and change management. On completion of your degree, you will be equipped with the necessary skills to use and apply leadership practices and concepts in the workplace, and will acquire a wide range of transferable management skills.

Duration: 6 years (Part time)
Course code: Q91-lp

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