News

Helen joins the Centre as a Research Fellow working with Emma Williams on a Government funded evaluation of police-led drug diversion schemes, specifically with the Thames Valley Police

We are pleased to announce the Annual Report 2022 for the Centre for Policing Research and Learning, at The Open University.

We are seeking to appoint a Research Fellow to work collaboratively with police practitioners and with academics on multi-disciplinary research projects.

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Have you experienced violence or abuse from a partner or family member?  Did the case go ahead without your support or without you giving evidence?

The year 1 report for Operation Soteria Bluestone has recently been published.

Leading up to and during the Festival of Impact we ran a poster presentation competition, with submissions from both academics and CPRL police partners on the Festival theme of impact. Congratulations goes to poster competition winner, Jennifer Norman!

Clare Rawdin joins the Centre as a research assistant on the Operation Soteria Bluestone project (Embedding Officer learning and wellbeing in rape investigations).

Herval joins the Centre as a Research Assistant working on the Review of the National Learning Network, as part of the “Embedding Officer learning and wellbeing in rape investigations” (Operation Soteria Bluestone) project.

Professor Jean Hartley (CPRL Academic Director), along with co-writers, has had the book "Valuing Public Innovation - Contributions to Theory and Practice, by Rolf Rønning, Jean Hartley, Lars Fuglsang and Karin Gueijen" published by Palgrave Macmillan in October.

Paul Wilson has recently taken up an interim role as Senior Manager, Partnerships and Operations in the Centre for Policing Research and Learning (CPRL).