This full day Conference was jointly organised by ProPEL (Professional Practice, Education and Learning) and SIPR.

The event aimed to help inform and contribute to current discussions about the future direction of police education and professionalism in Scotland and included presentations that offered insights into experiences of England and Wales, Europe and the US as well providing opportunities for discussion about developments in Scotland.

Powerpoints and podcasts from this event are shown below.

• • Professor Tara Fenwick (Director of ProPEL and Associate Director, SIPR) : Welcome and Introduction
    PowerPoint Presentation… [0.3 Mb]
    Podcast [5 minutes, 2.1 Mb]

• Professor Nick Fyfe (Director, SIPR): Police Professionalism, Education and Learning -the context, the timing, and the issues
  Podcast [9minutes, 3.3 Mb]
• Dr Steve Tong (Canterbury Christ Church University): Police education in England and Wales: a changing landscape
  PowerPoint Presentation… [0.2 Mb]
  Podcast [34 minutes, 11.9 Mb]
• Professor Sofie de Kimpe (Free University of Brussels): Towards a European Police Education system: A view from Brussels
  PowerPoint Presentation… [4.2 Mb]
  Podcast [37 minutes, 13.1 Mb]
• Discussion Group – Q&A
  Podcast [33 minutes, 12.1 Mb]
• Supt. David Moffat (Police Scotland): Pathways to Policing in Scotland
  PowerPoint and Podcast Files – Restricted Circulation only
• Professor Tara Fenwick (Director of ProPEL and Associate Director, SIPR): New demands and dilemmas for professionals: implications for rethinking policing education and learning
  PowerPoint Presentation… [1.6 Mb]
  Podcast [28 minutes, 9.8 Mb]
• Dr Richard Heslop (West Yorkshire Police): Comparing UK and US models of police education: the danger of McDonaldising police professionalism
  PowerPoint Presentation… [0.25 Mb]
  Podcast [30 minutes, 10.5 Mb]
• Discussion Group – Feedback
  Podcast [10 minutes, 3.4 Mb]
• Ch Supt John Pow (Police Scotland): Leadership and Professional Development, Police Scotland Future directions for professional development in Police Scotland
  Podcast [18 minutes, 6.4 Mb]
• Dr Gill Robinson (Scottish Prison Service, former HM Chief Inspector of Education for Scotland): Personal reflections: key messages of the day
  PowerPoint Presentation… [1.0 Mb]
  Podcast [21 minutes, 7.3 Mb]

For further details, please contact the Business and Knowledge Transfer Manager, Tim Heilbronn (t.d.heilbronn@dundee.ac.uk)