Programme Guide 2015/16 MA Criminal Justice PG Cert Advanced Policing Studies Liverpool John Moores University Table of Contents Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Welcome to Liverpool John Moores University ............................................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction to your programme ...................................................................................................................................................................... 4 What you need to know about your programme .............................................................................................................................................. 6 Using technology to enhance your learning ................................................................................................................................................ 8 Timetabling and attendance ....................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Your Personal Tutor ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Key contacts ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 11 Modules ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 You and LJMU.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 16 Libraries ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Student Advice and Wellbeing Services ....................................................................................................................................................... 19 Submitting coursework ................................................................................................................................................................................. 21 Marking criteria ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 21 Feedback strategy ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 22 Fairness, consistency and standards ............................................................................................................................................................ 23 The role of external examiners ................................................................................................................................................................. 23 Progression and Classification...................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Referrals/deferrals ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 24 Assessment boards ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 How you will get your results ........................................................................................................................................................................ 25 Academic misconduct ................................................................................................................................................................................... 26 The Student Voice ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 27 Student representation and getting involved ............................................................................................................................................. 27 Change Liverpool ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 27 What is the Board of Study? ..................................................................................................................................................................... 28 Liverpool Student Union ............................................................................................................................................................................... 29 Appendix – Programme Specification ........................................................................................................................................................... 31 2 Welcome A welcome Welcome to Liverpool John Moores University from the Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) offers you an exceptional postgraduate experience, founded on high quality teaching, ground-breaking research and extensive links with employers, entrepreneurs and business Vice-Chancellor leaders. Scholarship, research and learning are at the very heart of everything we do. It drives the curriculum and is the foundation of our interaction with industry, Professor Nigel business and the community. LJMU is renowned for its open and happy academic community. Diversity is valued. Endeavour is supported. Achievement is celebrated. The search for deeper understanding in whatever field you have chosen to specialise in is enormously important and you will Weatherill be encouraged to fulfil your potential while you are a student at the University. More importantly, you will receive every opportunity to ensure that, wherever possible, your learning has a meaningful outcome – whether that be finding rewarding employment, embarking on further research or starting your own enterprise. But above all we want you to enjoy the journey. Discovery at the highest level of learning should be fascinating and absorbing, and I can guarantee that at LJMU, you will be working alongside some of the best academics in their field; they enjoy what they do and they pursue their own research and learning with a passion and enthusiasm that permeates the whole University. Everyone at LJMU is here to help you achieve your ambitions for the future. We are a university rich in resources, facilities, expertise and support. So make sure you take advantage of every opportunity that comes your way and please don’t be afraid to ask for help and advice should you need it. Liverpool John Moores University Page 3 Professor Nigel Weatherill Vice-Chancellor Introduction to your programme Welcome to Liverpool John Moores University and more specifically welcome to the PG Cert in Advanced Policing Studies. This handbook has been designed with the needs of PG Cert in Advanced Policing Studies students in clear focus and throughout your time with us this resource should be used as your first port of call for any queries you may have about the programme and its operation. You'll find sections in this handbook that explain to you how the course is organised, what you’ll study, and how you can go about identifying and contacting members of the Policing Studies team who are here to help you through your studies. You'll also find essential information about the workings of the wider University and Faculty structures, information about the Students Union, and of different ways you can involve yourself in University life whilst a student of the institution. I therefore encourage you to have a read and store this handbook for future and continued reference throughout the course. In terms of the PG Cert in Advanced Policing Studies programme you are the first cohort to enrol on the programme at a point in time when the University, Merseyside Police and the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside are engaged in really meaningful collaboration. The impetus for the programme’s development has been the awarding of joint College of Policing and HEFCE funding to LJMU through the Police Knowledge Fund. The LJMU bid - one of only 14 successful bids of 72 submitted - formally established a collaboration between LJMU, the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside, and Merseyside Police to work together to develop the research capacity of Merseyside Police. The £10m funding opportunity offered by the College of Policing is representative of a wider shift in emphasis around the enhanced integration of research into policy and practice development within policing. In addressing these challenges the