Policing students get their degrees
Churchill Living, said: “These awards recognise an unwavering commitment to creating homes of the highest standard and are testament to the hard work of Tom, his team and subcontractor partners.
“The housing and construction market has seen a difficult couple of years, but the commitment of our teams to deliver the best possible apartments for our customers has not diminished. My thanks go to Tom and his team at Thackeray Lodge for taking pride in the job and delivering an exceptional development for local over 60s to enjoy.”
Tom said: “I am over the moon to receive such a prestigious award within our industry, and to be recognised for doing my job and building apartments to an exceptional standard.
“Winning a Pride in the Job award is not easy and cannot be done alone. I am incredibly lucky to have a hard-working team around me who all share my determination and dedication to ensuring a high quality product for our owners at Thackeray Lodge.”
University of Portsmouth
The University of Portsmouth has welcomed more 50 policing students at this year's graduation ceremony.
Police officers from Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Constabulary, Surrey Police and Sussex Police attended the event to celebrate the student’s success in achieving their policing degrees.
The students have all completed the BSC Professional Policing Practice course, also known as the Police Constable
Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA). Police students study this course as part of a degree apprenticeship.
The PCDA has been heralded as the biggest change to police training in decades. New recruits enrol on a three-year degree course led by the Police Education Consortium.
The Consortium is formed by the partnership of four universities - Portsmouth, Middlesex, Canterbury Christ Church and Cumbria. The consortium has a contract to deliver the PCDA with three forces – Surrey and Sussex Police Forces and Hampshire Constabulary. This was the first graduation for the Hampshire Police student cohort.
Steve Woliter, Programme Lead on the PCDA programme at the university, said: “This is a fantastic achievement for these officers, on day one of their policing careers they become not only a fullyfledged police officers but also university students who undertake academic study whilst working as an operational police officer. The Police Education Team at Portsmouth are delighted that so many of these students achieve a first-class honour, you could see the delight on the students' faces as they celebrated today with family, friends and policing colleagues.”
The event was also attended by senior staff from each police organisation, Assistant Chief Office Gemma GAIR from Hampshire Constabulary and Joy Chant, Head of Learning for Surrey and Sussex Police were present on stage for the graduation and later read citations for students who were awarded prizes this year.
Prize winners:
PC Becky Marshall, from Hampshire Constabulary, won Most Inspirational Student across all programmes within the School of Criminology 2024
PC Elinor Williams won Hampshire Constabulary Student of the Year 2024