DA6091 - Integrated End Point Assessment (PCDA)

On this module you will be supported to learn in three key ways:
i) You will attend classroom-based lectures, seminars, and workshops that will enhance your knowledge and understanding of the practices and principles of conducting research.
ii) You will be allocated an academic project supervisor who will support you through the process of completing your project as you work through it.
iii) You will also work independently on your project, searching out relevant literature, resources, information, and data.

You will be supported throughout your project by your academic supervisor and tutors through interactive lectures and seminars with regular opportunities for question-and-answer sessions, together with group tutorials during the completion of your research project. In addition, you will be able to access one-to-one tutorials with your project supervisor who will guide you through the research process and will support you in the completion of the ethical scrutiny and final project. You will be able to arrange supervision session via email or Teams.

In addition to your intellectual development, you will receive support from your peers in the classroom, from your module tutor/s and your project supervisor throughout the module.

If you have any further or specific learning needs then do discuss this with the module leader at the earliest opportunity.

All modules at Northumbria include a range of reading materials that students are expected to engage with. The reading list for this module can be found at: http://readinglists.northumbria.ac.uk
(Reading List service online guide for academic staff this containing contact details for the Reading List team – http://library.northumbria.ac.uk/readinglists)

Knowledge & Understanding (K&U):  
1. You will develop an extensive knowledge of a particular topic (including an analytical understanding relevant theory and concepts) related to theory and practice of professional policing.


Intellectual/Professional skills & abilities (IPSA): 
2. You will develop and demonstrate rigorous and robust research skills, including an understanding of ethics in social research.

3. You will develop an ability to understand, evaluate and critique the research of scholars of professional policing.


Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity) (PVA): 

4. You will be able to take responsibility for independent learning and enquiry and understand the importance of professionalism and ethics in policing research.

There are three components to the summative assessment which form part of the End Point Assessment:

Assessed Component One: Evidence-based research project of 10,000 words including an executive summary. MLOs 1, 2, 3 (K5-8, S3, S8-10*)

Assessed Component Two: An individual oral presentation and panel discussion.

The oral presentation will focus upon the completion of the evidence-based research project and will last 30 minutes. The presentation should include critical analysis and reflection on the foundation provided by operational competence; the application of higher-level Knowledge, Skills, and Behaviours to the role of police constable; how the findings from the research project could be synthesised into operational practice, with some demonstration of key learning points including improvements or adjustments to own or others working practices. MLOs 1, 2, 3 (S12, S13, B1-6*).

The panel discussion takes place between the student officer, academic staff, police trainers, and the Independent Assessor. It will focus on how the student officer’s acquisition of academic and professional Knowledge, Skills, and Behaviour throughout the duration of the programme underpins their work as an operational police constable. The discussion should last 30-40 minutes. MLO 4


Assessed Component Three (an integral and critical part of the End-point Assessment): A professional discussion with an Independent Assessor based upon the student officers’ OCP (K1-4, S1-11, B1-6*).

Assessment criteria and grade-related criteria will be made available to you to support you in completing assessments, including End Point Assessment grading criteria. Grade-related descriptors are descriptions of the level of skills, knowledge and/or attributes that you need to demonstrate in order achieve a certain grade or mark in an assessment, providing a mechanism by which the quality of an assessment can be measured and placed within the overall set of marks.

(*) As detailed below, ‘Module Apprenticeship Standards’

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Integrated End Point Assessment is an independent assessment of whether you have developed the Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours in the apprenticeship standard throughout your three years on your PCDA programme. There are three components to your EPA. A work-related Evidence-Based Research Project, a Professional Discussion, and a Panel Presentation and Discussion. For the work-related Evidence Based Research Project you will apply academic knowledge and research skills to practical challenges in contemporary policing. You will pursue an independent project researching a selected topic that you will experience during a period of Deployment that precedes this module. You will understand ethical considerations in relation to conducting research and in addressing the topic, you will demonstrate understanding of the overall strategic context of policing and professional practice.