Policing and Learning | Research Degrees

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Award Award	Duration Duration	Start dates Start dates	Application Application
PhD (MPhil also available) PhD (MPhil also available)	Full-time: 3–4 years Part-time: 6–8 years Full-time: 3–4 years Part-time: 6–8 years	February and October February and October	March to June (February start) October to January (October start) March to June (February start) October to January (October start)

The Centre for Policing Research and Learning (CPRL) is a collaboration between The Open University and 20 UK police forces to create and use knowledge to improve policing through research, learning and knowledge exchange. The Centre is located in The Open University Business School but it works with academics in all of the faculties within The Open University. More information on CPRL can be found on the Centre’s own website. The Centre accepts PhD students who are full or part-time and also provides advice to officers and staff from member forces about PhD study in all faculties within the University.

Minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent). If you are not a UK citizen, you may need to prove your knowledge of English.

We can facilitate policing-related research across all OU faculties. The Centre conducts research in four main areas of activity:

UK fee UK fee	International fee International fee
Full-time: £5,006 per year Full-time: £5,006 per year	Full-time: £12,705 per year Full-time: £12,705 per year
Part-time: £2,503 per year Part-time: £2,503 per year	Part-time: £6,353 per year Part-time: £6,353 per year

Some of our research students are funded via The Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership or the Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership; some are funded by University studentships; others are self-funded.

For detailed information about fees and funding, visit Fees and studentships.

To see current funded studentship vacancies across all research areas, see Current studentships.

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