This opportunity is for Postgraduate Researchers who began receiving Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) funding in or after Autumn 2024 to undertake a Research in Practice (RinP) placement as part of their studentship.
Key Placement Information
Closing Date
Friday 13th February 2026, 17:00 UK time
Start Date
The placement will start no sooner than 1st April 2026 and no later than 1st July 2026
Duration
3-months
Full-time or Part-time
Full-time preferred, but flexible
In Person, Online or Hybrid
Online
Job Sector
Public
Project Areas
Review, Report, Recommend, Present
How to Apply
Submit a CV and cover letter
Project Description
The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) is the body that brings UK police leaders together to set direction in policing and drive progress for the public. Located within the NPCC coordination structure, the Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee Programme Team is working collaboratively with the Home Office and College of Policing to deliver the Government’s Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee as part of the Safer Streets Mission.
This placement will involve reviewing and synthesising existing evidence on how town centres become vibrant places where people want to live, work and spend time, and the role of partner agencies, communities and neighbourhood policing in this.
You will have considerable scope to influence national policy and practice for neighbourhood policing. Your work will have a particular focus on the Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee (NPG) framework and theory of change model outcomes, and you would review evidence that is relevant to these documents to inform debate and decision making in these areas.
You would conduct systematic searches for existing research studies and relevant evidence which you would review and synthesise using the NPG documentation as direction. The expected output would be a report presenting the synthesised evidence/literature and conclusions on the subject of “what makes a safer town centre”, identifying “what works” and aligning this to the NPG framework, and providing recommendations for neighbourhood policing to apply this learning.
Please note you must be a current PhD student studying at a Policing Academic Centres of Excellence university (University of Leeds, University of York or Manchester Metropolitan) to be eligible to apply.
View further details, including how to apply: NPCC Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee Programme Team - Placement Opportunity
Please note this opportunity has been advertised across multiple Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs).
