The Essential Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship EPA Handbook

An essential handbook for all those involved in the Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA), guiding student officers through the End Point Assessment (EPA). In a supportive and easy-to-read format, it provides invaluable advice around this complex process.

Suitable for police officer apprentices, police trainers, university lecturing staff and independent assessors, it ensures learners fully understand the requirements of the EPA and how best to meet these, providing support throughout their PCDA programme and enabling them to pass first time and achieve the highest possible grade. It is also a valuable tool ensuring all involved have the required knowledge and understading of the EPA at the start of and during the programme. Examples of good practice, case studies and opportunities for critical self-reflection help develop key academic study skills. It also takes a collaborative, learner-focused approach with reference to the employer (police force), the training provider (university) and the apprentice.

Sharon Gander has extensive experience in police education, including training new police officer recruits for West Midlands, West Mercia and Warwickshire Police. She is a senior lecturer in policing at Sheffield Hallam University and was previously a course leader for Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA) programmes for West Midlands Police at Staffordshire University. Sharon is also an Independent EPA Assessor at Northumbria University, and sits as a board member of the Police Education Qualification Framework (PEQF) Initial Policing Education Board for the College of Policing.