Archive September 2016

Become an EMPAC Fellow

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DEADLINE FOR APPLYING FOR AN EMPAC FELLOWSHIP HAS NOW PASSED.   There has been much excited interest in Fellowships and we are pleased to announce that EMPAC has opened its Fellowship programme and applicants are now invited to apply. Fellowships open up an extra opportunity for anyone…

De Montfort University launch cybercrime and online security survey

EMPAC’s Serious Organised Crime network, based at De Montfort University have launched a survey that aims to explore peoples’ beliefs about cybercrime and online security. Get involved with EMPAC’s research by completing the survey by clicking the link below: Cybercrime and online security survey The survey takes about 30 minutes to…

Feature: EMPAC is a Research, Innovation and Enterprise zone

Research, Innovation and Enterprise are central to what policing in the East Midlands is all about. EMSOU has been hailed as the best example of collaborative working of its type in the UK. Now, EMPAC is actively researching in several areas to discover new ways of doing things or responding…

BLOG: What’s in a name?

Whilst meeting people in our region one question that has popped up is – what’s the difference between ‘knowledge’ (as in the Police knowledge Fund), ‘evidence’ (as in EBP / evidence based policing) and ‘research’. What’s in a name? Perhaps we shouldn’t get bogged down in labels – but understandably…