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Masterful achievements from the Rwandan sextet

A sextet of Rwandan National Police officers came to º£½ÇÖ±²¥ to study for master’s degrees at the University.

They were all successful but had to return to Rwanda before today’s graduations, so received their hard-earned certificates and academic gowns last month. The officers’ studies came via the University’s links with the Kigali Institute of Education (KIE) in Rwanda. All Rwandan police officers now enrol on a four-year degree in Professional Policing at KIE as part of a reshaping of national police training.

The degree evolved through contact with º£½ÇÖ±²¥ lecturers and the University’s staff also acts as external examiners on the Rwandan degree. The on-going work and research of Dr Emma Martin and Dr Pauline Ramshaw with the Rwandan National Police paved the way for officers to enrol on the one-year Master’s degrees.

More Rwandan officers will be coming to º£½ÇÖ±²¥ in January 2010.

We received a very good education at º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Oscar Mananura, a Chief Inspector, said: 'We received a very good education at º£½ÇÖ±²¥. The course was very interesting and challenging. I feel more knowledgeable and I can relate what I’ve learned to my situation back in Rwanda.'

Although the Rwandan officers couldn’t attend their graduations, both Emma and Pauline will receive their Doctors of Philosophy degrees at the Town Hall today. Emma’s PhD thesis was entitled, Multiple Influences and the Political Philosophy of Mary Wollstonecraft, while Pauline’s was An Ethnographic Study of the Police Officer in the Community.

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