Routes into Criminal Justice Stamford Court,

Wednesday 17th February 2016, 2-5pm

Hosted by the Department of Criminology

EVENT PROGRAMME

1.50-2pm Registration

2.00-2.10pm Introduction—Tammy Ayres, Department of Criminology

2.10-3.00pm Guest speakers

3.00-3.40pm Employer exhibition and refreshments

3.40-4.40pm Organised speed networking with Alumni

4.40-5.00pm Event Close

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Employer Exhibition 3-3.40pm

The University of Leicester is delighted to host Jeremy Bullock and his colleague from HMRC’s Criminal Investigation Team. Jeremy will be discussing the work of the Organised and Volume Crime teams as well as highlighting opportunities for graduates to join the organisation.

As Midlands Operation Manager for Catch 22, Lisa Widdowson will introduce the work of the leading youth charity and highlight some fantastic opportunities for students to secure paid employment over the summer.

The Leicestershire Youth Offending Service is a multi disciplinary team which aims to prevent offending by children and young people aged 10 -17.

TwentyTwenty is dedicated to a mission of helping disadvantaged, disengaged, and extremely hard-to-reach young people (aged 11-24) to succeed in educa-tion, thrive in their personal lives, and achieve long term employment.

Victim First is a free, independent and confidential service designed to ensure that the needs of the victim are first and foremost at every stage of the justice process.

The Bridge (Homelessness to Hope) is a small, registered charity providing food, warmth, shelter and companionship to homeless and needy people in Leicester.

Catch22 delivers National Citizen Service: a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that helps young people build skills for work and life. NCS runs in the spring, summer and autumn. Young people have a short time away from home and take part in a team project that will help out in their community.

Warning Zone is an interactive centre which encourages young people to explore issues around risk, peer pressure, anti-social behaviour and personal responsibility.

The Advance to Go project supports adults of all ages, but with a particular focus on those between 18 – 24 years old, who fall outside of the usual statutory support provision, for example; those who have received custodial sentences of 12 months or less.

Guest Speakers 2.10-3pm

A chance for students to network and find out about volunteering opportunities.

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Alumni Guests 3.40-4.40pm

Adam Irwin:

Strategic Relations Manager - National Crime Agency

Degree: Police Leadership and Management MSc

Adam joined the Police service in 2004, soon after completing his Sixth Form studies. In 2013, he was selected to join the NCA on a scheme designed to develop talented individuals to become the NCA’s future leaders. Adam opted for post-graduate study to underpin his operational experience with academic substance. Graduating in 2015, his studies were accomplished around challenging and often unpredictable professional commitments. Since completing his MSc, Adam’s professional portfolio has further diversified. Following personal nomination by the NCA’s Director General, Adam is now participating in a high-profile public servant development and mentoring programme with the Westminster Abbey Institute.

Laura Barber:

Academic Education Manager— ICAEW

Degree: Criminology BA

Since graduating with a first in 2009, Laura has worked for the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW) - a world leading

professional membership organisation responsible for one of the most

highly respected professional qualifications, the ACA. Laura started by

temping for 6 months, before being promoted into Learning & Professional Development, specifically looking after university relations and academic partnerships. Laura manages over 160 clients, and has been involved in the development and marketing of several high profile strategic degree

programmes, as well as also undertaking the organisation of international Partners in Learning conferences each year.

Laura Knight:

Director—Institute for Public Safety, Crime and Justice

Degree: Criminology PhD

Laura began her career at Northamptonshire Police in 2008, working in research, analysis and policy roles, leading work on understanding police performance, crime, public perceptions and experience of policing. Laura moved to work for the Northamptonshire Police and Crime Commissioner in November 2012, with a portfolio across victim services, translation of research evidence into practice, faith-based and community initiatives and commissioning. Laura became the Director of the Institute for Public Safety, Crime and Justice in May 2015 and is undertaking PhD research into policing faith communities which is due to complete in 2016.

Students will have the opportunity to meet alumni as part of a speed networking activity.

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Laila Waters:

Private Secretary - Home Office (Immigration) Degree: Law LLB Graduating in 2005 Laila began work for the Home Office as an asylum caseowner interviewing asylum applicants and defending the decision at appeal stage at the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal. Her next role was Removals Manager in a Local Immigration Team responsible for the removal of those with no right to be in the UK, she also achieved her LPC during this time. Laila then moved to work in Westminster for a crisis management team, handling media requests, ministerial appearances, speeches and supporting the operational response to critical incidents including the Algeria hostage crisis in 2013 when gunmen attacked a gas plant deep in the Sahara desert. More recently she has been involved in immigration strategy and working on the Home Office contribution to the Prime Minister’s Immigration Task Force. Her current role is Private Secretary to Oliver Robbins the Second Permanent Secretary at the Home Office.

Sam Baker:

Operations Change Manager— Tesco PLC Degree: Criminology BA After leaving university, Sam joined the Tesco graduate scheme whilst also maintaining his commitments with West Midlands Police as a Special Constable. On completion of the graduate scheme Sam moved into operations as Delivery Manager, responsible for a team of 100 delivery drivers across central and west London. More recently, he has been involved in the largest project at Tesco, transforming an old distribution centre into a modern day, automated general merchandise fulfilment centre capable of serving 250,000 products a day. Now, Sam leads a team of 9 Managers and a team of 300 people who are accountable for the inbound operations at the centre, successfully managing their first Black Friday and Christmas.

Sarah Ross: Project Coordinator—Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, Northamptonshire Police Degree: Clinical Criminology MSc Since graduation, Sarah accepted an internship with the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Northamptonshire. What began as a six month Internship turned into a full time role which has allowed her to work in and around the victim’s agenda for Northamptonshire. She has just taken up a new role with Hertfordshire Police working as a Crime Officer. In 2014 she attested as a Special Constable with Northamptonshire Police and continues to volunteer as a Police Response Officer in her spare time.

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Adam Sprague:

CEOP Investigator- National Crime Agency Degree: Criminology BA Adam graduated with a 2:1 in Criminology from the University of Leicester in 2012. In 2013 he joined the National Crime Agency (NCA) and is now an investigator within the CEOP Command of the NCA. The remit of CEOP Command is specifically the national response to the threat of Child Sexual Exploitation and abuse (CSEA). Throughout his time at NCA-CEOP he has worked on a number of cases, including Operation NOTARISE which made national press in July 2014 following the arrest of 660 suspects.

Katie Kwok:

Senior Forensic Psychologist— Leicestershire NHS Partnership Trust Degree: Psychology BSc and Forensic Psychology MSc Katie’s current role is Senior Forensic Psychologist in a Low Secure Unit at Glenfield Hospital, working with female and male inpatients as well as community-based patients. Their patients are mentally disordered and are a risk to others. She has also guest lectured at the University of Leicester on the undergraduate criminology course as well as the clinical criminology module of the MSc programme

Alice Atay: GDL Student—Nottingham Law School Degree—Criminology BA Since graduating in July 2015 with a First Class Honours Alice has embarked on the Graduate Diploma in Law course at Nottingham Law School. The course aims to condense the traditional three year LLB in one year, and allows for non-law graduates to pursue a career in law. Whilst challenging, Alice is thriving on the intensity and has already planned to continue onto the BPTC course commencing September 2016. Alice’s long term career ambition is to qualify and practice as a Barrister.

Claudia Hardy: Recruitment Officer — Catch 22 Degree: Criminology BA Claudia Hardy graduated with a 2:1 from the University of Leicester in the summer of 2015. She worked as an intern with Catch-22 delivering the National Citizen Service (NCS) Programme over the summer period and was subsequently offered a job as NCS Recruitment Officer for North West Leicestershire, she hopes to develop her career with Catch-22 for the foreseeable future

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Katie Flavell: Victim Care Officer—Victim Support Degree—Criminology BA Katie graduated in 2014 with a degree in Criminology and within 6 months of graduating accepted a job at Victim Support as an admin assistant. Before applying for the job Katie had volunteered for VS for 2 years. In this role, she provided victims of crime emotional and practical support on a regular voluntary basis. Since accepting the job over a year ago, she has become a Victim Care Officer which involves contacting victims of crime and offering them support.

Luke Hubbard: Research Assistant— Institute of Public Safety, Crime and Justice Degree—Criminology BA After graduating from Leicester University in 2013, Luke was awarded a scholarship to study for a masters in Criminology, Criminal Justice and Social Research Methods at the University of Surrey. Since completing his masters in September 2014 Luke has worked as a Research Assistant at the Institute for Public Safety, Crime and Justice at Northampton University. He is also currently applying to study for a PhD studying perpetrators of homophobic and transphobic hate crime, which if successful will begin in October 2016.

Samantha Trick: Manufacturing Graduate— Morrisons Degree: Criminology BA After finishing her degree in 2014 Samantha joined Morrisons on the Manufacturing Graduate Scheme. In the 16 months that she has been there she has had a variety of different roles and responsibilities, from a Front Line Manager role leading a large team, to store placements, to project work. Samantha started in a fruit and veg packing site before moving to an abattoir, and spent some time at Flower World supporting through valentines and mothers day in between. She is currently in an external sales role for Morrison’s 3 abattoirs and is due to move to a further processing meat site in February, managing a high care team.

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Jaspreet Gakhal:

Career Development Assistant - The University of Leicester Degree: Criminology BA, MSc

Since graduating in 2014, Jas continued to complete her Internship as a Research Officer at the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner in Leicestershire, focusing her research on child sexual exploitation and missing children. This was followed by another research intern opportunity at the Committee on Standards in Public Life - who advises the Prime Minister on ethical standards. Jas focused her research on leadership, ethics and accountability in policing whilst undertaking a master’s degree in Criminology. Upon completion of her master’s degree, Jas started working for the Career Development Service, to develop insight into Higher Education based on interest in career in academia.

Hannah Spicer-Short: Court Usher— Magistrates Court Degree: Criminology BA

Since August, Hannah has been working as a Court Usher at Leicester Magistrates Court on a 6 month contract. Since starting she has worked in both Criminal and Family courts although she is primarily based in Criminal Courts. Hannah has ushered different types of courts such as trials, first time in, police overnight remand courts and probation breach courts. She is hoping for her contract to be renewed and is looking to use this experience to get a job in the area of substance misuse in the long run.

Lisbeth Francksen: Crisis Recovery Worker—Richmond Fellowship Degree—Clinical Criminology MSc Since completing her MSc in Clinical Criminology, Lisbeth has worked within support services including Rape Crisis England and Wales and the Richmond Fellowship. She is currently a Crisis Recovery Worker for Richmond Fellowship based in a Mental Health Crisis House in Leicester working within a team providing short term support to those experiencing a mental health crisis in a 24/7 environment. Richmond Fellowship is a national charity and the Crisis House works in partnership with the NHS Leicester Partnership Trust Mental Health Crisis Team. She plans to build on her mental health support skills within Richmond Fellowship and develop her career within a support focused environment.

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