Recruiting NOW for January 2026
The University of Greenwich is proud to be offering the UKAFNP-ASET Post Graduate Certificate in Advanced Forensic Practice for Health Care Professionals
The programme - for both the "Custody" and "Adult Sexual Offences" routes - will consist of three modules:
- Clinical Assessment for Advanced Forensic Practice (20 credits) (School of Health Sciences)
- Legal Skills for Health Care Professionals (20 credits) (School of Law and Criminology)
- Leading and Managing Complexity for Care in Custody / Sexual Offences Services (20 credits) (Health Sciences)
The programme
The programme is approved according to the ASET (Advanced Standards for Education and Training) of the UK Association for Forensic Nurses and Paramedics (UKAFNP).
This one year programme will run twice a year, with September and January intakes, the first aiming to be January 2026.
We got commendations at validation! (18 November 2024)
- speed at developing the programme, from initial idea through to validation
- collaboration (with UKAFNP, the Met Police Nursing team and others)
- open and transparent, at every stage of development
- passion and enthusiasm of the development team
- range of assessment styles (including the digitally creative formats)
- listening to student voices (at every stage)
Our aim?
To develop a compassionate and authentic programme of excellence!
Each of the modules will comprise of some on-campus (mainly Avery Hill and Greenwich Maritime) learning opportunities (just 2 days per term) ...
... provided by a range of expert educators in teaching, learning and research; state-of-the-art forensics and simulation; advanced clinical practice; mental health; criminology; nursing and paramedic science. We will also be drawing on experts from your respective fields of practice.
The main teaching and learning provision, however, for the majority of the weekly study days, will be through live, on-line, teaching, supplemented by some asynchronous learning weeks (i.e. when learning materials will be provided on Moodle on a Monday, for students to work through at a time convenient to them, throughout that week).
A key element of the whole learning process:
The UKAFNP Competencies Document is the student's own work-based learning record, demonstrating and assessing their "knowledge, skills and attitudes as well as reflection on key issues relating to the achievement of the competencies". The achievement of these competencies is under the supervision / preceptorship or an approved mentor, an essential requirement to gain the UKAFNP ASET certificate.
Teaching and learning provision delivered live, on-line, and through numerous asynchronous and self-directed opportunities.
The programme was designed in such a way as to keep on-campus learning to an absolute minimum, for the expert simulation activities only, respecting the fact that students will be enrolled from right across the UK and Northern Ireland, thus cutting down on travel, accommodation and associated expenses!
Creative digital literacy will be embedded throughout our teaching, learning and assessment (TL&A) processes, with inspirational and innovative educators enabling students to advance their practice, disseminate their learning to peers and continue their academic journey further.
The PGCert relates to a number of other academic post graduate programmes, in Health Care Practice (PGDip and MA), Advanced Clinical Practice (MSc) and Genders, Sexuality and Criminology (MSc).
Are you wondering about the assignments?
The assignments incorporate specific requirements from UKAFNP and the University of Greenwich, and are designed to be authentic (i.e. relevant to your world of work and studies), compassionate and equitable - doing our very best to remove inequity and 'level the playing field', giving everyone a personal chance of excelling and doing their very best. The assignments also help you boost your academic citizenship, i.e. claiming your place in the world of learning and academia-for-practice.
The marked ("summative") assignments are all built on excellent instruction on how to achieve them, through the "formative", preparatory work.
The core team of four
"You said / we did"
Listening to those with forensic health care practice expertise, we make this programme, and all aspects of the Teaching, Learning and Assessments (TL&A), directly in response to what you need to be an Advanced-level Forensic Health Care Professionals. Added to this, we are ensuring the programme embeds, and help students to address, key dimensions of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, as relevant to their various, respective, fields of practice (Custody / Sexual Offences' Services).
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