What will the P-ACEs do?  

The P-ACEs will improve connections between academic researchers and policing and make it easier for policing to identify and draw upon the best research evidence, science, and technologies that the UK has to offer. 

Their two key functions are to: 

• mobilise, showcase and make accessible to policing key insights, findings and outputs from their work  

• respond to the evidence needs, questions and problems raised by policing and work with policing to co-develop new research and knowledge exchange activities   

Each Policing Academic Centre of Excellence will be promoted across the policing sector as an accessible source of leading academic experts aligned with  Policing’s Areas of Research Interest (ARIs) and evidence needs.     

The following universities have been selected to be P-ACEs: 

• Edinburgh Napier University, with Glasgow Caledonian University, University of St Andrews and University of Edinburgh 

• Lancaster University 

• Manchester Metropolitan University, with University of Manchester 

• Nottingham Trent University 

• University College London 

• University of Bath 

• University of Birmingham, with Aston University and University of Leicester 

• University of Leeds, with University of York 

• University of Portsmouth 

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