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Title: Staffing a Department of Forensic Science and Chemistry


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Staffing a Department of Forensic Science and
Chemistry
  • Professor Michael D. Cole
  • Department of Forensic Science and Chemistry
  • APU, East Road, Cambridge, CB1 1PT,
  • United Kingdom

2
Discussion will include -
  • History of my Department
  • Structure and activity of Department
  • Strategic decisions in setting up a Department
  • Resources required (including staff)
  • Staff development

3
History of the department
  • Degree provision started in 1998
  • Single Honours provision started 2000
  • Now have c. 280 students (242 FTE).
  • B.Sc. (Hons.) and B.A. (Hons) programmes

4
History of the department
  • Department formally founded in July 2001
  • Now one of 7 Departments within the School of
    Applied Sciences on Cambridge Campus of APU
  • Undertakes teaching, research, casework,
    consultancy and short courses

5
Structure of the department
  • 13 Academic Staff members
  • 3 Support staff members
  • 6 postgraduate research students
  • 280 undergraduates

6
Structure / Activities of the department
  • Crime scene investigation and management
  • Forensic chemistry and criminalistics
  • Drugs and toxicology
  • Fires and explosions
  • Environmental investigations
  • Forensic Biology

TAUGHT BY ACADEMICS WHO ARE ALSO PRACTITIONERS
WHO STILL PRACTICE
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Undergraduate provision
  • Entry requirements - raised from the original 2 x
    D
  • For B.Sc. / B.A. programmes 3 x C at A level or
    equivalent and rising...
  • MUST include BIOLOGY or CHEMISTRY for Single
    Honours (prefer both)

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So how do you set up and staff a Department of
Forensic Science ?
  • Strategic decisions -
  • Teaching only
  • Teaching and research only
  • Teaching and consultancy only
  • Teaching, research and consultancy
  • SSR to be operated at

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So how do you set up and staff a Department of
Forensic Science ?
  • Strategic decisions
  • Department in Science Faculty ?
  • Department in Social Sciences Faculty ?
  • Forensic SCIENCE
  • Crime scene science
  • Investigative studies
  • Criminology and law

10
So how do you set up and staff a Department of
Forensic Science ?
  • Strategic decisions
  • Foundation degree
  • Single and / or Combined Honours
  • M.Sci. Forensic Science

11
So how does it fit together ?
Teaching
Research
Forensic science and chemistry
Casework
12
What is required to build the Department ?
  • Physical space - lecture rooms, crime scene,
    wet and search laboratories, microscope
    suites, instrument suites, computing facilities
    etc
  • Capital and consumable items and SENSIBLE budget
  • Casework facilities
  • STAFF

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Where do you get the staff ?
  • Need experienced Section / Departmental Head
  • Short supply !!!
  • Staff chosen according to development strategy
  • Where possible, choose from mixture of -
  • MOTIVATED academic staff (internal and external)
  • Practitioners looking for career change
  • Youngsters starting out

14
Where do you get the staff ?
  • Current academics
  • Practitioners
  • Youngsters
  • What are the advantages and disadvantages of each
    group ?

15
How do you develop the staff ?
  • Formal mechanism - Appraisal and Peer Observation
  • Intercalation of teaching, research and casework
  • Discipline specific workshops and seminars -
  • internal
  • external

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How do you develop the staff ?
  • ENGAGEMENT WITH THE INDUSTRY
  • COUPLED TO
  • ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES
  • RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS

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Engagement with the industry.
  • Forensic Science Society accreditation process
  • QAA benchmarks
  • RSC recognition and accreditation
  • Discussions with CRFP concerning competency to
    teach forensic science
  • Approval and revalidation events

18
Engagement with the industry.
  • Engagement with ENFSI (Europe)
  • Engagement with American Academy of Forensic
    Sciences
  • Engagement with the industry through provision of
    research opportunities, short and CPD courses

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Conclusions.
  • Need to make -
  • Decisions on subject
  • Decisions on SSR
  • Decisions on activity
  • Staff appropriately
  • Developmental activity
  • DECISIONS ON RESOURCING
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