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time, the possibilities of exibility in working life, reward practices, and leadership-related development needs were also charted.
As the rst measure of the working age pro- gramme, the police administration adopted a new review format for the personal perfor- mance and development reviews in the 2017 reviews.
NUMBER OF POLICE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE APPLICANTS IS GROWING – AND SO ARE ADDITIONAL TRAINING RESPONSIBILITIES
The Police University College is responsible
for the recruitment and student selection for police training, policing degree education, further training and research and development activities related to policing.
A characteristic feature of the year 2016 for the Police University College was the pro- gress of education reform, with the college implementing the education programmes in accordance with the new education structure at full steam.
A total of 286 students began their Bachelor of Policing degree studies. The number of applicants for the Bachelor of Policing degree increased signi cantly over the previous year. There were 14.4 applicants per starting place.
Due to earlier starting place decisions, only 95 new police of cers graduated.
The specialisation studies for senior police of- cers under the new education system began. During the operational year, a student applica- tion and selection procedure was implement- ed for both the Finnish and Swedish language Master of Policing degree. These courses will begin in 2017.
In the spring of 2016, the arranging of nation- wide training for maintaining and increasing professional skills was still affected by the policy established due to the large number of asylum-seekers in the autumn of 2015. Ac- cording to the policy, the number of drop-outs was reduced in order to increase the opera- tional capacity.
The education activities settled down to a normal level at the end of the year. The Police University College also offers security sector training to stakeholders, the private security sector and companies. Around 6,100 persons participated in non-degree education.
During 2016, the Government Proposal for the Amendment of the Act on the Police College of Finland was prepared. The responsibility
for providing emergency rescue service of cer training was transferred to the Police Univer-
sity College from the start of 2017. Even after this change, the Bachelor's degree studies for emergency rescue of cers will continue to
take place at the Emergency Services College in Kuopio. The Police University College will become the main university for the emergency rescue service of cer students. The rst study programme under the new system will begin in the August of 2017.
A new training cooperation agreement was concluded between the Police University Col- lege and the National Defence College. It will come into effect in the beginning of 2017.
DIVERSE RESEARCH AND COOPERATION
The Police University College's elds of re- search are police work and organisation, polic- ing, and police in society. The topics of projects ongoing in 2016 were diverse and, in line with the research areas, touched on themes related to the contents of police work, training, and different operating areas, all the way to issues concerning the operating environment of the police and crime phenomena. In addition to actors from universities and the public admin- istration, the projects also included actors from companies and the third sector.
Research cooperation with universities and research institutions has been expanded,
In 2016, a total of 286 students began police training.
26 THE POLICE, ANNUAL REPORT 2016