South Wales Police PPD Bursary
South Wales Police is proud to launch the South Wales Police PPD Bursary to encourage more applications from under-represented groups and make South Wales Police more representative of the community it serves.
The South Wales Police PPD (Professional Policing Degree) Bursary offers a maximum of £4,000 to cover pre-application, study through years 1-3 on a Professional Policing Degree at one of the named Universities within the Terms of Reference and then application to South Wales Police.
South Wales Police serves a local population of 1.3 million people, 6.7% of whom are from Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic backgrounds. However just 3.5% of our police officers are from ethnic minority backgrounds and across the force this representation is 2.9%. We are working to address this under-representation so that we can better serve our diverse communities.
To address this under representation, South Wales Police is working with local Welsh universities who deliver the Professional Policing Degree and will fund a bursary scheme to ethnic minority students on the PPD course as part of a positive action initiative. Learn more about how we are working to achieve a Representative Workforce.
Bursary criteria
For any student to be accepted on to the South Wales Police PPD Bursary Scheme, they must:
- Be from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background
- Be a student in one of the following universities registered or studying towards the Degree in Professional Policing:
University Wales, Trinity St David (UWTSD)
University South Wales (USW)
Cardiff Metropolitan University - Meet the national minimum eligibility criteria to join the police service as a Police Constable. These can be found in the Terms of Reference below, and on our Police Officer page.
Applying for the bursary
Those eligible within the above terms will need to complete an application form and submit this to our Positive Action Team using the following information:
Email: [email protected]
Subject heading: FAO Positive Action Team - Application for PPD bursary
Applications are welcomed from the beginning of June until the end of September each year.
Please note bursary applications will start to be reviewed commencing 1st October.
