Police force ‘encouraged people with no GCSEs and English to apply’

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1. yeah i left school 15 years and i remember the armed forces specifically advertising themselves to people who couldn’t pass their GCSEs at a careers fare

2. The public sector has serious problems with this. Most private businesses would not survive with this kind of mismanagement.

3. This reminds me of the thin blue line comedy

4. I didn’t think you could be a copper without a degree now?

   The only option to join without a degree is to do their degree apprenticeship (forgotten the actual name) scheme where they put you through a degree.

5. Explains a lot

6. If you can read write and count you can do anything. The Exams I took didn’t influence the work path I took.

7. It explains so many thing

8. Positive discrimination aside, which I personally don’t agree with (although nothing wrong with reaching out to minorities, as long as there is no preference past that), the no GCSE requirement is somewhat of red herring here to make a good story.

   We have surgeons and teachers with no GCSE’s. Obviously GCSE’s don’t exist in other countries, so in order to recruit student officers who emigrated after their secondary education, which is perfectly acceptable and really a very good idea as long as the recruitment standards are the same, they obviously have to implement different requirements. The multiple entry tests, exams and assessments are still pretty hard, and require very high communication skills too. And the degree must still be completed. I worked with a couple of guys from Poland and elsewhere at my last force. They were superb officers and well educated, and had to pass the same entry exams and assessments, but obviously had no GCSE’s.

9. I feel like this is misleading (unsurprisingly looking at the source). I wasn’t an officer but I did work for the police. For officers and staff without GCSE English and Maths at grade C they would offer the apprenticeship route and give you an opportunity to take the exams alongside the course. For those with dyslexia and other dyscalculia they even had protected extra time set aside, alongside other support and teaching time. My ex colleagues found it really helpful and has been a springboard for them to now apply to other jobs requiring those qualifications.

10. I’ve seen two videos on twitter than have policemen barely understanding, or speaking English. I hoped they were somehow fake.

11. Completely ignoring the obvious dogshite headlines ignoring a ton of alternative options and assistance…

    My dad joined the police 25+ years ago with fuck all in the way of formal qualifications and has had a brilliant career. Obviously he can read and write and speak native, fluent English.

    I say this as someone with a degree, the weird fascination/obsessive push towards academic qualifications over practical/vocational/people skills over the last 10-15 years or so is absolutely baffling.

12. Daily mail is not a fair news source, it’s a right wing rage bait rag

13. Well if it’s in the daily mail it’s definitely 100% real & true…

14. As thick as mince🤣🤣

15. Thank you Daily Heil

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    *arrested*

17. >GMP Chief Constable Stephen Watson has previously said: ‘Positive action here extends to proactively reaching out to groups and encouraging them to join. But we have single windows.

    >’Everybody’s entitled to apply at the same time. They’re all put through the same process. We choose the best people. And that is that.’

    This just seems like the logical approach. It isn’t about making it easier for certain people, it’s about making sure everyone has the chance to show what they can bring to the table.

    Without this specific kind of positive action, we risk missing talented people because their circumstances didn’t encourage them to make the best of themselves. The issues only come, like was mentioned West Yorkshire Police (WYP), it moves from encouraging people to show their merit to discouraging expressions of merit.

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