The cohorts graduated this month during a week of ceremonies at the Wycombe Swan Theatre, High Wycombe.
The Foundation Degree started in 2006 and is aimed at security professionals who are seeking opportunities for learning and development to support their own Continuing Professional Development (CPD), or possibly to facilitate a career change into the security world.
This year’s graduating students were Ben Brobby, Paul Graves, Aaron King, Shane Loup, Inderjit Nagra, Sean Parker, Boris Saveljic, Adam Smith and Denis Webbe.
The graduating Masters students were Robert Clarke, Carl Dakin, Tony Duncan and Jon Jacobsen, with Neil Swinyard-Jordan and Owen Gregory graduating in absentia.
Info4Security and indeed all of here at UBM Live would like to offer each and every one of these students many congratulations on their achievement.
Aspiring to security management roles
Angela Vernon-Lawson, the course leader for the Foundation Degree in Protective Security Management, explained: “Many of the graduates aspire to secure managerial roles in one of the many areas of security, from protective security to maritime and residential security, and across a range of roles. The course teaches many skills transferable to other disciplines. Many also move on to one of the BA, MSc or diploma qualifications we offer here at the university.”
Phil Wood MBE, course leader for the Masters degree in Business Continuity, Security and Emergency Management, added: “This was an outstanding group of professionals from a range of resilience-related professional disciplines. We’re proud of them and delighted for them as they have achieved this particular career and educational milestone.”
In addition, Wood stated: “The challenges facing students in demanding operational roles who are required to undertake a Masters degree and all of the attendant research should not be underestimated. There’s no doubt this group rose admirably to those challenges.”
Finally, Wood commented: “The degree programme is increasingly popular and demand has increased significantly for the two cohorts which recruit in each academic year.”
For more details on both qualifications access the Buckinghamshire New University website