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Appendix 'A'

Operations Department Independent Commission Against Corruption

THE BRAMSHILL FELLOWSHIP SCHEME

I attended the Intermediate Command Course at the Police Staff College, Bramshill, England, between 1st April and 13th June 1986. Towards the end of the Course I was approached by Mr. I. Stuart, currently Academic Director of the Junior Command Course at Bramshill, and well known to the ICAC because of his involvement in ICAC Command Courses. Mr. Stuart mentioned the existence of the Bramshill Fellowship scheme and asked whether I should be interested in aplying to Bramshill for a Fellowship.

Mr. Stuart mentioned that Bramshill had had many links with overseas institutions for many years and was still keen to expand them. As well as exchanges of staff and accepting foreign students, it was felt at Bramshill that an extension of the Fellowship scheme to over- seas personnel would be a welcome step forward. In particular, the relationship with ICAC was seen as valuable. Mr. Stuart thought the ICAC was almost unique, and that other law enforcement agencies (not only in Britain) could learn much from ICAC's specialised experience, in particular the purposeful dedication of resources to combating a specific type of crime and social evil. Mr. Stuart, before raising the issue of a Fellowship, had given the matter some considerable thought; he felt that, given my performance on the Intermediate Command Course at Bramshill, I would be well able to cope with the academic and research demands of the scheme.

The end product of a Fellowship is a research paper which examines an issue- usually a policy issue to provide real benefits for the Fellow's own 'force' and the 'police' service as a whole.

Mr. Stuart thought that a three-year period of study would be necessary, and that, on successful completion, this should lead to an M.Phil. degree. Up to fifteen hours' work per week for most of each ye ar might be necessary. This would be undertaken in my own time, of

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course.

The scheme requires that the student is accepted by an acade- mic institution capable of offering appropriate tutorial support and library facilities an, of course, an appropriate academic qualifica- tion on successful completion of the project. Bramshill, too, would be involved: also offering tutorial and library facilities.