Due to the potentially traumatic nature of the work, the minimum age for apprentices is 18, in line with the young person criteria under ‘Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999’.
Meet the team
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Ric Ward Ric specialises in pedestrian and pedal cycle collisions and delivers courses in the field. He has built the UK’s largest database of pedestrian/vehicle interactions in the UK with over 200 crashes recorded. He also specialises in digital data from insurance black boxes and recreational computers such as Garmin and Wahoo. |
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Gary Luther As well as providing general road traffic reports, Gary specialises in interpreting information from incident data recorders, vehicle examination and light bulb examination. He is also a former lecturer on De Montfort University's UCPD Programme in Forensic Collision Investigation. |
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Darren Philp Darren prepares collision investigation reports in civil litigation cases and specialises in motorcycle collisions, pedestrian and pedal cycle collisions, vehicle and light bulb examination. |
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Craig Dawson In addition to providing police support and expert reports, Craig develops and teaches advanced courses in CCTV analysis and statistics. He is also head of Academic Studies for De Montfort University's Degree Programme in Forensic Collision Investigation. |
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Dr. Caryn Urbanczyk Caryn has relocated to the UK from the US where she worked as a collision investigator. As well as preparing reports in the general area of collision investigation, Caryn specialises in injury causation including TBI, spinal and shoulder injuries and collisions where there are questions about pedal cycle and motorcycle helmet use. Learn more about biomechanics here. |
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Chris Dunn Chris holds an LLB (Hons), a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics, and a City & Guilds Certificate in Forensic Collision Investigation. He is a former collision investigator and instructor with the Metropolitan Police. Chris joined AITS in 2015 and specialises in crush analysis and the interpretation of accelerometer data. He runs courses in estimation of speed from crush damage and is the UK's lead trainer in the Bosch CDR tool. |
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Full or Part time
Currently you can only study for the degree part time but this will change from from September 2022 when you will have the option to study either part time (60 credits a year) or full time (120 credits a year).
Part time
Part-time study is roughly equivalent to studying at half the rate of a student on a full-time course at university.
- You will study 60 credits worth of study a year.
- You'll need to find around 16-18 hours to study each week.
Full time
If you want to complete your qualification at the same rate as a student at a traditional university, for example, an Honours degree in three years, you can choose to study full time.
- You will study 120 credits worth of study a year.
- You'll need to find around 32-36 hours to study each week.
Inevitably, unless your employer has agreed to let you study in work time, the number of hours you will need to study means giving up some of your own time and cutting down on some of your social activities, especially if you are studying full time. The OU provides some excellent advice on how to find time to study and the things you may have to consider moderating. There is an online planner which we strongly recommend you take a look at. Click the link to see more.
You will be asked to explain where your study time will be coming from during your induction.
Apprenticeship
You can link this degree to a forensic collision investigator apprenticeship.
Entrants require a minimum of two A levels at grade C or above; one of which should be in maths or a science, and five GCSE's at grade 4 or above (or equivalent) including English, Maths, and Science or suitable equivalent as BTECs. A full category B driving license is required within 12 months of starting the apprenticeship.
For those who do not meet the entry requirements we offer an equivalence route. Study and pass the UCPD to gain entry to the apprenticeship.
Apprentices without level 2 English and maths will need to achieve this level prior to taking the End-Point Assessment. For mature students the government lists acceptable alternative certificates further details are available here If you cannot find your certificate you will need to sit level 2 English and Maths.