James Holyoak

With a backround in Policing, I am an authentic leader with a proven record of developing people, improving performance and delivering sustainable change.

As a police leader at tactical and strategic levels, I created adaptive, achievement-focused environments, by empowering teams and individuals to resolve problem challenges.

I supported the East Midlands Police and Academic Collaboration and I continue to support police colleagues to be successful in their professional and academic careers.

To this end, I joined Higher Education and developed one of the first Degree Apprenticeship Programmes in in England and Wales and led several successful contemporary policing modules, before joining Staffordshire University. I have continued to offer my experience to support students and stakeholders in developing police related learning.

I am also actively involved in research into Serious and Organised Crime and using both practitioner and academic skills to support Student officers to develop Action Research Projects, thus creating an evidence base for regional police stakeholders and future research.

As a Police Volunteer, I led an innovative Step Up programme for  Police Cadets, to support diverse recruitment and retention.