Michelle Clarke
Head of the School of Law, Senior Lecturer in Policing, Professional Policing Course Lead, University Safeguarding Lead (Students)
Institute of Arts and Humanities
School of Law
email: Michelle.clarke@worc.ac.uk
Michelle is the Head of the School of Law and responsible for the day-to-day running of the Law School for staff and students.
After graduating with her LLB, Michelle joined the West Mercia Police Service and during a 17-year career in policing, served in a variety of roles, achieving the rank of Detective Sergeant. Michelle’s policing experience was predominantly dedicated to the investigation of serious and interfamilial crime within specialist CID units, with Michelle specialising in domestic violence and abuse investigations. In the latter years of her service, Michelle co-ordinated and led the training and development of all newly recruited detectives across both West Mercia Police and Warwickshire Police. Michelle has contributed to the development and promotion of evidence-based policing methods to support policing both globally and nationally acting on behalf of the professional body for policing, the College of Policing.
In 2019, Michelle joined the University of Worcester as a Senior Lecturer in Policing and developed policing as a discipline within the School of Law. Michelle is the Course Lead for the College of Policing licenced BA (Hons) Degree in Professional Policing at Worcester and is the point of contact for the College of Policing whilst also leading on the development of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes aligning with the National Policing Education Qualifications Framework.
Michelle is a member of the West Mercia Police Ethics Committee and the University of Worcester and West Mercia Police Strategic Working Group; securing and strengthening collaborative and community partnership opportunities for both institutions and students alike. Michelle is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and is the University of Worcester Safeguarding Lead (Students).