The International Centre for
Crowd Management and Security Studies

Short Courses - Overview

Crowd Management & Security

This series of one or two day courses can either be taken as "one-off" certificates or in a group of five leading to a Diploma in Crowd Management & Security Development.

The programmes are taught by top operational managers or academics with a security or crowd management background and provide both knowledge and applied learning - invaluable for work in the industry. These programmes have been created to give short sharp bursts of knowledge, applicable at once to current security and/or crowd management situations.

These programmes are available through the International Centre for Crowd Management & Security Studies at Buckinghamshire New University and can be booked in three ways:

• By attending a course in the UK at the University
• By attending an accredited training provider across Europe
• By booking your own set of programmes in your own country and utilising experts provided by the University to teach on the programme

General Security Courses

In addition to the various degree programmes available, the Centre recently launched a series of short courses aimed at both security professionals and those non-security professionals, who may be responsible for safety and security functions within their wider management roles. These courses, completed over 18 weeks by distance learning can be used as prior credits in selected degree programmes.

For further details see below and/or please contact Peter Brown at peter.brown@bucks.ac.uk

A full course brochure is downloadable from: View PDF

Crowd Management & Security

Business Continuity and Event Management

This course has been specifically designed for crowd managers and staff working in budgetary areas to understand and apply the concepts of business continuity into crowd management situations. The programme will take a series of crowd management scenarios and show how a disaster scenario may be offset by careful business continuity planning and strategy

Leadership for Crowd Managers

This course will develop leadership skills in middle managers to support them in their crowd management work and security situations. The seminar uses a range of teaching and learning activities, which enhance the experience and development of those taking part.

Supervisory Management Techniques

This course enables supervisory staff tounderstand all aspects of their work fully. The programme focuses on the way in which the supervisor interacts with stewards and other employees as well as differentiating between operational, tactical and strategic issues

Logistics and Event Planning

This course gives the employee a view of the event from start to finish, developing his understanding what takes place at an event in areas of expertise other than crowd management and security. Taken in an event context, the programme takes those attending through the full range of activities and issues facing the event manager.

Emergency Planning for Events

This course is an introduction for crowd management staff into the development of emergency planning for events. It addresse the major dilemmas and the skills needed to support the development of contingency plans to make sure that the event is safe in an emergency situation.

Financial Controls for Safety Managers

This course will give non-financial managers a view into how financial controls contribute to commercial success in the safe delivery of an event. Taking small budgets, profit/loss accounting and spreadsheet identification as the major themes, those attending will gain a full working knowledge of the financial techniques applied.

Risk Evaluation and Management

This course will enable crowd managers to understand successful risk management at events. It takes students beyond an understanding of risk management alone, to show how the assessment is applied, evaluated and safety management measures implemented to deliver a safe event.

Pit Safety Training Course 

 This one day course is for staff working as part of a Pit Safety Team and is designed to be delivered by companies. It provides information about all aspects of working in a pit and has both practical and theoretical assessments. Success on this course can attract 20 HE credits.

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Introduction to Crowd safety Supervision 

This four day introductory course is for staff working in first-line managerial roles. It provides a foundation of learning to progress on to higher level qualifications and covers managing people, change, finance and operations. It also introduces the students to significant aspects of law that impact on the events industry.

Stewards Training Day 

A one day course at venues around the country targeted at those employing stewards and volunteers at festivals. This concentrates on Legal Obligations, the Site map, Communications and Crowd Safety.

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*Certificate in Event & Matchday Stewarding 

 This qualification is offered by the Centre through its "1st For Sport" Qualification status. The programme replaces the FSQ. It is essential for all Football Stewards.

*subject to centre status

General Security Courses

Security Project Planning

The programme combines security design and project management skills with the study of security equipment and new and existing technologies to plan, install and manage integrated security systems in a business context.

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Open Site Security

The course examines aspects of physical, personnel, information and operational security for specific types of organization, including retail, education and hospital sites. This interactive course is strongly practical, equipping students to conduct effective site surveys, through visits to operational sites and practical report writing, providing the skills to run a site open to customers but secure against the ill-disposed.

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Safety and Security for “at-risk” persons

Aimed at HR and Security professionals with responsibilities for the security of company personnel working abroad, the course provides the necessary planning and information resources to manage the risk, drawing on expertise from business, specialist protection planners and other agencies. Outcomes include the preparation of a detailed planning portfolio and production of a global integrated protection programme for staff.

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Information Security

The course is aimed at those within an organization who are responsible for the strategies, management and protection of sensitive and business critical information against theft, industrial espionage and the eyes of the ill-disposed. It explores all the countermeasures available to the manager and includes the compilation of a project document assessing information threats to a notional business or to the student’s business. It includes coverage of IT and information issues.

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