Bahraini officials pay fact-finding visit

The University welcomed officials from the Gulf state’s Interior Ministry, police service and UK embassy

A PARTY of VIPs from Bahrain has paid a fact-finding visit to the University of Huddersfield, which has been teaching forensic skills to officers of the Gulf kingdom’s police service.

A Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2018 has seen Huddersfield lecturers visiting Bahrain’s Royal Academy of Police in order to teach the latest crime scene investigation techniques, leading to a Master’s degree in Security Science.

A first cohort of 26 Bahraini officers have now completed the course and will receive their awards at a ceremony taking place at the Royal Academy in February.  Meanwhile, a new group has embarked on its studies.

The link has now led to a visit to the University of Huddersfield’s campus by a party of four representatives of Bahrain’s Interior Ministry, police service and UK embassy.  They inspected the forensic science facilities in the University’s Joseph Priestley Building and visited the Business School.

The delegation met with students from the Bahrain Ministry of the Interior who are studying at Huddersfield, in order to monitor their progress.  The party also discussed potential research collaboration between the University and the Royal Academy of Police.

The visitors – escorted by Dr Mosttafa Alghadhi, who is Project Manager at the University’s department of Research and Enterprise – held talks with Professor Andrew Ball, who is the University’s Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise.  Professor Ball is due to fly out to Bahrain to present degree certificates to the first cohort of students.

The link with Huddersfield was strengthened in 2018 when the University’s Chancellor, HRH The Duke of York, paid a visit to Bahrain and met some of the students taking the Master’s course.