# Provision of HMPPS Criminology Masters

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Ministry of Justice](/buyers/ministry-of-justice/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Institute of Criminology \(Penology MST programme\)
- Award value: £1,140,000
- Tender value: £1,140,000
- Award date: 14 December 2021
- Published: 14 January 2022
- Contract start: 14 December 2021
- Contract end: 13 December 2027
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 9f0ed2e8-0fb5-45e0-ba94-fd87782ad236-500683
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-11a18e89-219a-43d3-9419-3afbd9191081

## Description

The Criminology Masters will be offered to all staff within Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service in a management or leadership grade and all will be free to apply subject to managerial approval\. Learners will be selected from both operational and non-operational roles through an internal application and selection process\. They may or may not already have degree level qualifications \(Level 6\) and there will likely be a number of learners per year who have been out of formal education for 20 years or longer\. The provider will be expected to tailor support for such learners to enable them to learn\. Learners will be subject to an internal selection process by HMPPS before accessing the qualification and may come from a wide range of backgrounds\. Retaining talent within the business and giving employees a development opportunity that will continue to ensure that objectives are met across the business\. The learning will be brought back into HMPPS and therefore the business will benefit as a whole\.

## Related contract awards

- [Call off Contract Under Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for a Music Programme for Prisoners at HMP Wormwood Scrubs](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-03330e53-28de-46d6-9075-03bfcca5a91e): Ministry of Justice
- [Justice Futures Framework 2026](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-849a18f7-3250-4770-a962-ce000bf2c56a): Ministry of Justice
- [Hardware Sourcing \(HS\) Contract](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-31f877a9-093a-4301-82ed-c13d59b3208d): Ministry of Justice

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9f0ed2e8-0fb5-45e0-ba94-fd87782ad236-500683)