Kirstie
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My brother in law really wants to get into the police, and so decided to apply to join the special constabulary for some work experience while he is at uni. He's at the end of his second year engineering degree - but is a mature student as he's 22. He already took a couple of years out for work experience in engineering and travelling. He just found out that he failed to get in, because he didn't pass the requirements on racial diversity and conflict resolution. This isn't really that surprising as he's lived in a rural area (in a farmhouse up on top of a hill) for most of his life and hasn't really had much experience of other cultures, nor indeed resolving conflictual situations. He's not a racist or anything, just not very experienced. Part of the problem is that he's chosen to live at home while he's studying for financial reasons, so saying 'just move out into the city' won't really work.
It's what he really wants to do, and so we're trying to think of ways he could get some experience of other cultures, preferably in Britain. One idea is doing some volunteer work with outreach projects or something like that. He lives near Sheffield and studies there. I was just wondering if anyone here had any ideas as to things that he might do to get some experience.
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It's what he really wants to do, and so we're trying to think of ways he could get some experience of other cultures, preferably in Britain. One idea is doing some volunteer work with outreach projects or something like that. He lives near Sheffield and studies there. I was just wondering if anyone here had any ideas as to things that he might do to get some experience.
Ta