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UNIVERSITY of Bradford postgraduate students practised real crime scene investigation skills during a dig on campus.

Students from the MSc in Forensic Archaeology and Crime Scene Investigation programme, were set a task to unearth a series of buried objects, and record their activities using skills commensurate with police CSI practice.

Associate Professor Robert Janaway, a forensic archaeologist with over 35 years experience, who has worked with a number of police forces and delivered training both here and abroad, said: We run a mixture of simulated crime scene experience days. On this occasion, students were involved in an early excavation to recover a number of buried objects.

"The techniques they use are the same that would be used in a police investigation, both in terms of recording and recovering material. They also have to carry out and record things like witness statements."

He added: Students from this course go on to a variety of things - some undertake PhDs, others go on to work as professional archaeologists and the police.

Student Emily Dobson, who was on the dig, said: Its really interesting to be able to get hands-on experience, especially with things we have learned about in the classroom.

Fellow student Marie-Clare Gilbertson added: These exercises enable us to gain practical skills and things like that are valuable when you come to apply for a job.

Chloe-Jade Carr, also on the course, said: "The lecturers make the practicals and content of the lectures so relevant and engaging that the skills I have learned can help me when I apply to become a detective after I have completed my masters."

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