Every year, Emergency Services Day celebrates the work of police, fire, ambulance, and rescue teams.
It also highlights career opportunities in the emergency services – including vital volunteer roles.
We've been training emergency workers for more than 25 years, and carry out research in areas including policing and public service.
Here, you can read more about study options at ARU and some of our latest research projects.
We're proud to train paramedics, and to work with eight police forces to educate new police officers. We also offer a range of CPD courses, covering areas such as emergency care and immediate life support.
We established the Centre of Excellence for Equity in Uniformed Public Services (CEEUPS) in 2024.
Uniformed public services such as the military, police, fire, ambulance and prison services face increased demand, as well as pressures on public spending.
Through our research, we're supporting organisations to respond to these challenges – notably by developing resilient, healthy and professional workforce cultures.
This study investigates on-call firefighters' reasons for joining and leaving the services, and their experiences of the role.
Read more about the firefighters project
This project explores experiences of psychological safety within UK Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) in order to inform policy, practice, and research.
Read more about the psychological safety in HEMS project
This project explores the how male and female prison officers (POs) manage their own, co-workers', and inmates' feelings, and the consequences for well-being.
Read more about the emotional inequities project
