Programme structure: Policy Research (PG Dip) - what's running in 2019/20

Please note: Due to alternative arrangements for teaching and assessment in place from 18 March 2020 to mitigate against the restrictions in place due to COVID-19, information shown for 2019/20 may not always be accurate.

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The programme can also be studied on a part-time basis over 2-5 years.

Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Teaching Block
Philosophy and Research Design in the Social Sciences (SPS) SPOLM0013 20 Mandatory TB-1
Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences (SPS) SPOLM0014 20 Mandatory TB-1
Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences (SPS) SPOLM0015 20 Mandatory TB-1
Students take one from the following:
Further Quantitative Methods SPOLM0016 20 Optional TB-2
Further Qualitative Methods SPOLM0017 20 Optional TB-2
Students take two from the following:
SPOLM0016/SPOLM0017 can only be taken as an optional unit if not already taken as a mandatory unit.
Further Quantitative Methods SPOLM0016 20 Optional TB-2
Further Qualitative Methods SPOLM0017 20 Optional TB-2
Researching Health and Social Care SPOLM5004 20 Optional TB-2
Researching Child and Family Welfare SPOLM0011 20 Optional TB-2
Inclusive Research with Disabled People ACHSM0001 20 Optional TB-2
Global Contexts of Rights and Disability SPOLM0049 20 Optional TB-2
The Economics of Public Policy SPOLM1062 20 Optional TB-2
Supervised Independent Study SPOLM4300 20 Optional AYEAR
Disabled Childhoods SPOLM0050 20 Optional TB-2
An International Analysis of Crime, Harm and Justice SPOLM1065 20 Optional TB-2
Health and Health Care in a Global Context SPOLM1066 20 Optional TB-2
Gender and Violence: International and Global Perspectives SPOLM1067 20 Optional TB-2
The International Analysis of Poverty and Social Exclusion SPOLM1068 20 Optional TB-2
Public and Social Policy in East Asia SPOLM0056 20 Optional TB-2
The State of Labour SPOLM5110 20 Optional TB-2
Critical Policy Studies and the Internationalisation of Public Policy SPOLM0031 20 Optional TB-2
Environmental policy and social justice SPOLM0041 20 Optional TB-2
Migration, asylum and human rights: EU and global policy perspectives. SPOLM0042 20 Optional TB-2
Public policy for a complex and uncertain world SPOLM0043 20 Optional TB-2
Postgraduate Diploma in Policy Research   120    

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