School for Policy Studies units in 2025/26

Please note: Programme and unit information may change as the relevant academic field develops. We may also make changes to the structure of programmes and assessments to improve the student experience.

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Level QCA-3
Level C/4
Level I/5
Level H/6
Level M/7
Level D/8
All units
All open units
Unit name Unit code Credit points Open unit status Teaching Block
Child Nutrition, Activity and Health SPOL30034 20 Not open TB-1
Childhoods in a Global Context SPOL30089 20 Not open TB-2
Children and Social Harm SPOL30079 20 Not open TB-1
Cities and Public Policy SPOL30091 20 Not open TB-2
Climate Emergency SPOL30074 20 Not open TB-1
Critical Studies of Harm, Violence, and Oppression SPOL30086 20 Not open TB-1
Digital Technologies, Harm and Criminal Justice SPOL30078 20 Not open TB-2
Disability in Society SPOL30075 20 Not open TB-2
Dissertation SPOL30046 40 Not open TB-4
Dissertation (Childhood Studies) SPOL30033 40 Not open TB-4
Dissertation (International Social and Public Policy) SPOL30072 40 Not open TB-4
Dissertation (Social Policy) SPOL30017 40 Not open TB-4
Dissertation (with Quantitative Research Methods) (Childhood Studies) SPOL30031 40 Not open TB-4
Dissertation (with Quantitative Research Methods) (Criminology) SPOL30064 40 Not open TB-4
Dissertation (with Quantitative Research Methods) (Social Policy) SPOL30032 40 Not open TB-4
Gender based Violence SPOL30029 20 Not open TB-1
Global Illicit Drug Markets SPOL30080 20 Not open TB-2
Guided Independent Study SPOL30041 20 Not open TB-4
Health Policy in a Global Context (iBSc Global Health) SPOL30076 20 Not open TB-1
Inequalities in Health, Poverty and Development SPOL31021 20 Not open TB-1
Leisure, Pleasure and Harm SPOL30063 20 Not open TB-2
Quantitative Data Analysis for Policy Research SPOL30082 20 Not open TB-1
Radical Histories: Hate, Trauma and the Limits of the Law SPOL30090 20 Not open TB-1
Social Policy in East Asia SPOL30049 20 Not open TB-1
Therapeutic Work with Children SPOL30035 20 Not open TB-2
Violence, Migration and Borders SPOL30088 20 Not open TB-2
Work, Employment, and Society SPOL30087 20 Not open TB-2