12 monthsProgramme duration
36,800 GBPTuition Fee/year
25 Jun, 2027Application Deadline
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Social Policy and Administration
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Master's
Study Mode
On Campus
If we’re going to change society for the better, we need to learn from reliable research about social issues and challenges as well as hear from people directly involved. In this Master’s degree you will explore contemporary social problems, policy intervention, and policymaking processes across different sectors and countries to enable lasting social impact on a local, national or global scale. You’ll map the connections between policy and research, deepening your understanding of how different types of policy are developed, implemented and assessed. You’ll also receive rigorous training in both traditional and innovative research methodologies. The optional modules provide opportunities to match this course to your professional goals and employability skills. You could build your research expertise around specific areas of social policy, working to improve outcomes in health, education, inequalities or worker’s rights. Alternatively, you could tailor your choices to develop specialist research capabilities in participatory and inclusive methods, longitudinal studies, systematic reviews or data science. Joining the postgraduate community at the UCL Social Research Institute, with its outstanding global reputation for policy-oriented social science, allows students to absorb the very latest advances in both qualitative and quantitative research approaches. Learning to handle statistical software tools like R alongside NVivo use for qualitative data means you’ll develop methods expertise needed by organisations that can deliver on impactful research. You’ll also learn how to design inclusive and ethical research projects that allow participants to collaborate, rather than just passively taking part. As part of a richly diverse cohort of graduates and social policy professionals from different backgrounds and parts of the world, you’ll gain fresh perspectives and examine different local contexts, comparing approaches to fundamental issues like inequality, human rights, mental health and wellbeing. This course is one of three postgraduate social policy degrees offered by UCL Social Research Institute. Others are Social Policy and Evidence Synthesis MSc and Social Policy and Quantitative Education Analysis MSc.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Social Policy and Administration
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Master's
Study Mode
On Campus
If we’re going to change society for the better, we need to learn from reliable research about social issues and challenges as well as hear from people directly involved. In this Master’s degree you will explore contemporary social problems, policy intervention, and policymaking processes across different sectors and countries to enable lasting social impact on a local, national or global scale. You’ll map the connections between policy and research, deepening your understanding of how different types of policy are developed, implemented and assessed. You’ll also receive rigorous training in both traditional and innovative research methodologies. The optional modules provide opportunities to match this course to your professional goals and employability skills. You could build your research expertise around specific areas of social policy, working to improve outcomes in health, education, inequalities or worker’s rights. Alternatively, you could tailor your choices to develop specialist research capabilities in participatory and inclusive methods, longitudinal studies, systematic reviews or data science. Joining the postgraduate community at the UCL Social Research Institute, with its outstanding global reputation for policy-oriented social science, allows students to absorb the very latest advances in both qualitative and quantitative research approaches. Learning to handle statistical software tools like R alongside NVivo use for qualitative data means you’ll develop methods expertise needed by organisations that can deliver on impactful research. You’ll also learn how to design inclusive and ethical research projects that allow participants to collaborate, rather than just passively taking part. As part of a richly diverse cohort of graduates and social policy professionals from different backgrounds and parts of the world, you’ll gain fresh perspectives and examine different local contexts, comparing approaches to fundamental issues like inequality, human rights, mental health and wellbeing. This course is one of three postgraduate social policy degrees offered by UCL Social Research Institute. Others are Social Policy and Evidence Synthesis MSc and Social Policy and Quantitative Education Analysis MSc.
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