12 monthsProgramme duration
33,000 GBPTuition Fee/year
27 Jun, 2025Application Deadline
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Social Policy and Administration
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
The Social Policy (Evidence Synthesis) MSc will equip you with the conceptual tools and empirical evidence necessary for investigating social policy and policymaking, including critical assessment of the role of research evidence in policy development and implementation. Understanding challenges and innovations in evidence synthesis methods is a key programme theme. Topics include the use of AI and machine learning during the systematic review or evidence synthesis process.
The dissertation component provides an opportunity to design and carry out an empirical research project with the support of an academic supervisor. You can develop a topic for the project from your own area of interest or professional expertise or work with a non-academic partner to produce research that is of practical interest to the organisation.
This master's degree has ESRC 1+3 training recognition, meaning it stands alone as an MSc but can also prepare students for doctoral research. The MSc is eligible for ESRC funding as the first year of the 1+3 PhD programme. Prospective candidates can apply to the Knowledge, Evidence and Policy pathway. Find more information on ESRC studentships.
The programme can be studied on campus or fully online, and it is available full-time (one year), part-time (two years) or via flexible/modular study (taking a maximum of five years to complete). Find out more about each of these ways of studying.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Social Policy and Administration
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
The Social Policy (Evidence Synthesis) MSc will equip you with the conceptual tools and empirical evidence necessary for investigating social policy and policymaking, including critical assessment of the role of research evidence in policy development and implementation. Understanding challenges and innovations in evidence synthesis methods is a key programme theme. Topics include the use of AI and machine learning during the systematic review or evidence synthesis process.
The dissertation component provides an opportunity to design and carry out an empirical research project with the support of an academic supervisor. You can develop a topic for the project from your own area of interest or professional expertise or work with a non-academic partner to produce research that is of practical interest to the organisation.
This master's degree has ESRC 1+3 training recognition, meaning it stands alone as an MSc but can also prepare students for doctoral research. The MSc is eligible for ESRC funding as the first year of the 1+3 PhD programme. Prospective candidates can apply to the Knowledge, Evidence and Policy pathway. Find more information on ESRC studentships.
The programme can be studied on campus or fully online, and it is available full-time (one year), part-time (two years) or via flexible/modular study (taking a maximum of five years to complete). Find out more about each of these ways of studying.
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