Social Policy shapes
the way we live
Social Policy
Degree courses in Social Policy
Our programmes reflect the latest thinking in the field of social policy. They draw on ideas from across the social sciences and adopt a critical perspective that looks to both understand what welfare states seek to achieve but to critique them when they fail to deliver.
- BA (Hons) Social Policy
- BA (Hons) Applied Social Science and Social Policy Extended Degree
- MA Social Policy
- MA Comparative and International Social Policy
- MRes Social Policy
- PhD / MPhil
What is Social Policy?
"Social Policy looks for answers to the question of how best to maximise the well-being of people, drawing on ideas from sociology, political science, geography, demography, economics, management and environmental science..."
Student and staff profiles
Experiences of our courses and career aspirations can be found in the profiles written by our students.
Some of our staff have also written personal profiles detailing what motivates them to study their subject.