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Why study with us?

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• Placements as part of our Applied Social Science, Social Policy and Social Work programmes
• Degree courses with real world relevance encouraging you to make a positive impact to the way we live
• Great career prospects and employability
• Teaching by academic staff classed as 'world-leading' and 'internationally excellent', RAE 2008
• Consistently highly ranked in league tables

Studying applied social science, social policy or social work

• How we teach Social Policy / Applied Social Science: Age of Consent Debate | Housing Policy Field Trips | Murder Investigation
• Developing Social Work professionals: Social Work Identity

People in the Department: staff and student views of our degrees and subjects