Course summary
Social Policy has been taught in Edinburgh for more than a century, and we have a rich tradition of supervising students towards higher degrees as a route to careers in academia, social research and public policy. Today our group is at the heart of the scholarly community in social policy in Scotland and the UK, but also resolutely turned towards the wider world. Our highly regarded research draws on a variety of disciplinary perspectives and is methodologically diverse, spanning the full range of social science methods from action research to advanced quantitative approaches. We are committed to scholarly advancement but also to the dissemination of our work beyond the academy to generate non-academic impact and effect social change. We offer postgraduate supervision across the whole subject range, with particular expertise in:
- social security
- labour market policy
- health policy
- children and young people
- education policy
- comparative and international social policy
- knowledge and policy
- the governance of welfare states
Modules
See the University of Edinburgh website for detailed programme information.
Entry requirements
Entry requirements for individual programmes vary, so please check the details for the specific programme you wish to apply for on the University of Edinburgh website. You will also need to meet the University’s language requirements.
Fees and funding
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Provider information
The University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh
Old College
South Bridge
Edinburgh
EH8 9YL