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International Social Welfare and Social Policy at Anglia Ruskin University - UCAS

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18Jan
Anglia Ruskin University - Postgraduate Open Day - Writtle
Postgraduate
19Mar
Anglia Ruskin University - Postgraduate Open Evening - Cambridge
Postgraduate
19Mar
Anglia Ruskin University - Postgraduate Open Evening - Chelmsford
Postgraduate

Course summary

Do you want a career that gets to the heart of society’s problems and changes people’s lives? Gain the skills to identify key social challenges, and analyse and identify policies used to address them on this interdisciplinary Masters course.

  • Choose to take a work placement as part of your Major Project, with support from the course staff and the Employability team
  • Study in Cambridge, a hub for exchanges on social welfare and policy reflected in the many networks and events, including the Festival of Ideas and Festival of Being Human
  • Learn from a Course Leader who is a specialist in research and teaching in an international context
  • Study on a course with a truly global outlook, from its multicultural students to its focus on international issues
  • Attend guest lecturers by key figures in policy-making and field trips to national and international organisations like Chatham House, Oxfam and UNICEF
100% overall satisfaction: our course received the highest possible score for student satisfaction in the Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey 2022 (fewer than 20 respondents). Studying social welfare and social policy will allow you to focus on the areas of most importance to people’s lives, including education, housing, health, and criminal justice, giving you the skills and understanding to make a difference to people’s lives at local, national and international levels. It will prepare you for many careers in non-governmental organisations (NGOs), including community organisations, charities, social enterprises and not-for-profit organisations, as well as governmental or academic institutions. How can issues such as child labour and trafficking be overcome through global initiatives? Can changes to local policy do anything to stop domestic violence or knife crime? On our Masters course, you will explore these and many other issues, comparing different strategies and policies across different countries, and from the perspective of many different disciplines, including politics, criminology and psychology. Our Master’s course attracts multicultural students with a variety of backgrounds from sociology to business studies, and health to the Arts. Whatever their background, our students are all enthusiastic about making a difference to their communities by improving human rights and living conditions. This might include changing how their society handles issues such as gender equality, prisoners’ rights, children’s education, or environmental protection, among others. The international dimension of our Masters course will also make you an attractive candidate for potential employers – you will be used to working alongside people from different backgrounds, as well as exploring social issues from the perspective of different cultures. Your studies will be supported by an interdisciplinary team with international expertise in research and teaching. You will have opportunities to attend talks by key figures in social welfare and social policy, and go on a field trip to London to visit a national or international organisation such as Chatham House, Oxfam, Refugee Council, UNHCR or UNICEF. We also have connections with many local and national NGOs including Red Cross, and organisations working with ethnic minority groups and deprived communities in Cambridge, through which you can choose to find a short work placement, with help from your Course Leader and our Employability team. You can use this placement to support your literature review or primary research. Our Masters course is flexible. You will be supported to tailor your own, individual career path with the help of our optional modules from a range of interdisciplinary subjects, including policing and international relations. The impact of our Social Work and Social Policy research was judged as "world-leading" in the Research Excellence Framework 2021 (REF2021).

Modules

Core modules: Comparative Social Policy & Social Welfare; Postgraduate Research Methods; Global Development: Policy and Practice; Postgraduate Project. Optional module: International Relations Theory in Context; Policing Transnational Crime; Contemporary Debates in Sociology; Nationalisms, Diasporas and Identities; Race, Racism and Resistance in Modern Britain since the Eighteenth Century.

Assessment method

You will be assessed using methods that best allow us to assess your development throughout the course, and that relate to the kind of work you can expect to produce in your future career. These include essays, reports, case studies and debates - there are no exams in this course. You will also receive plenty of group workshops and individual supervised support for your Major Project.

Entry requirements

A first degree, with honours, at a minimum final classification of Lower Second (2:2) or equivalent. If English is not your first language you will be expected to demonstrate a certificated level of proficiency of at least IELTS 6.5 ( Academic level) or equivalent English Language qualification, as recognised by Anglia Ruskin University.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

Please refer to our website for details: https://aru.ac.uk/study/tuition-fees
International Social Welfare and Social Policy at Anglia Ruskin University - UCAS