Key Facts
- Indicative Fee
Home/EU: £5450 Part-Time: £2725
International: £12300 Part-Time: £6150 - Financial support
- Course Tutor(s):Kirstine Hansen
- Duration: One year full-time or two years part-time.
- Study Method: Full-time, Part-time
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Policy Analysis and Evaluation MSc
This masters degree will:
- provide a broad-based training in social science research methods
- emphasise the quantitative methods most relevant to people working in social science research in a policy context
- develop your knowledge and understanding of research design, evidencebased policy, economic analysis, longitudinal analysis and a range of quantitative, evaluative and qualitative research methods.
Features
This masters degree provides an opportunity to:
- gain transferable skills that can be used effectively in different work environments
- investigate a research question of your choice which is relevant to policymaking or evaluation.
Applicants may be eligible to apply for 1+3 funding from the Economic and Social Research Council via the Bloomsbury Doctoral Training Centre.
Who is this programme for?
People working in central, local or devolved government and involved in the analysis and evaluation of policy; also people in the third sector (charities, the voluntary sector, not-for-profit organisations and NGOs) who work on similar topics.
Entry requirements
A second-class honours degree or equivalent in a social science discipline, which includes study of quantitative techniques for research. If you do not have this background, you will need to attend a two-day statistics course in September, before the start of the MSc programme. There is an additional charge for this course.
How are you assessed?
By coursework assignments, statistical exercises using SPSS, and a research report of approximately 10,000 words.
Attendance
Face-to-face full-day sessions in blocks of two or three days.
More information
Download our MSc Policy Analysis and Evaluation Prospectus 2011-12 (pdf, 0.33mb).
Credit exemption
At the Institute's discretion, we may grant you credit exemption for work successfully completed (taught and examined) in research methods courses from doctoral or masters degree programmes from another university. The exemption will be based on courses that the Institute considers to be of an appropriate level and which form a coherent whole with your programme at the Institute.