About the school
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Welcome to the School of Sociology and Social Policy.
Our school has a broad and active research programme that both informs and enlightens our academic teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Hosting a number of substantial and vibrant research centres, we received the second highest position in the country in terms of 'world-leading' research (4*) in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise.
Please take a look around our site to discover what kind of research we do, and what type of postgraduate and undergraduate degrees we offer.
What's new?
- New MA programme! - MA International Social Transformation
- New MA programme! - MA Social and Political Thought
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2008 RAE results
The School of Sociology and Social Policy is ranked second in the country for world-leading research (4* rating). This is an outstanding result in a field of almost 70 institutions.
Social Policy
Social Policy explores how governments deliver welfare to citizens, and examines how modern societies understand poverty, human need and equality.
Social Research
Our MA Social Research provides the ESRC-recognised academic training in social research that ESRC-funded PhD students must undertake in their first year.