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University of Bath: Professional Doctorate in Policy Research and Practice

Institution University of Bath View institution profile
Department Social and Policy Sciences View department profile
Web https://www.bath.ac.uk/faculties/faculty-of-humanities-social-sciences/
Email doctoraladmissions@bath.ac.uk
Telephone 01225 385982
Study type Research

Summary

Enhance your professional capability and critical reflection on the theories, methods and practices of policymaking.

This course is designed to enable experienced professionals working in a range of policy arenas – locally, nationally, and globally – to develop their policy analysis expertise without having to take a full career break.

Combining advanced training in policy research and analysis with a thesis based on original research, it is built around a cohort model and can be spread out over four to eight years.

Throughout the course, you will have access to a wide range of sector-specific expertise across the University, including industrial strategy, international development, health, education and digital public policy.

This is a part-time distance-learning course that normally includes face-to-face teaching on a two-week residential, this year held at the end of August and early September. The course is designed to be compatible with near full-time employment over a period of up to eight years, with the possibility of being completed more quickly for high-performing students who can allocate more time to study.

This course is designed to:

  • give particular priority to multidisciplinary research and learning relevant to the workplace, to enhance the academic and the professional contribution that policymakers and practitioners can make to theory and practice in their field.

  • engage current practitioners with knowledge, awareness and understanding of philosophical, organisational, political, social, economic, managerial, interpersonal, and technical dimensions of policy.

  • broaden capability to understand critical issues facing policymakers in diverse fields and contexts.

  • provide students with a strong foundation from which they can hone their specific interests towards the conduct of supervised research and make an original contribution to their field.

  • support you in publishing and disseminating your research.

The course is structured in two stages: the taught stage and the research enquiry (thesis) stage, to read more on the Research and Taught content please visit the course page on our website.

Professional Doctorate

The University of Bath
Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences

The Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences at the University of Bath conducts high-quality research focussed on solving some of the world’s biggest problems and improving the societies we live in. Academics working within the faculty are active researchers, which means that as a student, you will benefit from the real-world experience they bring into their teaching.

The Faculty comprises of six departments:

By studying and researching with us you’ll be welcomed into a multidisciplinary, diverse academic …

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