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The University of Edinburgh: Social Policy
| Institution | The University of Edinburgh View institution profile |
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| Department | School of Social and Political Science |
| Web | https://www.ed.ac.uk/studying |
| Study type | Research |
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, 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:
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social security
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labour market policy
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health policy
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family policy
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education policy
Our cross-cutting areas of expertise include:
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comparative social policy
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knowledge and policy
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the governance of welfare states
Who this programme is for
We welcome doctoral students wanting to undertake advanced research on social problems and policy and practice responses to them locally, nationally and globally.
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
| Level | SCQF Level 12 |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Level | SCQF Level 12 |
|---|---|
| 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. |
Edinburgh. Extraordinary futures await.
The University of Edinburgh is one of the world's top universities, consistently ranked in the world top 50, and placed 22nd in the 2024 QS World University Rankings.
Our position as one of Britain’s leading research universities was reaffirmed by the results of the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF). The University of Edinburgh is one of the world’s top research-intensive universities, ranked 4th in the UK for research power (Times Higher Education, Overall Ranking of Institutions), with 90% of our research activity classified as world leading or internationally excellent in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework.
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