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School for Policy Studies units in 2019/20

Please note: Due to alternative arrangements for teaching and assessment in place from 18 March 2020 to mitigate against the restrictions in place due to COVID-19, information shown for 2019/20 may not always be accurate.

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Unit name Unit code Credit points Level of study Open unit status Teaching Block
Advanced Practice in Communication and Direct Work with Children SPOLM0026 20 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Advanced Quantitative Research project SPOLM0038 40 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Applied Social Science and Law SPOLM0034 40 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Assessment, Learning and Intervention ACHSD0002 20 Doctoral/8 Not open TB-1
Assessment, Risk and Decision-making SPOL30024 20 Honours/6 Not open AYEAR
Changing Families and the State SPOL31008 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Changing Families and the State SPOL21008 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Child Development, Health and Wellbeing SPOLM0025 20 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Child Development, Health and Wellbeing SPOL30022 20 Honours/6 Not open AYEAR
Child Nutrition, Activity and Health SPOL30034 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Child and Adolescent Psychology SPOL20032 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Children and Young People in the Law A SPOL30057 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Children in Families and Communities ACHSD0004 20 Doctoral/8 Not open AYEAR
Children in a Global Context SPOL32008 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Cities and communities in the urban age SPOL30062 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Cities and communities in the urban age SPOL20038 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Comparative Political Economy and Social Policy SPOL20044 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Comparative Political Economy and Social Policy SPOL30067 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Comparative and International Policy Studies SPOL10035 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-2
Constructing Childhoods SPOL10023 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-1
Contemporary Debates in Global Childhood SPOL10024 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-2
Contemporary Debates in Lifestyle Behaviours and Public Health SPOLM0018 15 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Contemporary Law and Policy for Child Welfare Services SPOL30025 20 Honours/6 Not open AYEAR
Corruption and Public Policy SPOLM0055 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Criminalising Welfare SPOL20043 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Criminological Theory: An Introduction SPOL10029 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-2
Critical Skills for Social Scientists: Childhood Studies SPOL10025 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-1
Critical Skills for Social Scientists: Criminology SPOL10028 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-1
Critical Skills for Social Scientists: Social Policy SPOL10026 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-1
Critical appraisal for Health and Wellbeing SPOLM0052 10 Masters/7 Not open TB-4
D.Soc.Sci. Dissertation SPOLD1006 300 Doctoral/8 Not open AYEAR
Determinants of Physical Activity and Eating Behaviour PHEDM4014 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Dimensions of Social and Emotional Development ACHSD0012 20 Doctoral/8 Not open AYEAR
Disability - global dimensions SPOL30042 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Disabled Childhoods SPOLM0050 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Dissertation PHEDM1002 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Dissertation SPOL30046 40 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Dissertation (Childhood Studies) SPOL30033 40 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Dissertation (Inclusive Theory and Practice) ACHSM0004 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Dissertation (MSc in Public Policy) SPOLM1010 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Dissertation (SWDTC) SPOLM0053 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Dissertation (Social Policy) SPOL30017 40 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Dissertation (with Quantitative Research Methods) (Childhood Studies) SPOL30031 40 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Dissertation (with Quantitative Research Methods) (Criminology) SPOL30064 40 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Dissertation (with Quantitative Research Methods) (Social Policy) SPOL30032 40 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Dissertation / Work-Based Project SPOLM0027 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Domestic Violence: Research, Policy and Activism SPOLM5010 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Drugs and Society SPOL30011 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Drugs and Society SPOL21011 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Education, Schooling and Diversity SPOL20037 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Family Support SOWK20002 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Foundations of Social Work: The Professional Role SPOLM0032 20 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Further Qualitative Methods SPOLM0017 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Further Quantitative Methods SPOLM0016 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Further Quantitative Methods SPOLD0001 20 Doctoral/8 Not open TB-2
Gender, Conflict, Migration and Human Rights SPOL30043 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Global Contexts of Rights and Disability SPOLM0049 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Globalisation, Crime, Harm and Justice SPOL20025 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Governance, Institutions and the Global Political Economy SPOLM1073 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Guided Independent Study SPOL30041 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Harms of the Powerful SPOL20034 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Health Policy in a Global Context SPOL20055 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Health Policy in an International Context SPOL31020 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Health and Health Care in a Global Context SPOLM1066 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Inclusive Research with Disabled People ACHSM0001 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Independent Study SPOLM0012 20 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Inequalities in Health, Poverty and Development SPOL31021 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Inequality, Harm and Public Policy SPOL30061 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Informing and Evaluating Policy - Research Methods and Analysis SPOLM1061 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Interprofessional Working in Children's Services SPOL30037 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences (SPS) SPOLM0014 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences (SPS) SPOLM0015 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Introduction to psychology for Childhood Studies SPOL10016 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-2
Introduction to the Social Sciences SPOL00001 40 QCA level 3 Not open TB-4
Key Concepts, Theories and Ideologies in Social Policy SPOL10033 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-1
Key Thinkers in Criminology SPOL20036 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Language and Literacy in Young Children SPOL30036 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Leadership and Management in Social Work SPOLM0029 20 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Leisure, Pleasure and Harm SPOL30063 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Local Authority and School Systems ACHSD0008 20 Doctoral/8 Not open TB-1
Migration, asylum and human rights: EU and global policy perspectives. SPOLM0042 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Migration: UK, EU and Global Policy Perspectives SPOL20046 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Migration: UK, EU and Global Policy Perspectives SPOL30069 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Multi-Agency Working ACHSD0009 20 Doctoral/8 Not open TB-2
Nutrition, Disease and Public Health PHEDM4012 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Philosophy and Research Design in the Social Sciences (SPS) SPOLM0013 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Physical Activity , Disease and Public Health PHEDM4013 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Physical Activity and Nutrition Interventions: Conceptualisation and Design PHEDM4015 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Play and Creativity SPOL22021 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Policy Research Dissertation SPOLM5100 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Power, Politics and the Policy Process SPOLM1060 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Practical Research Methods PHEDM0003 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Practice Learning 1 SPOLM5103 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Practice Learning 2 SPOLM5107 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Professional Practice ACHSD0011 20 Doctoral/8 Not open TB-2
Promoting Inclusion ACHSD0001 20 Doctoral/8 Not open AYEAR
Psychological Dimensions of Interpersonal Communication ACHSD0010 20 Doctoral/8 Not open TB-1
Public Management and Organisations SPOLM1074 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Public and Social Policy in East Asia SPOLM0056 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Public policy for a complex and uncertain world SPOLM0043 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Punishment in Society SPOL30052 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Punishment in Society SPOL20052 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Research Methods PHEDM4011 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Research Methods 1 ACHSD0005 20 Doctoral/8 Not open AYEAR
Research Methods 2 ACHSD0006 20 Doctoral/8 Not open AYEAR
Research Methods 3 ACHSD0007 20 Doctoral/8 Not open AYEAR
Research Methods in Social Work SPOLM0033 20 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Researching Poverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion SPOLM5011 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Responding to Crime and Social Harm SPOL10031 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-2
Segregation and inequality in the UK (measurement and debate) SPOL10017 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-2
Social Care in Crisis SPOL20047 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Social Care in Crisis SPOL30070 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Social Policy Past and Present SPOL10034 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-2
Social Policy and Development SPOL30050 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Social Policy and Development SPOL20050 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Social Research Methods SOAD20004 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Social Work Dissertation SPOLM0036 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Social Work Research Dissertation SPOLM0039 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Social Work Studies SPOLM5102 40 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Social Work Studies 2 SPOLM0035 20 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Social Work with Children and Families with Complex Needs SPOLM0021 20 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Social Work with Children and Families with Complex Needs SPOL30026 20 Honours/6 Not open AYEAR
Societal Change and the Transformation of Work SPOL22030 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Societal Change and the Transformation of Work SPOL32025 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Special Independent Study SPOLD2025 20 Doctoral/8 Not open AYEAR
Special Independent Study SPOLD0002 10 Doctoral/8 Not open AYEAR
Supervised Independent Study SPOLM4300 20 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
The Core Skills of Social Research (2): Dissertation Preparation SPOLD1003 10 Doctoral/8 Not open AYEAR
The Economics of Public Policy SPOLM1062 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
The Economics of Public Policy SPOLD2028 20 Doctoral/8 Not open TB-2
The International Analysis of Poverty and Social Exclusion SPOLM1068 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Therapeutic Work with Children SPOL30035 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Understanding Crime, Harm and Society SPOL10020 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-1
Understanding Public Policy SPOL20026 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Understanding and Challenging Social Barriers ACHSD0003 20 Doctoral/8 Not open AYEAR
Understanding ‘Terrorism’ SPOL30065 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Violence, Conflict and Forced Migration SPOL30066 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Work and Work Placements: Childhood Studies SPOL20040 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-4
Work and Work Placements: Criminology SPOL20041 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-4
Work and Work Placements: Social Policy SPOL20042 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-4
Year Abroad SPOL20029 120 Intermediate/5 Not open AYEAR
Youth Justice SPOL32006 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Youth Justice SPOL20022 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Youth Policy and Social Welfare SPOL22022 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Youth, Sexualities and Gendered Violence SPOL22023 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1

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