Social Policy

Students registered for the MPhil in the Department of Social Policy are normally required to attend seminars provided by the Methodology Institute on research methods. The courses available will be listed in the MPhil/PhD handbook. In addition, first year students will attend SA550. Students are encouraged to attend other graduate seminars relevant to the subject of their research.

The progress of each student is reviewed during the Summer term of the first year for full-time students, of the second year for part-time students. Students present a detailed thesis proposal, a literature review, their research question, an outline of their proposed methodology and a timetable for completion. This must be of a standard acceptable to the department.

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