This course helps you answer these questions at every level of governance where political authority is exercised, from the very smallest local authority to large international organisations. It balances state-of-the-art academic theory with real-world practice to prepare you for working in the world of policymaking.<br>On this course you'll explore the complexity of contemporary governance. You will examine its effects on the policymaking process, the multiplicity of actors involved in it, the powers they have to affect it and the constraints under which they operate.<br>This degree attracts a hugely diverse student body. Some students may have already studied politics and public policy previously and want to further their knowledge. Others have come from other social science backgrounds and wish to specialise, while bringing knowledge and theory from an alternate academic perspective.<br><br>We also welcome students with no academic experience in the subject, who might have experience working in a diverse array of sectors such as the military, petrochemicals or financial risk compliance, and wish to further their knowledge of how and why the public policy process functions in the way that it does.<br><br>If this sounds like you, and youre fascinated by the questions of how policy is governed and what policymakers can achieve, then this is the degree for you.<br><br>Your career<br>Politics postgraduate students go on to work in a variety of exciting roles across the globe.<br>The MA Politics, Governance and Public Policy degree will prepare you especially well for working in policy-focused roles in local and national government, third sector organisations, global governance bodies and the private sector. The world of public policy is complex, as are the range of careers that expertise on the subject lends itself to.