本课程为您提供了发展和扩展您对关键社会政策问题的知识和理解的机会，同时还提供了研究方法方面的高级培训。它旨在增进您对影响社会需求的因素以及不同社会对这些需求的反应方式的知识和理解。这将提高您的研究技能，并使您能够针对自己选择的主题进行独立的研究项目。该课程包括研究方法课程，核心学科训练和个性化学习的组合。除了研究设计，定量方法和定性方法方面的课程外，该课程还包括有关福利概念和思想的实质性课程以及有关福利的方法：过去，现在和将来。这些课程的第一部分将探讨一些最重要的概念和思想，这些思想和思想已经影响了围绕社
This course offers you the opportunity to develop and extend your knowledge and understanding of key social policy issues together with advanced training in research methods. It aims to improve your knowledge and understanding of the factors which shape social needs and the ways in which different societies have responded to these. This will enhance your research skills and enable you to undertake an independent research project on a topic of your choice. The course is aimed at: students who have studied social policy at undergraduate level and who now wish to build on the foundations they have already laid before entering employment or embarking on further study. graduates of other disciplines who wish to improve their knowledge and understanding of social and welfare issues whilst also enhancing their research skills. individuals already in employment who wish to update their existing knowledge and skills before moving onto the next stage of their careers