本课程为学生提供了发展和扩展他们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。该课程旨在：增进您对影响社会需求的因素的了解和理解，以及不同社会对这些需求的反应方式，增强您的研究技能，使您能够就自己选择的主题进行独立的研究项目。研究方法课程针对以下人群：曾在本科阶段学习过社会政策的学生，现在希望在就业之前已经奠定的基础上，或者希望继续深造其他学科的毕业生以提高自己的水平对社会和福利问题的了解和理解，同时也提高了他们的研究技能，那些已经就业的人希望在进入职业生涯的下一阶段之前更新其
Expand your knowledge of contemporary issues facing social welfare and wellbeing and how social policy responds to them.Develop knowledge and research skills highly valued by public, third and private sector employers. Acquire ESRC approved postgraduate research training, vital for further study at PhD level. Offers students the opportunity to develop and extend their knowledge and understanding of key social policy issues together with advanced training in research methods. The course offers you the opportunity 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.