硕士/博士社会工作与社会政策

您可以在一年的过程中学习MPhil，也可以在三年的过程中学习博士学位。您可以在我们任何可用的研究领域中进行研究：儿童与年轻人和家庭，健康与福利，刑事与社会正义，公民身份和社区。作为博士学位的一部分，您将获得研究人员专业发展的研究生证书（PG Cert RPD）。该证书旨在为您的研究提供支持，并奖励您在这里作为研究生所要做的事情。它会帮助您提高对专业发展和就业能力至关重要的技能：进行研究的知识和知识能力，在研究和所选职业中取得成功的个人素质，专业研究人员的标准，要求和行为学科，与他人合作并向广泛的受众传达您
The School of Social Work & Social Policy offers MPhil and PhD programmes in:CriminologyPublic health & health policySocial policySocial workIn Social Policy, we offer supervision across each of the School’s main research areas (see below). We cover both historical and contemporary issues, and welcome enquiries from students with interests in Scotland, the UK and globally. We're currently supervising students on a wide range of topics from volunteering and associational life in contemporary Scotland to assessing the impacts of social policies on Human Development in Sierra Leone.Our Social Work staff also offer supervision across all of our research areas. Current work includes studies of the provision of support for disabled children and their families, various aspects of criminal justice social work, and the experiences of looked-after children and care-leavers. Many of our current students benefit from the opportunity to work with colleagues in the Centre for Excellence for Children’s Care and Protection (CELCIS) and the Children and Young People’s Centre for Justice (CYCJ).Our PhD programme in Criminology draws on the expertise of colleagues in both Social Work and Social Policy and the School of Law. We offer supervision across a range of topics, including youth and criminal justice, criminalisation, punishment and sentencing, the promotion of desistance, prison health services, and prisoners’ relationships with their families and the wider community. We also have close links with the Children and Young People’s Centre for Justice (CYCJ) and the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR).The School also manages a dedicated PhD programme in Public Health and Health Policy. This programme also draws on the expertise of colleagues in the Centre for Health Policy and other parts of the Faculty and University. We're currently supervising students who are working on a variety of different topics, ranging from the impact of mental health problems on women experiencing poverty to the relationship between mental health, homelessness and recovery.