MSc International Social Welfare and Social Policy at Anglia Ruskin University

Do you want a career that gets to the heart of society’s problems and changes people’s lives? Gain the skills to identify key social challenges, and analyse and identify policies used to address them on this interdisciplinary Masters course. Find out how our course helped her achieve her goals.

Duration: 13 months full-time; 28 months part-time  |  Study mode: full-time, part-time  |  Intake: January 2027, September 2027  |  Location: Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

You will be assessed using methods that best allow us to assess your development throughout the course, and that relate to the kind of work you can expect to produce in your future career. These include essays, reports, case studies and debates - there are no exams in this course. Whole course: Postgraduate Research Methods, Global Development: Policy and Practice, Beyond Borders Intercultural Communication Welfare and Policy, Postgraduate Project; options include Theoretical Foundations: Critiques, Debates and Contexts, Policing Transnational Crime, Contemporary Debates in Sociology, Race, Racism and Resistance in Modern Britain since the Eighteenth Century.

Career pathways

The skills and knowledge you pick up on this Masters course will prepare you for a career in non-governmental organisations (NGOs) (including community organisations, charities, social enterprises and not-for-profit organisations), employment in governmental organisations and academic organisations. Our past graduates have gone on to work in education, poverty reduction, charities and NGOs, consultancies, and government bodies both in Britain and overseas.

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