BA Education Studies and Social Policy at Queen's University Belfast

This joint degree explores the multi-disciplinary field of education alongside social policy, combining research-informed modules on education with study of patterns of social life and social change. Students develop theoretical and methodological skills, including drawing on primary and secondary sources and analysing data, with relevance to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Social Policy at Queen's is ranked 12th in the UK for research (Times Higher Education REF21).

Department: School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work  |  Duration: 3 years full-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Students examine education and social policy through local and global lenses, with practice-based observations, field trips, summer work placements, guest lectures and workshops. Social Policy staff are involved in data collection and analysis for policy in areas such as Good Relations, Racial Equality, Shared Education and Children's Rights, and students can benefit from the Centre for Children's Rights and ARK, Northern Ireland's Social Policy Hub.

Career pathways

Graduates pursue roles in governments, international agencies, charities, public sector organisations, schools and the private sector, or further study through the School's MEd, MSc and MRes programmes, including the MSc in Children's Rights and the MRes Social Sciences.

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