Public Policy and Management

MSc Public Policy and Management

Full-Time Programme

The MSc degree in Public Policy and Management address the central issues that face everyone participating in the public policy process, whether as advisers, civil servants, managers or campaigners. A unique strength of the programmes is that they address both policy-making and policy implementation issues with equal weight. As well as understanding how policy choices are made (and indeed how policy may develop by default, without clear choices and priorities being established),you will analyse the issues involved in decisions about how public services are managed, and explore how levels of government interact and how the private sector is involved in the implementation of public policy.

Teaching

A mix of lectures and classes employing a variety of formats.

Study Resources

Birkbeck Library has an extensive teaching collection of books and journals in politics and sociology. It also has an impressive range of electronic resources, including bibliographic databases and over 17,000 electronic journals. Most of these resources can be accessed via the Internet 24 hours a day. It is worth spending some time on the Library website to familiarise yourself with its collections and services.

Students can also take advantage of the rich research collections nearby, including those of the Senate House Library, the British Library of Political and Economic Science (LSE Library) and the British Library.