Governance, Development and Public Policy MA

University of Sussex

Master

In Brighton

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Brighton

  • Duration

    1 Year

This degree provides you with a theoretical and practical understanding of debates on political change and how public authority is created and exercised.

Based at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), you’ll build your critical and analytical skills, and improve your ability to develop and implement policies across state and non-state organisations.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Brighton (East Sussex)
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Sussex House, BN1 9RH

Start date

On request

About this course

Our graduates go on to work as legal and policy advisors on governance and human rights for:

government ministries
UN agencies
the Refugee Council
bilateral and multilateral agencies such as the World Bank.

100% of students from the Institute of Development Studies were in work or further study six months after graduating. Recent IDS students have gone on to jobs including:

senior adviser, Westminster Foundation for Democracy
assistant director Foreign Service, Department of International Relations and Cooperation
consultant, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.

You should normally have an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above.

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Subjects

  • Research
  • Design
  • Dissertation
  • Political Economy
  • Development
  • Nutrition
  • Health
  • Global Perspective
  • Unruly Politics
  • Professional

Course programme

Modules

These modules are running in the academic year 2018/19. We also plan to offer them in future academic years. They may become unavailable due to staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of such changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.

Core modules

Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.
  • Research Design
  • Dissertation Governance, Development and Public Policy
  • Democracy and Public Policy
  • Making Public Policy
  • Political Economy Perspectives on Development
Options

Alongside your core modules, you can choose options to broaden your horizons and tailor your course to your interests.
  • Aid and Poverty: the Political Economy of International Development Assistance
  • Climate Change and Development
  • Competing in the Green Economy
  • Development in Cities
  • Governance of Violent Conflict and (In)security
  • Health and Development
  • Nutrition
  • Poverty, Violence and Conflict
  • Public Financial Management
  • Reflective and Creative Practice for Social Change
  • Sexuality and Development: Intimacies, Health and Rights in Global Perspective
  • The Politics of Gender
  • Theory and Practice of Impact Evaluation
  • Unruly Politics

Additional information

Fees

Fees are not yet set for entry in the academic year 2019/20 but will be published here as soon as they are available. Note that your fees, once they’re set, may be subject to an increase on an annual basis.

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