MA Public Policy and Public Management with Applied Area Studies

University of East Anglia UEA

This two-year course is specially designed to empower you to take a career in public policy or government to the next level. This course's first year constitutes our MA Public Policy and Public Management, an advanced training ground in issues that are shaping public policy globally. These include the digital transformation of the public sector, environmental crisis, migration, healthcare policy, and the impact of the emergence of a new multipolar international order. This course intersects closely with our MA International Relations, giving you a uniquely international perspective on the public policy environment. The year culminates in your MA dissertation studies, giving you the opportunity to conduct a piece of policy research that's closely related to your own. On this version of the course, you will then spend your second year (September-June) taking your ideas and applying them further in real-world contexts. To do so, you will work closely with UEA's world-leading specialists in New Area Studies - for which UEA's research was ranked 5th in the UK in the Times Higher Education's analysis of the most recent Research Excellence Framework (2021). This innovative field operates at the intersection of global studies and the latest methodologies in the social sciences and humanities. It will enable you to analyse governance and policy contexts comparatively and empower you to effect real-world, data-driven change. You will be part of a truly vibrant environment of specialist interdisciplinary seminars and policy workshops. You will have the opportunity to take your dissertation to the next level - for instance, by developing a project management plan to implement your findings in your own career context.