Master's degrees

Postgraduate teaching in Social and Policy Studies comprises our flagship Criminology MSc (NEW for 2024), the MA in Digital Media and Society and the MSc in Social Science Research (Social Policy).

Sociologists focusing on digital and new technologies teach the core part of the MA in Digital Media and Society, which focuses on how digital media is used in everyday context and how digital technologies are giving rise to new models of economy and consumption. The programme also trains students in studying digital media from online ethnography to surveys and experiments.

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for Criminology

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for Sociology

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100% of research impact rated 鈥榳orld-leading鈥� or 鈥榠nternationally excellent鈥�

Research Excellence Framework 2021

Our master's degrees

Criminology MSc

Develop specialist, applied knowledge about crime and its control,and about how we understand and conceptualise the notion of justice.

Social Science Research MSc

Gain a comprehensive overview of the key methodological and philosophical debates that currently shape social sciences.

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