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PhD/MPhil Social Policy

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In Social Policy, we offer supervision across each of the School's main research areas (see below). We cover both historical and contemporary issues, and welcome enquiries from students with interests in Scotland, the UK and globally. We're currently supervising students on a wide range of topics from volunteering and associational life in contemporary Scotland to assessing the impacts of social policies on Human Development in Sierra Leone. The Strathclyde Doctoral School provides a vibrant and comprehensive student-centred research and training environment in order to grow and support current and future research talent. We encourage colleagues to work across disciplinary boundaries and this is reflected in the construction of our four, interdisciplinary Research Clusters. To identify potential supervisors for your project, please explore areas of individual staff expertise within each cluster:

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Founded in 1796 as a ‘place of useful learning’ the University of Strathclyde is a leading technological University based in the heart of Glasgow.

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• (PhD Supervisor: Prof George Wright) Research into judgment and decision making in futures thinking.

Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering

• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Zhen Chen) Artificial Intelligence for Professional Excellence in Built Environment
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Alejandro Moreno-Rangel) Strathclyde Centre for Doctoral Training: Energy-efficient Indoor Climate Control for Optimised Health

Department of Biomedical Engineering

• (PhD Supervisor: Dr A Kazakidi) A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) investigation of endovascular aortic arch stent graft designs in relation to post-operative thrombus formation
• (PhD Supervisor: Prof Stuart Reid) Development and manufacture of laser mirror coatings for gravitational wave observatories and other space applications

Department of Chemical and Process Engineering

• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Jun Li) Catalytic reforming of syngas hydrocarbons to maximise hydrogen production
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr M Haw) Creating the ethical chemical engineer: pedagogy and practice of teaching ethics in Chemical Engineering
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Vassilis Inglezakis) Cryogenic processes for CO2 Capture
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Javier Cardona) Data-driven approaches for in-line monitoring of particle attributes in chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing processes
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr L Lue) Design and control of nanoparticle structuring and self-organisation
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr K Johnston) Designing surfaces to control nucleation in pharmaceutical crystallisation
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr P Mulheran) Designing the properties of renewable plastics
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr E Brightman) Development of Thermally Regenerative Redox Flow Batteries for combined energy storage
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr D Kivotides) Direct numerical simulation of polymeric-fluid flows
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr D Kivotides) Finite temperature superfluid turbulence flow-structure interactions via immersed boundary methods
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr P Grassia) Foam Hadron Collider
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr P Grassia) Foam improved oil recovery
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr E Brightman) Hydrogen production from electrolysis of waste biomass
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Y Chen) In-line process monitoring for microalgae cultivation
• (PhD Supervisor: Prof J Sefcik) Investigation of crystal formation in pharmaceutical crystallisation processes
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Dragos Neagu) Membranes for carbon dioxide conversion for environmental and space exploration applications
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr D Kivotides) Mesoscopic calculations of polymer drag reduction
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Vassilis Inglezakis) Metal-based nanocomposites hyper-activity in heterogeneous non-catalytic and catalytic reactions
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr P Mulheran) Modelling exsolution: materials design for sustainable energy
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr K Johnston) Modelling the formation & recycling of plastic composites
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Javier Cardona) Multimodal remote sensing and Machine Learning for Precision Agriculture
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Stephen Lyth) Nanocellulose as a Sustainable Electrolyte for Electrochemical Energy Conversion
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Dragos Neagu) Nano-engineering of materials for energy conversion and storage applications
• (PhD Supervisor: Prof Ashleigh Fletcher) New methods for removal of pollutants from water
• (PhD Supervisor: Prof Ashleigh Fletcher) Novel porous materials for Carbon Capture Applications
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr M Jorge) Predicting drug solubility in different solvents using molecular simulation and machine learning
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Y Chen) Spatially resolved spectroscopy for pharmaceutical manufacturing process
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Stephen Lyth) Sustainable Carbon Nanomaterials for Electrochemical Energy Conversion in Hydrogen Fuel Cells
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Xiaolei Zhang) System design on co-production of transport fuel and value-added chemicals from waste biomass
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr L Lue) The automated construction of thermodynamic models for complex mixtures
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Jun Li) Valorisation of wet biomass wastes with carbon dioxide for sustainable fuel productions
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr M Haw) What makes particle packings stable? Explaining and engineering random loose packing

Department of Chemistry

• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Kristin Ceniccola-Campos) Forensic Analysis of Drugs of Abuse

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Located in the centre of Glasgow, the University of Strathclyde is the 2012/13 Times Higher Education University of the Year and the 2013/14 Times Higher Entrepreneurial University of the Year. Research in the department of Civil & Environmental Engineering is highly interdisciplinary and combines the expertise of civil and environmental engineers, with geoscientists, chemists, physicists, mathematicians, and social scientists. Our world-class research portfolio includes leadership of international and multi-institutional research consortia in close collaboration with industry and government.

We have a vibrant postgraduate research community, with currently around 70 research students. We offer research training in a diverse, international setting and all of our PhD students have the support of two supervisors to guide them through their research. Students have the opportunity to attend specialist classes and training courses from across the University, as well as the Department’s weekly research seminar series. In addition, all of our PhD students work towards the University of Strathclyde’s Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) in Researcher Development. This innovative PGCert ensures students receive credited training in complementary skills such as presentation, external engagement, writing and project-specific skills.

In 2022 the Department was awarded the Athena SWAN gold award, in recognition of our “commitment to advancing women’s careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine.”

• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Mark Stillings) Low Carbon Cements for Construction and Encapsulation

Department of Computer and Information Sciences

The Department of Computer and Information Sciences is part of the faculty of Science at the University of Strathclyde. With 30 academic staff, 11 support staff and about 50 researchers, it is one of the smaller departments in the faculty. Its size allows for a friendly and supportive atmosphere with a strong sense of community. The Department provides a rich and stimulating research environment, with research groups in Automated Planning (a sub-area of Artificial Intelligence), Mathematically Structured Programming, Software Systems, Information Retrieval and Global Dataflow Systems. It has strong cross-disciplinary links throughout the university and also across Scotland, participating in the Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance (SICSA). It also enjoys a number of research collaborations with other institutions world-wide. The University of Strathclyde is a vibrant and dynamic university in the heart of Glasgow, one of the largest cities in the UK. The university has a very strong reputation in Engineering and the Sciences and prides itself on its relationship with the wider community, and the range of its industrial and business links. The Department supports a lively community of PhD students, postdoctoral research fellows and frequent international visitors. There is a regular and varied seminar programme as well as weekly meetings of research groups. The university encourages cross-disciplinary research and there are many opportunities for research engagements with other departments, both within and beyond the Science faculty.

• (PhD Supervisor: Dr P Innocenti) A taste of home: Exploring migrating food heritage and food information practices
• (PhD Supervisor: Prof Gobinda Chowdhury) Data/Information for sustainable development
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Y Moshfeghi) Exploring Brain-Computer Interfaces and AI
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Y Moshfeghi) Exploring Generative AI, Memory, and Language Understanding
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Y Moshfeghi) Mental Workload Detection from Brain Signals
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Y Moshfeghi) Turst Detection from Brain Signals in Human-AI Teaming

Department of Design, Manufacture and Engineering Management

• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Andreas Reimer) A digital twin-driven high-precision net-shape light metal deposition process
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Ian Whitfield) Dynamic digital scheduling for optimal outfitting of naval ships
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr D Evans) Early Intervention Inspection of Hot-Forged Components
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr T Konkova) In-process monitoring of microstructure evolution during ingot-to-billet conversion of the aerospace grade Ti-6Al-4V (Ti64) material in support of the ongoing development of Digital Twin infrastructure for high-value manufacturing
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Kush Mehta) Multi materials additive manufacturing for ship building application
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Wenkun Xie) Sustainable manufacturing of high-quality compound semiconductor wafers

Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

The Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering is the largest in the University with 46 academic staff, over 600 undergraduate students and over 200 postgraduate students. As well as being the largest department in Strathclyde, we are also the largest Electronic & Electrical Engineering Department in Scotland. The Department is part of the University's Faculty of Engineering, one of the University's five teaching faculties. Electronic & Electrical Engineering at Strathclyde is taught by Scotland's largest Department, established for over a century, rated Excellent in teaching quality terms by the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council and with a highly regarded 5 in the latest Research Assessment Exercise conducted across the UK by the national universities governing body. The Department's size and diversity is unique - the research covers everything in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from control to optoelectronics, to power engineering, to signal processing, instrumentation and communications. The High Voltage Technologies Research Group researches all aspects of HV engineering and Pulsed Power Technologies. This teaching and research presence assures undergraduates of an effective up-to-date and enthusiastic education. The research activities are vitally important in teaching undergraduates: many staff members are internationally recognised authorities on their subject and their laboratories are often made available for undergraduate use, especially for project work. The Department's international connections in Europe, the USA and throughout the world offer unique opportunities for studying and vacation work abroad.

• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Christos Ilioudis) Advanced Processing Methods for Long Baseline Multistatic Radars for Space Situational Awareness
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Robert Atkinson) Deep Learning for Critical Care Monitoring
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Christos Tachtatzis) Deep Learning for Woodland Soil Biodiversity Identification and Monitoring
• (PhD Supervisor: Prof S.G. Pierce) Dry-coupled ultrasonic inspection of CFRP aerospace structures
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr I Timoshkin) Gas-Filled Plasma Closing Switches for the Next Generation of Pulsed Power Without SF6
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr T Stratoudaki) Inspection of nuclear fusion components in high temperature using laser induced ultrasound phase arrays
• (PhD Supervisor: Prof James Windmill) Leverhulme Doctoral School in Nature Inspired Acoustics – Sensors & Devices

Department of Mathematics & Statistics

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics has an international reputation in the use of mathematical and statistical analysis for real-world problems. Research within the Department covers a wide range of applied and applicable mathematics and statistics with a prominent commitment to the analysis of nonlinear equations and the solution of real-world problems. The Department has collaborative links with researchers in many institutions, including other universities, research establishments and industry in the UK, Europe, the USA and elsewhere in the world. The Department offers MSc (one year), MPhil (one year), MRes (one year) and PhD (three to four years) research degrees. Funding is available from various sources, i.e. EPSRC, University Scholarships, Carnegie Trust, Scottish Overseas Research Student schemes, UK industry and the EU. Postgraduate students benefit from being part of the Scottish Mathematical Sciences Training Centre which includes a six month course in a variety of mathematical subjects. Students also attend research seminars within the Department, and have opportunities to attend national and international conferences. Further information is available on our website: www.mathstat.strath.ac.uk/applying/postgraduate Online applications for postgraduate study are accepted at pgr.strath.ac.uk/

• (PhD Supervisor: Prof Ke Chen) Development of Mathematical and Language Models based Deep Learning algorithms for multimodal imaging and segmentation
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Yoshihito Kazashi) Dynamical Low-Rank Approximation for Uncertainty Quantification: Bridging Theory and Practice in Large-Scale Problems
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr A Wray) Modelling and analysis of evaporating sessile droplets

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Mechanical Engineering at Strathclyde is one of the largest departments of its type in the UK, with around 500 undergraduate and 80 postgraduate students. It has around 100 academic, research, administrative and technical staff. It is by far the largest of its type in Scotland. It has the highest independently assessed standing in its discipline in Scotland for both teaching and research. The staff complement covers a wide range of expertise and this is reflected in the research profile and in the portfolio of specialist MEng courses.

• (PhD Supervisor: Dr M Lappa) An investigation into droplet splashing and levitation phenomena in multiphase systems
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Athanasios Toumpis) Experimental and numerical investigation of dissimilar material refill friction stir spot welding
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Athanasios Toumpis) Exploring friction stir welded steel joints on giga-cycle running machines
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Emad Chaparian) Microfluidic-assisted particle manipulation in complex fluid environments for biomedical and engineering applications
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Paolo Capobianchi) Multiphase Ferrofluid Systems for Biomedical and Engineering Applications
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr M Lappa) Thermally driven flows in solidification processes

Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean & Marine Engineering

• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Shen Li) Accelerating the UK Offshore Wind Development by Design for Manufacturability
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Haibin Wang) Digital twin model development for a solar panel system assisted marine vessel

Department of Physics

The Department is strong in both research and teaching. We have about 300 undergraduate students, while our annual research turnover is about £7M. This makes us one of the bigger physics departments in Scotland, and one of the biggest research departments at Strathclyde. This is rather appropriate, since John Anderson, founder of the institute that became Strathclyde, was a physicist. He was also a champion of "useful learning", and our present-day department follows that tradition in offering a number of applications- and career-oriented degrees. Our research, similarly, deals mainly with “useful physics” of photons, electrons, atoms, molecules and their composites. It yields insights into fundamental physical phenomena while also seeding interdisciplinary and entrepreneurial activity. Its fruits include successful spin-out companies as well as collaborative research units and institutes.

The Department is a member of the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA). This is one of the largest academic research organisations in Europe. A major component of this is the SUPA Graduate School, dedicated to enhancing the training of postgraduate physics training. All postgraduate students are automatically members of this body.

Research students are vital to the Department. We have over 100 PhD students and are looking to increase that number. Students undergo a structured training programme involving SUPA and the Strathclyde Doctoral School which develops advanced technical skills and transferrable skills.

• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Paul McKenna) Bayesian Optimisation in Multi-Scale Laser-Plasma Fusion Simulations
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Paul McKenna) Optimisation and control of laser-driven ion accelerators using machine learning
• (PhD Supervisor: Prof T Ackemann) Project Title Self-organized magnetic and droplet states for quantum technologies
• (PhD Supervisor: Prof K Ronald) Propagation of RF/microwave signals in plasma
• (PhD Supervisor: Prof John Jeffers) Quantum Lidar: ultimate and practical limits of object sensing
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr G Robb) Self-organized magnetic and droplet states for quantum technologies (Theory focus)
• (PhD Supervisor: Prof K Ronald) Sideband Suppression on High Power Microwave Antenna
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr A Arnold) SI-traceable atomic thermometry
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Kali Wilson) Vortex Dynamics in Ultracold Quantum Mixtures

Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry

• (PhD Supervisor: Dr K.H.A Lau) AI-directed discovery of self-assembled peptide-peptoid acoustics materials
• (PhD Supervisor: Prof Robert Mulvey) Alkali Metal Mediation (AMM) in Chemical Manufacture and Fuel Technology
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr David Palmer) Artificial Intelligence for Early Detection of Cancers from Spectroscopic Liquid Biopsies
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr David Palmer) Computational Design of Small Molecules to Prevent the Early Formation of Multispecies Biofilms
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Catherine Weetman) Developing a Future Green Chemical Economy through Aluminium Bimetallics
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Fraser Scott) Developing novel treatments for invasive fungal infections
• (PhD Supervisor: Prof Nick Tomkinson) Pan-cellular Raman active probes to monitor macroscopic properties in live cells
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr K.H.A Lau) Towards 3D-printing of self-assembled insect-mimetic acoustic structures

Engineering Hydrogen NetZero (EnerHy) CDT

• (PhD Supervisor: Dr James Carroll) Anchoring technology solutions in challenging ground conditions for application in a floating wind farm array
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr James Carroll) Renewables and the UK Energy Market
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr James Carroll) The X-Rotor Offshore Wind Turbine Concept Development

EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Wind and Marine Energy Systems and Structures

• (PhD Supervisor: Prof Ali Mehmanparast) Evaluation of Corrosion-Fatigue Behaviour in Offshore Wind Turbine Substructures
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr James Carroll) Wind Turbine Reliability

Institute of Photonics

The Institute of Photonics is a commercially oriented research unit, established in 1995, as part of the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. The Institute's key objective is to bridge the gap between academic research and industrial application and development in the area of photonics, through excellence in commercially relevant research and its exploitation. Our research agenda is influenced both by latest developments in academic research and by industry requirements. We are equally at home working with industrial or academic partners. The research environment at the Institute mixes the purely academic with the real world requirements of industry. Our research teams combine to create a unique blend of semiconductor, laser and applications experts. Underpinning our approach is our belief that successful and effective technology transfer, in its broadest sense, is best supported by providing an environment, facilities and expertise where these wide ranging activities, from strategic research to supporting spin-out companies, can flourish. Activities undertaken are necessarily varied, but have a common theme in that they all sit somewhere in the continuum between pure academic research and full commercial application or exploitation of research. Our research interests span a broad range of photonic source development - semiconductor materials & devices, all-solid-state lasers - and applications - in biophotonics, in optical communications, in imaging, in materials processing, and a host of other areas.

• (PhD Supervisor: Prof Alan Kemp) Innovative and manufacturable approaches to exploiting low cost-per-Watt diode-laser pumping of Ti:sapphire
• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Antonio Hurtado) Neuromorphic photonic-electronic integrated circuits for fast and efficient SPIKE-based information PROcessing (SPIKEPRO)
• (PhD Supervisor: Prof Keith Mathieson) Optoelectronic neural probes for in vivo manipulation of neural circuits
• (PhD Supervisor: Prof Michael Strain) Photo-chemical adaptive integrated circuits for next generation neuromorphic computing
• (PhD Supervisor: Prof Keith Mathieson) Technologies for optogenetic neural interfacing

School of Social Work and Social Policy

• (PhD Supervisor: Prof B Harris) Life on Mars: reconstructing the welfare of boys admitted to the TS Mars, Training Ship, moored on the River Tay, Scotland 1869 - 1929

Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy & Biomedical Sciences

The Institute carries out research across a range of research disciplines including Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Parasitology, Pharmacology, Exercise Science, Applied Physiology, Toxicology, Drug metabolism, Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Public Health, Neuroscience, Cardiovascular, Pharmaceutical Analysis, Drug delivery, Drug formulation, Molecular Modelling and Food Science. The research of the Institute is represented by five main groups: * Biomedicinal chemistry and drug delivery * Cell biology * Infection, Immunity and Microbiology * Integrative mammalian biology * Pharmaceutical care and Public Health The Institute has state-of-the-art facilities, including, molecular modelling, drug design and formulation, solid-state research laboratories, and Biophotonics. Extensive collaborations exist with other departments within the University, as well as with external organisations such as the University of Glasgow and the NHS in Scotland, with particular links with Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Western Infirmary and the Southern General Hospital. There are also strong industrial links with several major UK and international companies. In addition, the Institute has established collaborations with universities and other organisations worldwide. Total research funding for the Institute is currently £6 million, from a range of sources including Wellcome Trust, BBSRC, EPSRC, Leverhulme Trust, Tenovus-Scotland, Scottish Enterprise, the Scottish Executive, European Union, and industry. The Institute currently comprises 73 academic staff, ~70 research staff, ~75 technical staff, 15 clerical/secretarial staff and 6 administrative staff. The Graduate School of SIPBS co-ordinates the training of over 120 graduate students who come from a diverse range of backgrounds and nationalities. We offer a varied choice of MRes programmes as well 3 year PhD research programmes in most areas of research. The PhD training programme includes a mixture of project-specific skills training and generic skills training.

• (PhD Supervisor: Dr Luisa Pedro) B cell responses during tumour development
• (PhD Supervisor: Prof Hannah Batchelor) Interrogation of the digital biopharmaceutics toolbox: Predictions of biorelevant solubility and dissolution profiles
• (PhD Supervisor: Prof Katharina Edkins) Investigating the factors leading to crystallisation in drug melts and glasses
• (PhD Supervisor: Prof A Florence) PhD in Cyber-Physical Systems for Medicine Development and Manufacturing

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PhD/MPhil Social Work and Social Policy

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In Social Policy, we offer supervision across each of the School's main research areas (see below). We cover both historical and contemporary issues, and welcome enquiries from students with interests in Scotland, the UK and globally. We're currently supervising students on a wide range of topics from volunteering and associational life in contemporary Scotland to assessing the impacts of social policies on Human Development in Sierra Leone. Our Social Work staff also offer supervision across all of our research areas. Current work includes studies of the provision of support for disabled children and their families, various aspects of criminal justice social work, and the experiences of looked-after children and care-leavers. Many of our current students benefit from the opportunity to work with colleagues in the Centre for Excellence for Children's Care and Protection (CELCIS) and the Children and Young People's Centre for Justice (CYCJ). Our PhD programme in Criminology draws on the expertise of colleagues in both Social Work and Social Policy and the School of Law. We offer supervision across a range of topics, including youth and criminal justice, criminalisation, punishment and sentencing, the promotion of desistance, prison health services, and prisoners relationships with their families and the wider community. We also have close links with the Children and Young People's Centre for Justice (CYCJ) and the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR). The School also manages a dedicated PhD programme in Public Health and Health Policy. This programme also draws on the expertise of colleagues in the Centre for Health Policy and other parts of the Faculty and University. We're currently supervising students who are working on a variety of different topics, ranging from the impact of mental health problems on women experiencing poverty to the relationship between mental health, homelessness and recovery.

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Duration: 3 Year (s)

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MSc Health & Social Policy

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MSc - Master of Science

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Social Policy / Administration

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Why This Course

This programme offers you the opportunity to develop and extend your knowledge and understanding of how key health and social policies and outcomes intersect, while also providing advanced training in research methods.

It aims to improve your knowledge and understanding of the factors which shape people’s health and wellbeing, and the ways in which different societies and governments have intervened to shape these relationships.

This integrative approach to health and social policy is inspired by recent policy efforts to develop whole-of-government and systems approaches that focus on understanding cross-policy links - efforts that are, in turn, informed by evidence demonstrating such approaches are more cost-effective.

There is strong focus on combining postgraduate level research methods training with study of research challenges from a policy perspective. The programme includes opportunities for students to undertake a placement-based dissertation module, examining advocacy and research challenges in partnership with non-governmental organisations (NGO), policy bodies, or academic research teams.

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Take a whole-systems, intersectional approach to exploring how societies are shaped and supported by health and social policies

Develop and extend your knowledge of contemporary health policy challenges such as growing health inequalities, declining healthy life expectancy, debates around health system financing, and work to prevent future pandemics.

Study how these policy areas interact, and how societies influence the development of health and social policies.

Develop knowledge, research and critical appraisal skills highly valued by public, third and private sector employers.

Acquire research training vital for research careers, including further study at PhD level.

The MSc Health & Social Policy is strongly informed by our partnerships with NGOs and policy organisations and is designed to support graduates to develop three potential career paths:

Careers within policy organisations concerned with addressing health and social challenges (e.g. local, devolved and national governments, health policy advisory bodies, and international policy organisations such as the World Health Organization and global health charities).

Careers in organisations using research to influence the policies that impact on people’s health (e.g. large charities/NGOs/non-profit organisations and health policy think tanks). Recent graduates from our social policy programmes have taken Policy Director and Policy Lead roles on in prominent health NGOs.

Research careers, within universities and research consultancies. Graduates can also use this qualification as a platform for undertaking PhD study. The research methods training on the MSc Health & Social Policy is approved by the ESRC via the Scottish Graduate School in Social Sciences.

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First or upper second-class Honours degree, or overseas equivalent, in health or social policy or a related discipline.

The University of Strathclyde is a leading international technological university which offers a diverse range of postgraduate course options. With over 30,000 students from over 140 countries, it has a vibrant and international learning community. Innovative research is at the heart of everything that they do, with almost 90 % of the university’s research rated ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ in the most recent Research... more

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