Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
The Economic Policy MA develops the capacity to do research on the implementation and effectiveness of economic policy in a contemporary global and financial context. The course covers fiscal and monetary policy as well as labour market and wage policy, financial regulation and macroprudential policy. It will enable you to contribute to debates on austerity versus active demand management and efficiency versus equity in the regulation of markets. You will develop high-level expertise relevant to organisations including governmental regulatory agencies in the domestic economy (eg HM Treasury), think tanks, and international agencies dealing with globalisation issues.
In the Economic Policy MA you will engage with the core graduate economic analyses necessary for advanced level economics research: Macro & Micro Theory and Applied Econometrics and Economic Policy. In addition, you will study the economic history of capitalism and the history of economic ideas in Economic Change & Ideas, putting the issues surrounding the evaluation of economic policy in a broad historical and intellectual context. You will also pursue intensive study of the contemporary globalised and financialised economy and its relationship to economic development in Financialisation, Globalisation and Economic Policy. These modules serve as excellent preparation to pursue high-level research into an applied economic policy topic in the dissertation. You will work individually with a member of staff to choose a topic for your dissertation, research this topic and write up your conclusions.
On successful completion of the programme you will have acquired a precise and professional knowledge of the procedures used to analyse current issues in economic policy.
One or more of the following will normally be regarded as appropriate admission requirements:
All certificated and non-certificated learning will require verification. In the case of certificated learning, this will require the presentation of relevant certificates and/or confirmation from the award giving body. In the case of non-certificated learning, verification will be established in the course of the interview to which all applicants will be invited, or, where appropriate, through the submission of supporting documentation and evidence. Where the evidence of the fulfilment of the appropriate admission requirements is inconclusive, the applicant may be asked to complete a written exercise.
All non-UK applicants must meet our English language requirements. For this course it is Academic IELTS of 6.5 overall, with special conditions1 in all elements. Please make sure you read our full guidance about English language requirements1, which includes details of other qualifications we’ll consider.
Applicants who do not meet the English language requirements may be eligible to join our pre-sessional English language course2.
Applicants from one of the recognised majority English speaking countries (MESCs)3 do not need to meet these requirements.
Home and European Union 2014/15 MA full time £5,200, MA part time £2,600. ELQ (Equivalent Lower Qualification) fee 2014/15 MA full time £5,540, MA part time £2,770. Overseas (not EU) 2014/15: MA full time £12,100, MA part time £6,050
Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list.
All modules are core.
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