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Organization profile
Organisation profile
The Department of Social & Policy Sciences is one of the leading centres for social sciences in the UK. We have an excellent reputation for cutting edge research and innovative teaching.
We have been ranked exceptionally in the following league tables:
- Ranked 3rd for social work in the Guardian University guide 2016
- Ranked 3rd for sociology in the Complete University Guide 2017
- In the top ten for social policy & administration in the Guardian University guide 2016
- Ranked 44th in the world Development Studies in the QS World University Rankings® by Subject 2016
- Ranked in the top 100 in the world for Social Policy in the QS World University Rankings® by Subject 2016
Our staff and students are involved in the study of the major challenges that we face as a society:
- poverty
- inequality
- disadvantage
- work and worklessness
- violence
- the welfare state
- community cohesion
- family life and parenting
- health, illness and death.
Our achievements have been recognised most recently by the award of the prestigious Queen's Anniversary Prize in 2011.
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Profiles
Projects
Study on Analytical support on Extreme Poverty -Bangladesh
Department for International Development
8/04/20 → 31/10/20
Project: Central government, health and local authorities
Conflict and peace-building in the MENA region: is social protection the missing link?
Jawad, R., Devine, J., Forrester-Jones, R. & Walton, O.
1/04/20 → 31/03/24
Project: Research council
Research Output
A disconnected policy network: The UK's response to the Sierra Leone Ebola epidemic
Georgalakis, J., 30 Apr 2020, In : Social Science and Medicine. 250, 112851.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
A human rights approach to advocacy for people with dementia: A review of current provision in England and Wales
Dixon, J., Laing, J. & Valentine, C., 1 Feb 2020, In : Dementia: the international journal of social research and practice. 19, 2, p. 221-236 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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An analysis of the stock market reaction to the announcements of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy
Law, C., Cornelsen, L., Adams, J., Penney, T., Rutter, H., White, M. & Smith, R., 17 Feb 2020, In : Economics & Human Biology. 100834.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Datasets
Data for 'Toward healthy housing for the displaced'
Albadra, D. (Creator), Coley, D. (Creator), Hart, J. (Creator), University of Bath, 11 Jan 2018
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00433
Dataset
Impact assessment in complex contexts of rural livelihood transformations in Africa. Part 1- Longitudinal household income data
Copestake, J. (Creator), UK Data Service, 4 Feb 2016
Dataset
Understanding and responding to adults bereaved following a drug or alcohol-related death
Walter, T. (Creator), Valentine, C. (Creator), UK Data Service, 9 Dec 2015
Dataset
Student theses
A critical review of graduate employability skills : lessons from the Maltese experience
Author: Thake, A. M., 27 Jun 2017Supervisor: Cressey, P. (Supervisor) & Lauder, H. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
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A Juku Childhood: Children’s experiences in Juku attendance and its relation to their well-being in Japan
Author: Ozaki, M., 30 Jun 2016Supervisor: Ridge, T. (Supervisor) & Harkness, S. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
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An analysis of the factors influencing the implementation of health and personal social service policies for elderly people in Northern Ireland.
Author: McCoy, K. F., 1985Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
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