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Applied Policy Transfer Project - SPY00163M

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  • Department: Social Policy and Social Work
  • Credit value: 20 credits
  • Credit level: M
  • Academic year of delivery: 2023-24
    • See module specification for other years: 2024-25

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Semester 2 2023-24

Module aims

The aims of the Project are:

• to understand the challenges in drawing cross national policy lessons

• to explore cross-national variations in policy within a specific policy context

• to use evidence and theoretical policy analysis tools to address applied questions relating to specific policy problems

Module learning outcomes

The Project contributes towards academic and graduate skills development by ensuring students are able to:

• draw policy lessons from complex cross national evidence

• reflect on the limits to cross-national lesson drawing in practice

Indicative assessment

Task % of module mark
Essay/coursework 100

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

Task % of module mark
Essay/coursework 100

Module feedback

Feedback will be given in accordance with the University Policy on feedback in the Guide to Assessment as well as in line with the School policy.

Indicative reading

Bardach, E.S. and Patashnik, E.M. (2015) A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis: The Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving Paperback. Fifth Edition

Rose. R. (2005) Learning From Comparative Public Policy A Practical Guide


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