How can policymakers tackle the most urgent and insistent social and economic problems confronting their societies? How can institutions understand the increasingly complex nature of contemporary policy problems, drawing on appropriate knowledge, data, and evidence? How can governments turn public policy ideas into action through effective mechanisms of implementation and delivery? Sharpen your critical and analytical skills as you unpick some of the biggest questions in the world of public policy today. 

This programme gives you the opportunity to explore, debate and exchange ideas on the most important issues affecting society as we know it

The course structure enables you to design a tailor-made programme that reflects your own professional and intellectual interests


Our approach to teaching public policy is genuinely comparative and focuses on both the developed world, emerging market economies and developing regions and countries, including Africa, India, China and South East Asia

Investigate development issues, with a strong interest in the comparative analysis of policy for the developing world


This programme is designed for those who want to play a leading role as future policymakers in national governments, international agencies, NGOs, charities, and across the public and private sectors