Social and Public Policy / English Language & Linguistics, MA (Hons)

Social and Public Policy examines strategies to tackle global and societal issues, including poverty, inequality, housing, health, technology, and sustainability. Drawing on insights from political science, sociology, and economics, the programme explores how governments formulate responses to meet people's needs, welfare, and wellbeing. The teaching team received the 2020 Social Policy Association/Policy Press Outstanding Teaching Award for excellence and innovation at the University of Glasgow, and the subject ranked joint first in the UK for student satisfaction in the 2019 NSS. Students also benefit from work placements in voluntary or public sector organisations.English Language and Linguistics investigates the structure and meaning of the English language across history to illuminate aspects of culture, society, and human identity. Over the past 50 years, the department developed the world-leading Historical Thesaurus of English, a distinctive resource tracing the evolution of its vast vocabulary. Additionally, students have access to specialised laboratories for analysing spoken and written language.