Faculty of Social Sciences
Understand society, shape policy
Welcome to the Faculty of Social Sciences
The Faculty of Social Sciences studies how people organise, decide and thrive. Economics, politics and sociology are taught through fieldwork, policy labs and partnerships with civic organisations.
Students run surveys, sit in council chambers and publish a yearly policy review — graduating with evidence, not just essays.
- Economics, politics & sociology
- Policy lab & civic partnerships
- Fieldwork in every year
- Student-published policy review
What the Faculty of Social Sciences Entails
Inside the Programme
Fieldwork First
Interview programmes, neighbourhood studies and survey design build primary-research skill from year one.
Policy Lab
Teams brief real civic partners each term, presenting findings to panels of practitioners and officials.
Careers in Society
Routes into government, NGOs, journalism and postgraduate research, with alumni mentors in each.
Questions
Faculty FAQs
Statistics for social research is taught from scratch with plenty of supported practice — no advanced background assumed.
Yes. Joint honours pair any two of economics, politics and sociology across the three years.
