Public Policy and Management

Welcome to Public Policy and Management at Aston University!

Congratulations on having chosen Public Policy and Management as your programme - we will do our best to make the next few years an exciting, challenging, invaluable and unforgettable experience.

You will be studying public policy as part of a combined programme.  In the first year, the Public Policy and Management component of your degree aims at making you familiar with key concepts and ideas in Public Policy and Management as well as developing your skills in critical analysis and research methods.  

To learn more, why not visit our Public Policy and Management webpage! Click here.

First Year Modules

The core first term modules are:

• LB1009 Issues in Welfare and Public Services

• LB1010 Public Policy Making and Analysis

• LYL021 Research Methods

Recommended Reading

• Alcock, P. May, M. and Rowlingson, K. (2008) The Student’s Companion to Social Policy (3^rd edition), Blackwell Publishing.

• Hill, M. (2009) The Public Policy Process, Pearson.

• Judge, D. (2005) Political Institutions in the United Kingdom, Oxford University Press.       
  

Online Resources

• To learn more about our research interests, activities and expertise, visit the Policy Studies Group website. We have a number of events coming up this year including a series of expert workshops on the current crisis in elderly care as well as other effects of the cuts in public services.

Series of Short Open University Podcasts on Welfare and Work:

• The Welfare State: What is it?
  
• ‘Welfare. Who’s responsible?’
  

•  Work. Who does what?

• OECD ‘Society at a Glance’, 2009

          Think Tanks and Organizations interested in public policy and public service reform (of all political persuasions!):

• http://www.respublica.org.uk/

• http://www.ippr.org.uk/

• http://www.demos.co.uk/

• http://www.guardianpublic.co.uk/guardian-public-services-summit-2010

• http://www.adamsmith.org/

We look forward to welcoming you in September!