Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research

Ten reasons to choose us

  1. We maintain an excellent staff-student ratio meaning you will always be taught in small groups and have real access to your lecturers.
  2. You will be taught by highly trained staff who are world experts in their fields and often feature in the media. Click here to find out more
  3.  As a large, multidisciplinary School, we offer an unparalleled grounding in the discipline of your choice and a wide range of attractive options including those from  Sociology Criminology Social Policy and Cultural Studies which ensure you will benefit from academic breadth as well as depth in your studies with us.
  4. We provide excellent pastoral care. Staff at all levels are friendly, approachable and deeply invested in the learning environment of our students.
  5. We listen to students and respond to their suggestions. Students are represented on all our committees, ensuring that student needs are kept at the top of our agenda.
  6. We offer courses at two beautiful campuses - Canterbury and Medway. Each providing first class accommodation.
  7. You will have access to great facilities including a sports centre, theatre and cinema, clubs and societies, bars, cafes and night clubs, helping to ensure that your student experience with us is enjoyable as well as intellectually stimulating and productive.
  8. Our School has been ranked as one of the top few centres for social science in the UK since league tables began. You will be taught by lecturers who write the books and articles that shape the disciplines you are learning.
  9. The additional resources that we enjoy as a result of our research success means that we have a vibrant culture of specialist seminars, workshops and conferences that are open to our undergraduate as well as our postgraduate students.
  10. Our campuses are less than 1 hour from central London, by train.

 

Still undecided?

Each year we offer our very best final year undergraduate students interested in continuing their studies with us the chance of £3,000 MA Scholarships to help study for a higher degree.

Our bursaries and scholarships

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SSPSSR, Faculty of Social Sciences, Cornwallis North East, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NF

Last Updated: 02/12/2011