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Department of Social & Policy Sciences postgraduate research

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MSc Public Policy course video

Students on MSc Public Policy reflect upon their experience on this part-time, distance learning degree.

MSc Humanitarianism, Conflict and Development course video

Hear students share what they value most about studying MSc Humanitarianism, Conflict and Development.

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The Health Foundation: What should nanny do next? The government and obesity

Listen to Episode 2 of the Health Foundation podcast, featuring Professor Harry Rutter, on what the government should be doing to tackle obesity.

Mixed messages: Why embracing uncertainty would have bolstered Covid communications

Blog: Stay home, eat out and other mixed messages - Andy Dunne discusses why embracing uncertainty about the evidence would have bolstered Covid communications.

Tourette’s no laughing matter as comedians team up with researchers to tackle stigma

Building on recent research, academics from Bath and Oxford are teaming up with comedians with Tourtette's to challenge the stereotypes and stigma that exist.

A resilient and sustainable economic system needs to account for social justice

Blog: Dr Aurelie Charles and Damiano Sguotti discuss how a resilient and sustainable economic system needs to account for social justice.

Researchers launch project to assess community responses to COVID-19 in Gaza Strip refugee camps

A new four-month project involving Bath’s Jason Hart and Luisa Enria launches this week focusing on the impacts of coronavirus for refugee communities in Gaza.

Professor Yvonne Jewkes wins ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize 2020 for societal impact

Research from criminology Professor Yvonne Jewkes focusing on the impact of prison design for female offenders, takes this year’s prestigious ESRC competition.

Bath’s Centre for Death & Society partners with Good Grief Festival taking place this weekend

CDAS Director Dr John Troyer will speaking at a number of events as part of this weekend’s ‘Good Grief’ online festival.

Researchers launch project to assess community responses to COVID-19 in Gaza Strip refugee camps

A new four-month project involving Bath’s Jason Hart and Luisa Enria launches this week focusing on the impacts of coronavirus for refugee communities in Gaza.

The Centre for Analysis of Social Policy mark a new dawn of public engagement with Policy Labs

Policy Labs will aim to look at and solve social policy issues in a new way by communicating with users over a long period of time.

The ethics of AI development in public policy

Dr Emma Carmel writes for Open Access Government about the paradoxical realities of ethics of AI development, with recommendations for forming public policy.

Care leavers and Covid-19: A time for even greater state and community responsibility

Justin Rogers along with Philip Mendes and Ian Thomas, write for ABC News about the impact of Covid-19 on care leavers and the support they need.