OverviewExplore ways to apply data analysis techniques to a range of substantive policy related questions and develop skills in evidence-based decision makingChoose to specialise within a policy subfield such as social and family policy, economic and public policy, environment, criminal justice and securityDelivered by the University's Centre for Computational Social Science (C2S2) providing you with the essential mathematical and programming skills to acquire and analyse dataPut your market-leading social data science skills into practice with optional work placements or industry-based research consultancy projectsYou’ll gain an understanding of complex political and cultural issues, often in continually changing environments which will be relevant to both business and public sector careers or PhD study