入学要求 Requirement：
学术要求：The normal admission requirement for our taught postgraduate programmes is a good first degree or an equivalent professional qualification.
英语要求： IELTS 6.5 with no less than 6.0 in any band
学费 Tuition Fee：2011/2012 £14,010
课程特征 Course Features：
The MPA will help you develop the qualities required for advancement in a public service career. It will provide you with a rigorous understanding of the key concepts and issues underpinning the practice of public administration internationally, along with the ability to critically analyse policies, structures and systems of public administration.
课程内容 Course Content ：
Core modules are:
•Governance
•Making Policy
•International Public Management
•Leadership and Management Development
•Managing Public Money
Elective modules include:
•Marketing Public Services
•Outcomes, Performance and Resources
•Law, Regulation and Finance of Commissioning
•Public Policy Research Methods
•Leading and Managing Change in Criminal Justice
•Strategic Commissioning
•Community Governance and Leadership
•Collaborative Strategy
•Participation and Democracy:
•Public Service Procurement and Contracting
•Urban Regeneration and Renewal
•State and City In Europe and Asia
•Advanced Political Analysis
•Pluralism and Disagreement in Modern Societies
•Political Violence and Terrorism
•Peacekeeping, Peacebuilding and World Politics
•International Political Economy
•International Economic Management
•Development and Emerging Inequalities in Europe
•European Emerging Markets
•Religion and Development
•E-governance
•Understanding Organisations
•Conflict, Security and Development
教学与评估Learning and Assessment:
An interactive approach is used, with an emphasis on group work discussion and presentations, reinforced by lectures and seminars. Problem-based case studies from practice are used extensively. The programme’s six modules are assessed by a combination of written assignments and examinations (or time-limited assignments), plus a dissertation in which the student prepares a longer piece of research-based work, with guidance and support from an academic supervisor.
职业前景 Career Prospects：
The MPA is ideal for candidates wishing to pursue careers in public policy, the strategic management in government organisations or public agencies, at local, regional, national or international levels. It may also enable public managers to broaden their careers either through moving to a different area of the public or voluntary sectors or through moving into consultancy.