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Today's public practitioners must demonstrate clear understanding of the often complex tensions involved in contemporary public policy. They must also be able to offer confident leadership in formulating and implementing appropriate strategies to address them.

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This programme combines theoretical approaches to international political economy with practical experience of development to create a unique, multidisciplinary degree. It explores: Competing theories of political economy and political development: how theories of development link to development practice; Different political systems and their histories; The complex relationship between political economy and development, including trade, financial systems, and aid; The impact of political systems and political actors on developmental success and failure; The impact of the political economy in developing countries (and globally) on aid and donor policies

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The good governance agenda that has emerged occurs now increasingly alongside the current debate on state-building, which encompasses issues such as accountability and transparency, corruption, conflict, political settlement, human rights, participation, access to justice, and democratisation. Governance and state-building are of particular interest to governments, non-governmental organisations and development agencies, as well as to a growing and vibrant academic community.

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This programme offers a broad-based multidisciplinary approach to the study of international relations, with opportunities to specialise in one of several fields including international economic relations, security studies, European studies or Pacific Asian studies. Issues examined may include: Historic and leading-edge theories of international relations; Critical approaches to international relations; Conflict and security, including terrorism and political violence; The operation and institutions of the global economy; Diplomacy and summit-level state interactions; Gender and international relations.

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The programme contains a broad range of optional modules from the Law, Politics and Philosophy departments. Students may choose between a dissertation or practice-based dissertation.

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Research interests of staff The Department of German Studies at Birmingham enjoys a long-standing national and international reputation and is one of the leading centres in the country for language, literature, history and culture. Research is pursued in its broad social and intellectual context, and you are encouraged to select topics that require knowledge of developments elsewhere in Europe.

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The European Research Institute offers a state-of-the-art multidisciplinary programme on contemporary Europe. The degree is designed to enable you to think critically to understand the nature, functioning and development over time of the wider Europe, its institutions and environment.

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The programme is aimed at providing health care professional, with skills and academic requirements for specialist clinical practice within the community as well as research skills and health service evaluation. The programme is unique in that it combines both academic and clinical aspects of community and primary care and, as such, would provide a clinically applicable higher level of academic achievement.

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This programme is designed to prepare suitably qualified candidates for doctoral research. It comprises both taught and research elements, and includes: A dissertation of 20,000 words A core module on research methodologies in contemporary German Studies A subject-related option drawn from modules on Germany available in the MA in European Studies

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Scholarships and studentships Scholarships may be available. International students can often gain funding through overseas research scholarships, Commonwealth scholarships or their home government.

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