Information Governance|Management and Policy|Public Policy and Administration

This module examines the rise of risk-based policy-making and risk regulation for scientific, technological and environmental developments. Throughout the...

Risk Assessment and Governance (STEP0021)

Aims -  This module aims to provide a more theoretical basis for understanding algorithms while being strongly motivated by practical applications. It...

Algorithms and Data Structures (STAT0041)

STATA|DATA ANALYSIS|REPEATED MEASURES|TRANSITIONS|MODELLING TIME TO EVENT|STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL

This module is an introduction to longitudinal data and analysis methods for people who have some quantitative background or for those who want to brush up on...

Longitudinal Data and Analysis (SOCS0056)

This module is an introduction to longitudinal data and analysis methods for people who have some quantitative background or for those who want to brush up on these skills having not studied them for a while. It will familiarise students with different longitudinal designs, longitudinal data available for secondary analysis and methodological issues of longitudinal research, including handling missingness and attrition. The module introduces students to different longitudinal analytic techniques such as fixed effects and random effects models, structural equation modelling and latent growth modelling and event history analysis. 
Each lecture will be mirrored by a practical workshop where students will put the analytical techniques introduced that week to use. Using the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS) British birth cohort studies data, students will learn how to handle and analyse large datasets using a statistical computer package (Stata) and develop good practice in presenting and interpreting their results.

This module introduces students to the key debates on social inequality and mobility in contemporary societies, covering a wide range of topics, including...

Social Inequality and Mobility (SOCS0045)

This module introduces students to the key debates on social inequality and mobility in contemporary societies, covering a wide range of topics, including social class and its impact on life chances and life choices; income inequality, mobility and top income; education, meritocracy and the heritability of intelligence (the Flynn effect); poverty and the underclass; discrimination and segregation; inequality across the world, and the very long run dynamics of social inequality, inequality and mobility in different forms of society.