Politics (School of Social Sciences - The University of Manchester)

Welcome to Politics at Manchester, one of the largest and strongest Politics groupings in the UK with a long and distinguished history as a centre of research, research training and education at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

We offer a wide range of Undergraduate and Masters level programmes and opportunities at PhD level – our staff of over 40 full time academics provides expertise across most areas of politics.

Please explore our website to discover more about Politics at Manchester.

Latest news

Politics selected to teach prestigious new module in conjunction with Houses of Parliament for September 2013. More details

Veronique Pin-Fat awarded a University Teaching Excellence Award for 2011/12.

David Rhys Birks is awarded a University Distinguished Achievement Award as Post Graduate Student of the Year 2012

Claire Annesley awarded the PSA's Richard Rose Prize for 2011.

Andrew Russell awarded the PSA's Bernard Crick Award for Outstanding Teaching for 2011

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Applicants

Considering applying for an Undergraduate or Postgraduate course in Politics at Manchester. Follow the links for more information.

Academic staff

Politics includes over 40 academic staff. View a full alphabetical listing.

Recent publications

View a listing of recent and forthcoming major publications by members of staff.

Featuring....

Georgina Waylen has been awarded an ERC research grant of approx £1.7million running from 2012-2017 on the topic of 'Understanding Institutional Change: A Gender Perspective'.

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