Welcome to the School of Social & Political Sciences
The School of Social & Political Sciences aims to combine high quality teaching and learning with high quality research. We provide a friendly and supportive environment and a great deal of our work features the characteristic hallmark of co-operation and interdisciplinarity. This bears fruit within our distinctive curriculum and also in our collaborative research, as we view the two as intricately connected. We align ourselves closely with the University’s ‘student as producer’ agenda and there is an active mentoring and placement programme running alongside many of our courses.
Staff in the School have extensive experience of designing, managing and delivering high quality, vocationally relevant courses. It is our aim to provide students with good employment prospects and to equip them to become lifelong learners.
The School has links with higher education providers in a variety of countries and, for some programmes, it is possible to study abroad for a period. In addition, we attract a variety of external visitors each year, both from the UK and overseas. We also organise annual trips abroad for students, e.g. to the United Nations, and we encourage an active alumni association of Social Science Students.
We look forward to meeting you, and very much hope that you choose to study with us.
Professor Jacqui Briggs, Head of School.
Study Abroad Initiative
Students from the School of Social and Political Sciences have the opportunity to enrol at partner institutions in the USA, Sweden, Belgium and the Netherlands during the third year of their undergraduate degree programme*.
The Study Abroad Initiative is available to those who have successfully completed years 1 and 2 of their degree and enables students to spend a year studying overseas during what would be their third year of study. During the year abroad students will not pay a tuition fee to either the University of Lincoln or their host university. Students will be responsible for their travel and accommodation costs in addition to their normal living costs throughout the year. Where applicable, visa costs will also need to be covered by the student. Students will then return to the University of Lincoln to complete the final year of their degree.
The initiative enables students to experience their subject from a different perspective and to explore different societies and cultures.
*Only a limited number of places are available
