Policy Development and Evaluation 1

This module is offered in semester 1 and is linked with Policy Development and Evaluation (2) which is taught is the second semester. The two sections of this module are linked by an overview given at the onset and reiterated throughout (with reference to the second semester module - 2) to ensure students understand the interaction between policy, research, strategy, implementation and evaluation, in relation to housing.

The module enables students to engage with the nature of policy development from the pre-policy stage to evaluation. The module emphases an appreciation of processes and people that form policy and provides the overview of the research process as applied to policy development.

The research practice element of the module will provide students a number of key skills in research practice, related to the skills and application of learning to the student?s dissertation in their final year. Research practice applied to professional practice is amplified by the inclusion of a number of guest speakers from relevant research organisations and professional bodies.