Public Administration (Degree Apprenticeship)

Overview

Public Administration (Degree Apprenticeship) Master’s degree from University of Portsmouth is work-based, and you'll typically spend about 20% of your working week studying. You'll need to do some additional studying outside of work time. The Government or your employer pay your tuition fees – so it doesn’t cost you anything. 

In this Public Administration (Degree Apprenticeship) programme from the University of Portsmouth develop your strategic leadership and management capabilities and get the knowledge you need to take on ambitious new roles. You'll cover public policy, service and administration from inter-cultural, inter-professional and inter-organisational perspectives.

You'll also study specialist areas relating to public administration, such as the legal system and corporate governance, and learn transferable skills that will be valuable throughout your career. You’ll have many opportunities to put what you learn into practice, as you’ll be completing the course alongside your job.

When you finish the course, you'll have the confidence to take on more challenging leadership roles in the future and become more effective in your existing role.

What you’ll experience

• Critically examine how public policies are made and implemented

• Gain specialist knowledge in fields that match your career aspirations

• Learn how to solve complex issues with a creative approach

• Boost your ability to lead and manage strategically

• Cover topics such as citizenship, the legal system and corporate governance

• Compare policy processes and outputs in specific fields, including health, education, welfare, economic development, defence, policing and European integration

• Examine public policies, management systems and administrative systems from an international perspective

• Assess the effectiveness of public organisations

• Complete a personal project on a topic of your choice

• Get a learning manager from the University and a workplace mentor

• Access our Library resources, including electronic resources which you can accessed from anywhere with a web connection

• Have access to the University's student support services and community including study support and the Students’ Union

• Receive feedback from and take part in discussions with lecturers and other students

Work experience and career planning

You can put the skills you’ll learn on this course to use wherever your public administration career takes you.

Previous Portsmouth Public Administration students have gone on to take up senior roles in local and central governments, and with United Nations and other non-governmental organisations.

After you leave the University, you can get help, advice and support for up to 5 years from our Careers and Employability service as you advance in your career.

Teaching and programme assessment

If you do this course via the campus-based route, you'll study alongside public sector professionals from around the world, giving you the chance to learn from both our qualified academic staff and experienced practitioners. As part of the course, you'll also attend talks by speakers from a variety of public bodies.

You'll also get an induction, master classes, and specialist talks on campus. We’ll support you through online tutorials, in person, on the phone or over Skype throughout the course.

You’ll be assessed through:

• briefing documents

• analytical reports

• research-based projects