Why choose WBS?
The University of Warwick is one of the UK's top five research universities, and has an excellent reputation for teaching quality.
We are its largest department and offer a uniquely interdisciplinary and international approach,
using all the skills and resources available to us as part of the University.We draw on the expertise of colleagues in many other departments including Philosophy, Politics, Economics, Law, Sociology, Psychology and the Warwick Medical School.
Within WBS, IGPM encompasses and coordinates all of our public policy and management activities. The Warwick MPLM builds on over 20 years of WBS research and development work in the public and voluntary sectors in the UK, and on experience gained through our international networks.
Studying at Warwick
You'll get to know and love our vibrant multicultural campus. We have a great balance between urban and rural life. You'll find everything you need here.
Our library is very well resourced, with one million books, 10km of archives, 25,000 electronic periodicals, and a Modern Records Centre. You can use the library electronically, from on and off campus. We also offer state-of-the-art language learning facilities. Choose from over ten languages at a range of levels, for leisure or business. Computing facilities are excellent across campus.
Bars, cafes, shops, as well as sporting and arts facilities all provided on a single green-field site. There is a thriving Students' Union, with an enormous range of societies, clubs, and events. Another entertainment hub on campus is Warwick Arts Centre. As the largest arts centre in the Midlands, with an outstanding national reputation and programme, it boasts a 1,500 seat concert hall, cinema, two theatres, and the Mead Gallery.
Excellent provision is made for many sporting activities. The Sports Centre offers a 25 metre pool, large indoor climbing centre, sports halls, classes, gym, and weight training facilities. There are football, rugby, and cricket pitches, badminton and squash courts, an indoor tennis centre, plus a huge range of sports available through the Students' Union clubs.
Our networks
We have working partnerships for joint design and delivery of public sector programmes of research, teaching, and leadership development with organisations including:
Your career
Having the Warwick MPLM on your CV can be a career booster. Certainly, you will gain improved management skills and a broader view of how organisations fit and work together. You will also explore how they compete, collaborate, regulate, and make decisions. All of which will make you a better manager and leader.
But the Warwick MPLM is about more than that. Many of our participants are here to learn how to do their job better and improve their service. Many benefit from our excellent networking opportunities.
Refreshing your contacts and networking can be crucial to your career and your personal development. The WBS Alumni Association is an active network of 29,000 past graduates from over 137 nationalities, many of whom are now in senior positions in private, public, and voluntary sectors globally. This includes not only graduates from the Warwick MPLM but our other prestigious programmes too.
With professional, social, and educational activities organised globally, the WBS Alumni Association is there for you throughout your life. Join the lively WBS Public & Voluntary Sector Alumni Network for a programme of seminars, refresher courses, and social events.