我们的课程基于员工团队的研究和奖学金。我们旨在鼓励学生成为有研究素养的人，并对自己学科内开展的研究有深刻的理解和赞赏。向学生介绍了中心问题，并发现学者，包括他们自己的讲师和教授，如何设法解决这些问题。我们的研究在课堂上用于帮助提高学生的整体研究素养。我们旨在让学生有机会获得进行独立研究的技能和能力，评估相互竞争的理论和解释的优点，成为团队的一部分，并有效地进行对观点敏感的政策辩论。其他–所有对雇主有吸引力的技能。这个政治学位提供了对当代政治分析的详细知识和理解，对社会研究方法进行了出色的培训，能够将理论观
A dynamic subject essential to understanding people, power and policies in a changing world. Among other aims, our Politics and International Studies degree provides: A detailed knowledge and understanding of contemporary political analysis, An excellent training in social research methods, The ability to apply theoretical perspectives and concepts to real-life problems, and, An appreciation of the complexity and diversity of political problems in society. The degree equips graduates for employment in a range of careers in the statutory, voluntary and private sectors. Our curriculum is based upon the research and scholarship of the staff team. We aim to encourage students to become research literate and have a strong understanding and appreciation of the research carried out within their discipline. Students are introduced to central questions driving political change across the world today and discover how academics, including their own lecturers, are trying to address them.<br><br>Our Politics and International Studies course covers all the core areas of the discipline and offers a range of options focusing on theories and ideologies, international relations and the study of the politics of individual nation states. Our students gain the skills and ability to carry out independent research, to assess the merits of competing theories and explanations, to work as part of a team, and to effectively engage in policy debate with sensitivity to the views of others all skills that are highly attractive to employers.