International Relations BA (Hons)

This degree, you'll explore development and underdevelopment, conflict and conflict resolution, war and terrorism, and globalisation and activism. This fascinating interdisciplinary degree will help you to become an active agent of change in the international system. You’ll explore the issues the world faces from a number of perspectives – global and systemic, individual and rational, cultural and critical and Western-centric and post-Western. Our interactive seminars and workshop encourage exciting, free and open debate.

Employability

Graduates are in demand for their skill-mix, including analysis, critical thinking, research, and strong communication skills. As a graduate you’ll be able to appreciate that problems are often multi-faceted and require thoughtful, creative and logical approaches. Such graduates are highly valuable (in both commercial and Not-for- Profit sectors) because of their ability to contribute to strategic decision making.

Typical careers are:

• teaching
• voluntary sector project management
• work in NGOs, local and central government
• general commercial businesses
• national delegations at the United Nations

Placements

A placement can not only help you place your studies into a context and apply your learning to practice, it's also a great opportunity to contribute to real world situations. Many former students have maintained a relationship with their placement organisation, and some have used it as the basis for their dissertation.