Transcript Department of Politics & International Relations

Department of Politics & International Relations
ROYAL HOLLOWAY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
Head of Department
Dr Nathan Widder (Reader in Political Theory)
About US
AN “OLD” COLLEGE... A “YOUNG” DEPARTMENT
21 Academic
Staff (and
continuing to
grow)
DR NICHOLAS ALLEN
DR MICHAEL BACON
DR GIACOMO BENEDETTO
PROF ANDREW CHADWICK
DR TOM DYSON
DR JULIA GALLAGHER
DR EVELYN GOH
PROF SANDRA HALPERIN
DR OLIVER HEATH
DR YASMIN KHAN
DR LUIS LOBO-GUERRERO
DR JOHN MATTAUSCH
DR ALISTER MISKIMMON
DR LARA NETTELFIELD
DR BEN O'LOUGHLIN
DR DOERTHE ROSENOW
PROFESSOR CHRIS RUMFORD
DR JONATHAN SEGLOW
DR JAMES SLOAM
DR NATHAN WIDDER
DR MICHAEL WILLIAMS
(PLUS PHILOSOPHY)
PROFESSOR ANDREW BOWIE
DR NEIL GASCOIGNE
PROFESSOR ANNE SHEPPARD
DR HENRY SOMERS HALL
Our
Research
Significant and prizewinning Books.
Articles in top-ranked
scholarly journals.
Four
Research
Centres
The Centre for European
Politics
The Centre for Global &
Transnational Politics
The New Political
Communication Unit
The Contemporary
Political Theory Research
Group
2008 RAE
Ranked 9th IN THE UK
among departments with
fewer than 20 staff.
Ranked 2nd IN THE UK
among departments with
fewer than 15 staff.
2010 NSS
RANKED IN THE TOP 25%
OF POLITICS
DEPARTMENTS FOR
“OVERALL SATISFACTION”.
96% FOUND THEIR
DEGREE
“INTELLECTUALLY
STIMULATING”.
Our
Students
110+ new home/EU and 20+
overseas undergraduates
each year.
360 undergraduates and 8090 postgraduates in total.
Around 20% EU and 20%
overseas students.
Our
Undergraduate
Degrees
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Politics
Politics & International Relations
Politics, Philosophy & Economics
Joint Degrees with Economics,
Geography, History and Philosophy
Minor degrees with Economics,
Philosophy and Modern Languages
European Studies
Philosophy can be studied with
Ancient History, Classics, Drama,
English, Film Studies, Maths,
Music, Physics, and Modern
Languages
Our
Postgraduate
Degrees
MSc Politics and International Relations Streams:
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Contemporary Political Theory
Democracy, Politics & Governance
European Politics
Global Politics
International Relations
International Relations Theory
New Political Communication
Transnational Security Studies
Plus the MA in Modern Philosophy
MPhil/PhD supervision on subjects across the fields of politics,
international relations, and philosophy
STUDENT SOCIETIES
PIRSoc (2004)
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Organizes debates and guest
speakers (including ambassadors
and representatives from NGOs)
Social events and pizza/movie
nights
Organizes Model UN team that
competes annually in New York
2009 – Outstanding Delegates in
Committee Award
2010 – Honorable Mention Team
Award
2011 – Distinguished Delegation
Award
2012 – Outstanding Delegation Award
Diplomatic Society (2011)
• Debates with diplomats and
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ambassadors from Austria,
Canada, Sweden, Switzerland,
Vietnam, and the Russian
Federation
Organizes teams for Model UN
competitions in the UK and
Europe
Social Events and Dinners
Philosophy Society
(Dec. 2011)
• Organizes campus-wide
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debates on philosophy, politics,
aesthetics, and more, including
students from multiple
departments in the College
Involved with the British
Undergraduate Philosophy
Society, and will be sending
representatives to its annual
conference in Leeds
Admissions
• Usually AAB at A-level
• Three full A-levels
• 35 points in the IB
• We look carefully at all
near-misses