Hello, my name is Elizabeth Monaghan.
I'm a senior lecturer in politics and I'm one of the teachers
involved in delivering the BA Politics here at the University of Hull.
Politics is about the study of power, who has it and who doesn't,
how they get it, how they use it, and even how they abuse it.
At the domestic level, this can mean what governments do,
the decisions they make, the various actors, individuals
and groups who seek to influence them
and to shape collective outcomes, the way in which governments
encourage us, enable or sometimes compel us to live together.
At the international level, this means the way in which
states seek to exert their power
through words or through actions, through battle, through negotiation,
to try and bring some kind of rule or organisation
to what is otherwise a situation of anarchy.
At Hull, we study politics with a focus on the real world
applicability, how it plays out on the ground.
This extends to the way in which we assess you.
You get the chance to develop
your skills in argumentation, writing academic essays,
but we also use policy briefings, intelligence papers, video
presentations, podcasts and even role playing exercises.
These help us develop the kind of skills that our graduates need to thrive
in the public, private and voluntary sectors in a range of careers.
When you study politics at Hull,
you’ll have the opportunity to define your own study path.
You get the chance to make decisions about what
you'll study and how in your second and final years.
This culminates with you designing, carrying out and writing up your own piece
of political research working with one of our lecturers here.
We're well known for our placement scheme and all students on the
BA Politics have the opportunity to apply to spend a semester
working for an MP or a peer in the Palace of Westminster
and seeing up close how politics works in the real world.
Some students prefer to add an international dimension to their study
and can apply to spend a semester studying at one of our partner
institutions across Europe, North America or Asia.
They choose courses offered by the host institution
and then marks and credits are converted back.
It’s fully integrated into their degree.
We'd love to have the chance
to talk to you more about what we do here in politics at Hull.
Do get in touch with us, or even better, come along to one of our Open Days
where you'll get the chance to experience what it's like to study politics at Hull.