department of politics & international relations

Department of Politics & International RelationsROYAL HOLLOWAY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

Head of DepartmentDr Nathan Widder (Reader in Political Theory)

About USAN “OLD” COLLEGE... A “YOUNG” DEPARTMENT

21 Academic Staff (and continuing to grow)

DR NICHOLAS ALLENDR MICHAEL BACONDR GIACOMO BENEDETTOPROF ANDREW CHADWICKDR TOM DYSONDR JULIA GALLAGHERDR EVELYN GOHPROF SANDRA HALPERINDR OLIVER HEATH

DR YASMIN KHANDR LUIS LOBO-GUERRERODR JOHN MATTAUSCHDR ALISTER MISKIMMONDR LARA NETTELFIELDDR BEN O'LOUGHLINDR DOERTHE ROSENOWPROFESSOR CHRIS RUMFORDDR JONATHAN SEGLOWDR JAMES SLOAMDR NATHAN WIDDERDR MICHAEL WILLIAMS

(PLUS PHILOSOPHY)

PROFESSOR ANDREW BOWIEDR NEIL GASCOIGNEPROFESSOR ANNE SHEPPARDDR HENRY SOMERS HALL

Our ResearchSignificant and prize-winning 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 RAERanked 9th IN THE UK among departments with fewer than 20 staff.Ranked 2nd IN THE UK among departments with fewer than 15 staff.

2010 NSSRANKED IN THE TOP 25% OF POLITICS DEPARTMENTS FOR “OVERALL SATISFACTION”.96% FOUND THEIR DEGREE “INTELLECTUALLY STIMULATING”.

Our Students110+ new home/EU and 20+ overseas undergraduates each year.360 undergraduates and 80-90 postgraduates in total.Around 20% EU and 20% overseas students.

Our Undergraduate Degrees•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 DegreesMSc Politics and International Relations Streams:

•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)• 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

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

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