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Philosophy and International Relations with Placement Experience BA Hons
Gain a deeper understanding of the world in theory and practice by combining philosophy and international relations with a year's professional experience, with our BA Philosophy and International Relations
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Apply by 14 Jan
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Points of entry for Philosophy and International Relations with Placement Experience BA Hons
Year 1
Entry requirements for Politics and Politics at University of Reading
Entry requirements are the formal requirements students need to meet to be considered for a place on a university course. But, each year many universities accept students with lower grades. The bar chart below shows the actual UCAS tariff points of students currently on this course.
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Required subjects for Philosophy and International Relations with Placement Experience BA Hons at University of Reading
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UCAS points for current students on Politics and Politics at University of Reading
English language requirements
7.0
Additional details
We require a minimum score of 7.0 overall with at least 6.0 in each element of the test (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing).
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22nd May 25
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16th May 25
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13th May 25
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13th May 25
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I believe that the careers area is amazing, however lecturers content and structures can be difficult to understand sometimes. I have had no contact with my personal tutor, but the course content provides a variety for both areas of my degree read more
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13th May 25
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13th May 25
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While professors are generally enthusiastic in their teaching, some should be better prepared. Providing PowerPoint slides or relevant materials in advance is essential for effective lectures. read more
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8th April 25
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27th November 24
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2nd October 24
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member10116283
27th September 24
War, Peace and International Relations, BA Hons FullTime
Great course and interesting modules, but I wished the program could be more specialised. read more
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26th September 24
Politics and International Relations with Placement Year, BA Hons FullTime
Very helpful lecturers, I was helped a lot with my essays. Very audible and clear classes as well. read more
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member1083115
4th April 23
Philosophy and Politics, BA Hons FullTime
The course has its challenging moments but as someone who enjoys all the subject matters within the degree I must say it is a pleasure being in the lecture halls and absorbing this content. read more
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member1082550
28th March 23
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Supportive lecturers who are always happy to support read more
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Orion4
18th May 19
Politics and International Relations, BA Hons FullTime
Barely any contact time, like 6-7 hours a week at the busiest, modules differ in teaching quality, dissertation prep has been mostly hands off from the department I believe everyone could benefit from more contact time in this area read more
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member537853
13th May 19
War, Peace and International Relations, BA Hons FullTime
During my time at Reading I did 3 modules that could actually be considered ‘war studies’ modules. In my first year not a single module was anything to do with war studies - the content I have only just covered in my 3rd year would be covered by a KCL student within the first year read more
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member634950
17th November 18
Politics and International Relations, BA Hons FullTime
Politics is taught well by lecturers, needs to be more focus on employability cos there's a lot of different fields a politics and IR student can go into read more
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member221097
17th May 17
Politics and International Relations, BA Hons FullTime
First year student - course content good and more choice second and third year, personal tutor met once, second term I had 4-5 hours a week contact hours, not value for money. read more
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member1125693
8th January 17
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Overall, I am enjoying my experience at Reading. The course material is engaging and the staff are generally engaging and helpful. read more
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member415935
28th September 15
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Love my course and the lecturers are all amazing. 10/10 would reccomend read more
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member99558
30th June 15
War, Peace and International Relations, BA Hons FullTime
the course is ok, i feel like the lure you in with promises of studying abroad and then when you get there it like you can study abroad if you write 4000 word essay and get picked????? read more
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