First year student webinars
Get ready for your studies in the School of Politics and International Relations.
First Year Student Webinars
Join our webinar series to learn more about what you will be studying in the first year of your degree. These webinars are open only to first year students of the School of Politics and International Relations. Presented by our academics, each webinar will provide an overview of the first year modules, and how you'll study them. All incoming students will receive an email and joining link before each webinar:
Watch the recording:
- Background to British Politics
- Thinking Politically
- Global Histories
- Introduction to International Relations
- Political Analysis
- Global Sociology
Recommended readings
We’ve recommended some books below that you might find interesting to read before you begin. This isn’t mandatory but simply for those of you who might like to learn more about current debates and themes in politics and international relations.
- Why We Get the Wrong Politicians by Isabel Hardman
- We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Beresford Bennett, et al.
- Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez
- Theories of International Politics and Zombies: Revived Edition by Daniel W. Drezner
- Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge