School of Politics and International Relations Undergraduate Study

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Welcome to Queen Mary 4 Our home in the east 8 The School of Politics and International Relations 10 Careers and alumni 16 Degree programmes 20 How to apply 24 Study abroad 26 Accommodation and visit us 28 How to find us 30 Campus maps 32

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2 www.geog.qmul.ac.uk 2 politics.qmul.ac.uk politics.qmul.ac.uk 3 What we offer EXCEPTIONAL FACILITIES • £250m on new facilities in the past 15 years • 7,700 square metres of new learning and WORLD-CLASS UNIVERSITY teaching space with the new Graduate Centre, currently under construction • 1% – we’re in the top percentile of and due to open in 2016. universities in the world (Times Higher and QS World University Ranking) • We are a member of the Russell Group – the UK’s 24 leading universities

INNOVATIVE RESEARCH • 5th in the UK (at 83%) for “world-leading or internationally excellent” research outputs (4*/3*) in the most recent Research Excellence Framework • Drama and Linguistics ranked top in the UK for research quality, as well as several areas in the top ten such as English, Dentistry, Public Health and Medicine. • £100m – total research income per year HIGH-QUALITY GREAT LOCATION TEACHING • Short walk from and , and close to ’s financial centres, • 6 Nobel Prize winning alumni the City and INTERNATIONAL • 55 academy and society fellows • Set beside the Regent’s Canal in Mile End, among QMUL academic staff our main campus is within walking distance OUTLOOK • Personal Adviser support system from the Olympic Park • Students and staff from for every student • Mile End station is one of the best more than 150 countries connected in the city, as it is on the Central, • “One of the world’s 20 most District and Hammersmith and City lines. international universities” (Times Higher Education)

4 politics.qmul.ac.uk politics.qmul.ac.uk 5 The Queens’ Building, Mile End has a proud association with not one, but four Queens: Welcome to Queen Mary Queen Victoria; Queen Mary (wife of King George V); Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother; and our University of London Patron, Queen Elizabeth II.

We are one of the world’s leading universities, London facts and figures with first-class academics, inspirational • 4 Unesco world heritage sites teaching and a great track record for graduate • 300 theatres, 500 cinema screens employability. We also have some of the most and 12,000 restaurants satisfied students in the capital, studying and living on our attractive campus in the heart of • 32,000 music performances a year, east London. 621 a week, 17 per cent of them free! • a GDP bigger than the economy In today’s competitive job market a good of Switzerland degree from a top university like Queen Mary University of London is more important than • green space covers 40 per cent ever. Our courses prepare you for professional of Greater London. life by building transferable skills into the (Source: londoncouncils.gov.uk) curriculum – we are consistently in the top ten Our location - East London per cent of universities for graduate starting Whether you choose to live on or near the salaries in the UK. campus or travel in from home, east London is a great place to be. Thinkers and reformers Russell Group university have always gravitated to east London. East We are a member of the Russell Group of London was the birthplace of social and leading UK universities, a testament to our political movements that seemed radical at the excellence in research and teaching. The time but are now mainstream: for example, Group attracts the brightest students from it’s the birthplace of the suffrage movement. If all over the world and almost two-thirds of you live in east London, you’ll be surrounded research funding in the UK. Graduates from by the nation’s history. East London’s skyline Russell Group universities are especially valued acts as a timeline of the last two millennia, by employers. from the Tower of London, the O2, Roman Road, the warehouses and docks that kept The London advantage Britain booming in the nineteenth century to Our location between the City and Docklands Canary Wharf and the Shard, symbols of the means that some of the biggest names in modern British economy. This also means politics and business are nearby, many of that whatever your intellectual interests, which advertise vacancies with us. As a experts, professional contacts and world-class student here, you’ll be in a great position to resources are within easy reach. look for work placements and build contacts. East London continues to change and develop as does Queen Mary. Something amazing is happening in east London. Come and be part of it.

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We are based in east London, the hub SHOP… Westfield Stratford City – Europe’s and restaurants including: Su Sazzagoni VISIT… the Old Truman Brewery, a converted of London’s creative community, and largest urban shopping centre, with over 300 (Sardinian), The Fish House (posh fish and brewery and home to numerous fashion home to its financial centres, Canary shops, from high-street staples such as Uniqlo chips) and the Empress of India (a gastropub). designers, artists and trendy bars; the to high-end designers such as Armani. There acclaimed Gallery. VISIT… the art galleries on ; The Wharf and the City. The area is steeped are also over 70 restaurants (including GBK, V&A Museum of Childhood on Cambridge SHOP… market, with arts and in history, yet always looking to the Busaba Eathai, and Pho), a 17-screen cinema Heath Road; market, a daily craft stalls, restaurants and high-street shops. future, and is uniquely British in its and a 14-lane bowling alley. street market with fresh fruit and veg, clothes Nearby is Urban Outfitters, a great spot for diverse character. The 2012 Olympics Old Street, Shoreditch and surrounding area and other essentials. sourcing retro fashions. has sealed its status as “the place to EAT… Ginger Pig café on Hoxton Square (great Brick Lane, Spitalfields and Whitechapel Bow Wharf be” in the capital. Here’s our guide to for a leisurely brunch); Big Apple Hot Dogs, a EAT… Brick Lane is London’s ‘Curry EAT... canal-side bars and restaurants mobile cart selling amazing hot dogs; also in the best of the east. Capital’– an entire street lined with Indian the Fat Cat Café Bar and the Thai Room. Hoxton – the Breakfast Club, the perfect spot and Bangladeshi restaurants; Brick Lane Mile End and surrounding area for a slap-up breakfast after a night out; Cây VISIT... Jongleurs Comedy Club, with a bar, Beigel Bake, open 24-hours (great for beigel EAT… the area around Queen Mary has a range Tre, a delicious, reasonably priced Vietnamese restaurant and post-comedy disco on Friday emergencies). of good value cafés, restaurants and pubs. restaurant on Old Street. and Saturday nights.

VISIT… , an unusual 90-acre VISIT… Ibid Projects gallery on Hoxton Square; linear park in the heart of the East End with a Hales Gallery off Shoreditch High Street ‘green bridge’, a terraced garden, and ecology, (this area is the epicentre of the East End’s arts and sports parks; the independent Genesis art scene); The Geffrye Museum of English Cinema (go on Wednesday night for a student domestic interiors. discount). SHOP… the Columbia Road Flower Market on Stratford Sunday mornings; KK Outlet art and design VISIT… the Olympic Park has undergone an book shop. amazing £300m transformation and re-opened as the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in the Docklands and Canary Wharf spring of 2014. There are five state-of-the-art EAT… Jamie’s Italian (part of Jamie Oliver’s sporting venues: the Stadium, the Aquatics growing empire); Wagamama for noodles; Centre, the Copper Box (a leisure centre and Canteen for good-value British food in a stylish venue for basketball, volleyball, etc), the Lee setting. Valley VeloPark and the Lee Valley Hockey VISIT… Museum of London Docklands, which Centre and Tennis Centre. There are also explores the story of the docks from Roman cafés, restaurants, cultural venues and lots of settlement through to its recent regeneration. green space – around 4,000 trees are being planted as part of a plan to double the green Bethnal Green and Victoria Park space in the park queenelizabetholympicpark. EAT… E Pellici, on Bethnal Green Road, co.uk an Italian café and local institution which has been around since 1900. Near Victoria Park, Lauriston Road has some great cafés 8 politics.qmul.ac.uk politics.qmul.ac.uk 9 Mohan, outside the Houses of Parliament, only a short tube ride School of Politics and from our Mile End campus. International Relations

The study of politics and international School highlights relations concentrates on how societies • Our location: being based in one of the organise themselves and handle their world’s greatest capital cities means differences. It goes right back to the politics, both global and domestic, is ancient Greeks and covers not just right on your doorstep institutions and ideas but interactions • Our teaching: in the 2014 National Student between states and various non-state Survey, 90 per cent of our students actors, such as NGOs, multinationals, expressed overall satisfaction with the School unions and the media in the international order. • Our new parliamentary internship module: offers single honours politics students At Queen Mary, you will have the chance the chance of an exciting, work-based to study both disciplines from a truly global placement perspective. You will be introduced to theories • Our events: we provide the chance to hear of both politics and international relations and from and network with high-profile people you will apply them to topical debates on a working in and around Westminster, huge range of both domestic and international Whitehall and the wider world issues. At the end of your programme you will have acquired the skills needed to analyse and make sense of our ever-changing world. We are also expanding our students’ contacts with Westminster, Whitehall and the Third Why study politics and international Sector. We care about helping you interact relations at Queen Mary? with the real world, as well as ensuring you get It is all about a combination of location, high- great teaching, based on lectures, seminars quality teaching and, ultimately, our people. and workshops, which are assessed by a Politically, London is where all the action combination of coursework, exams and a final- takes place – firmly plugged in to a globalised, year dissertation. We are pleased to see that networked world. Not only are the nation’s in the most recent National Student Survey, Parliament, its parties and its think-tanks 90 per cent of students expressed an overall headquartered here in the capital, but so are satisfaction with the School. Staff are regularly “It’s a brilliant feeling when you’ve its high-profile international organisations and nominated for Queen Mary Students’ Union just had a passionate debate on a its economic powerhouses. At Queen Mary, we Education Awards, which are Teaching Awards topic and you’re completely mentally exploit our location to the full, inviting a range voted for by students. of high-profile speakers to the campus. drained, but you experience that indescribable buzz that comes with developing a fresh perspective on a particular political issue.” 10 politics.qmul.ac.uk Mohan Ramalingam, BA International Relations politics.qmul.ac.uk 11 School of Politics and International Relations

Our staff not only care about teaching, but are Small teaching and assessment also active, critical researchers, working in a As a student of the School you play an active School that was highly rated in the most recent part in your acquisition of skills and knowledge. Research Assessment Exercise and whose Teaching is by a mixture of formal lectures and diverse interests are reflected in the wide small group seminars, where you will benefit choice of modules available to students. from a good staff:student ratio. The seminars are designed to generate informed discussion Academic standards and staff research around a set topic, and may involve student The School of Politics and International presentations and group exercises. This means Relations prides itself on its active community you are able to ask questions in a supportive of research academics and doctoral students. environment, and develop confidence in The School has an excellent track record voicing your opinions. Assessment is usually in research, and scored highly in the UK through a mix of exams, presentations and government’s Research Excellence Framework coursework. The exact methods will depend (REF 2014), which assesses UK university on the modules you take. research. Research in the School informs teaching on all of our programmes ensuring Personal advisers that all of our students benefit from the cutting- You are assigned a personal adviser at the edge work conducted in the School. Find out start of your studies who will guide you in both more about our research active staff politics. academic and pastoral matters throughout qmul.ac.uk/Staff your time at Queen Mary. We also have an active Staff Student Liaison Committee, Modular degree structure including elected student representatives, Our flexible modular system means that you which meets regularly throughout the year to benefit from specialist teaching along with bring students’ issues to the attention of staff. the freedom to shape your own programme of study. In addition to the required core Virtual learning components, and timetable permitting, you can Your learning will be enhanced through the use choose modules that reflect your interests, for of our Virtual Learning Environment QMPLUS, “At the start of every class I try to learn more example, a geography or law option. In addition where you can access electronic materials and about our students and what they’ve been up to to this, we offer several joint honours degree communicate with other students and staff. over the summer – the range of backgrounds and programmes in conjunction with the Schools of Economics, History, Languages, Linguistics experiences never ceases to interest me, whether and Film, Law and Business Management. they had spent their summer working with refugees from Syria, serving in the Ghanaian army, or pouring coffee in Norway, each student has a story to tell that makes teaching international relations all the more interesting and global from our first meeting.” Dr Sophie Harman, Senior Lecturer 12 politics.qmul.ac.uk politics.qmul.ac.uk 13 “The School hosts a variety of public lectures, seminars and workshops School of Politics and that showcase high-profile speakers who are experts in their field.” International Relations The One Nation Labour Conference hosted by the School of Politics and International Relations.

Resources Recent events include Extensive learning resources can be found in • The Hardest Election to Predict, Ever: the University Library, just across the campus, Can Anyone Win? which contains course books and journals • Scotland’s Independence Referendum 2014: along with a wide range of electronic journals, What Does it Mean for Politics in the UK? databases and audio-visual materials. Queen Mary students also have access to other • Going Digital? How Embracing Technology University of London libraries, such as Senate Could End Politics (and Government) as House, which may be useful for more in-depth Usual research in the final year. Within London there • Mexico’s Crisis: State Violence and Human are a range of other research resources for Rights students including the British Library and the • The Corporate Security Development Nexus: Public Records Office. Assembling Security in the Post-Political Age Events • Direct Democracy in the EU: A People’s The School holds a variety of public seminars, Europe? lectures and events that showcase high- • Breaking the Mould: Is UKIP the new SDP? profile speakers who are experts in their field. One of our largest recent events – was the • The shape of things to come?Reflections on official book launch of Professor Tim Bale’s the causalities, casualties and implications of new book “The Five Year Mission” – which the Greek crisis welcomed an audience of 200, including • What has Studying Politics done for my academics, students, researchers, journalists, Political Career so Far? and professionals working in the political • Referendums and the European Union: sector. Other successful events include A Comparative Inquiry Scotland’s Independence Referendum, Direct Democracy in the EU, and the launch of the Mile End Institute, a major new policy centre based at Queen Mary University of London. Its mission is to deepen and challenge public understanding of the crises facing our systems of politics and governance, and to promote a richer debate about public policy issues and the UK’s role within the wider world.

14 politics.qmul.ac.uk politics.qmul.ac.uk 15 A Queen Mary careers consultant offers advice Careers and Alumni in our Careers Centre.

How we support you Your time with us will equip you with all sorts Throughout your time at Queen Mary, you will of transferable skills valuable to employers, have access to an annual careers programme, including analytical ability – politics is all about led by a dedicated Careers Consultant and logical and critical thinking and making sense Internships Co-ordinator, to prepare you for of complicated issues and relationships – and internships and graduate-level work. This excellent research skills. includes employer-led workshops on job applications and interviews, as well as over 90 The broad range of skills gained through employer events to facilitate networks and help our programmes, coupled with significant you to explore your career options. opportunities for extra-curricular activities and work experience, has enabled our students to Careers events move into careers such as: Recent careers events in the School of Politics • Amnesty International and International Relations include a Politics • Australian High Commission in Practice event with speakers from Chatham • BBC House, UNHCR, UpRising and the World Development Movement. Other sessions • Bloomberg focused on political risk, with speakers from • Brazilian National Congress a political risk consultancy and insurance • British Foreign and Commonwealth Office companies and workshops on career choice • CNN International and applications. Opportunities for work experience are substantial, given Queen Mary’s • Department for Energy and Climate Change London location, and you are encouraged to • Independent Radio News gain work experience while you study. • Parliament • Refugee Council How can I use my degree? Graduates from Queen Mary’s School of • Shanghai Media Group Politics and International Relations go on to • The Swiss Federal Office for Migration work in a wide variety of careers. Some apply • Time Out London their degree knowledge directly, entering • UK Visas and Immigration sectors such as government, charities or public affairs, while others transfer skills • UNESCO gained during study into roles such as policy • United Nations Development Programme research, law, campaigning, or a wide range • Yahoo! of opportunities in the commercial arena.

16 politics.qmul.ac.uk politics.qmul.ac.uk 17 Aaron went to the US to work as Deputy Field Organiser for President Obama’s re-election campaign in Tampa after he gradauted. Careers and Alumni

Internships and work experience Notable alumni Opportunities can be found through QRecruit Jane Hill which offers work experience with local Ms Hill is one of the main presenters on the charities through QProjects and internships BBC News. In 1991, Jane graduated from and temporary work through QTemps, Queen Mary with a degree in Politics. Since Experience Works, a part-time work fair, and 1997 she has been a presenter on BBC volunteering with QMSU Provide. Over 1,400 News 24, she is a relief anchor for the BBC vacancies are advertised on QM JobOnline. News at One, as well as regularly presenting Queen Mary can offer 1,200 on-campus jobs the BBC Weekend News. She also and volunteering opportunities, ranging from occasionally presents The World Tonight E-learning Assistant to Society President. on BBC Radio 4. Read more about our careers programmes The Rt Hon Peter Hain MP and the range of work experience available on Mr Peter Hain is the Labour MP for Neath. the QM Careers and Enterprise Centre pages: He was previously Shadow Secretary of careers.qmul.ac.uk State for Wales and has been a Member Alumni of Parliament for the Welsh constituency of Neath since 1991. Peter served in the The School of Politics and International Labour government from 1997-2008, firstly Relations has a vibrant, global community of as Leader of the House of Commons under former students in nearly 80 countries around Tony Blair and as both Secretary of State for the world. We provide our graduates with a Work and Pensions and Secretary of State lifelong link to the university and each other for Wales under Gordon Brown. and we encourage our graduates to stay in touch so we can keep up-to-date with their exciting news and developments. The School also organises a comprehensive programme of events each term on a wide variety of subjects, which are open to alumni. We particularly enjoy holding careers events with our alumni to enable them to share their experiences with our current students.

“Meeting President Obama was a big inspiration for me because I realised that anything is possible with hard work.” Aaron D’Souza, BA History and Politics 18 politics.qmul.ac.uk politics.qmul.ac.uk 19 Degree programmes

Politics International Relations Politics and International Relations Politics with Business Management L202 BA (three years) L250 BA (three years) L240 BA (Hons) 3 years L2NF BA (three years)

A-level: ABB; A preferred in social science or A-level: ABB; A preferred in social science or A-level: ABB; A preferred in social science or A-level: ABB; A preferred in social science or history; no grade below B in a social science history; no grade below B in a social science history; no grade below B in a social science history; no grade below B in any subject subject subject subject IB: 34 points overall, including at least 5 points IB: 34 points overall, including at least 5 points IB: 34 points overall, including at least 5 points IB: 34points overall; including at least 5 points in three higher levels in three higher levels in three higher levels in three higher levels Excluded subjects: General studies and critical Excluded subjects: General studies and critical Excluded subjects: General studies and critical Excluded subjects: General studies and critical thinking thinking thinking thinking Politics with Business Management provides The BA in Politics is designed to give you International Relations (IR) covers the broad The new BA in Politics and International you with the opportunity to pursue business an excellent grounding in the discipline, themes and theories associated with the study Relations is designed to provide students with management modules with a vocational covering political theory, ideas and ideologies, of IR, but also draws on the School’s distinctive an advanced understanding of government, slant, while the politics elements give you an government and institutions, comparative expertise in a number of areas. You will political thought, empirical and theoretical intellectual framework of understanding. The politics and the politics of particular continents undertake the historical study of IR, through approaches to the study of International primary aim of the business management and countries, including but (by no means the Cold War and into the current era of Relations, and how multiple levels of modules is to develop your ability to make only) the UK. You are able to select modules globalisation and the “war on terror”. You will political governance – national, regional and critical analyses and evaluations that are according to your areas of interest, alongside also examine theories of IR, applying them and international - interact in the world. In addition relevant to management. the core modules associated with your reflecting on their relevance through the use of to the strong core training in International programme. both historical and contemporary examples. Relations theory and modern political thought, For module information and further details, the programme offers a wide range of options please visit: qmul.ac.uk/L2NF For module information and further details, For module information and further details, for students to study such as: British Politics, please visit: qmul.ac.uk/L202 please visit: qmul.ac.uk/L250 Parliamentary Studies, the European Union, War and Security, International Politics of the Development World, US Foreign Policy, Gender Politics, Liberalism and Its Critics, the Politics of the Post-Colonial Middle East, Globalisation: Issues and Debates, Africa and International Our tuition fees (UK and EU) Politics, Latin American Politics and Race and Queen Mary set its tuition fees for Racism in World Politics. 2014 entry at £9,000 per year for all degree programmes (for home and EU For module information and further details, students). Please note, these fees are please visit: qmul.ac.uk/L240 subject to change; for the most up-to-date information, visit: qmul.ac.uk/tuitionfees

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Economics and Politics Law and Politics French and Politics History and Politics LL12 BSc (Econ) (three years) ML12 BA (three years) LR21 BA (four years) LV21 BA (three years)

A-level: AAA, including A-level maths A-level: A*AA German and Politics A-level: ABB; B in history LR22 BA (four years) IB: 35 points overall; must include SL IB: 37 points overall, with a total of 18 from IB: 34 points overall, with a grade of 5 in mathematics 5 three higher level subjects. Hispanic Studies and Politics history LR24 BA (four years) Excluded subjects: General studies, critical Excluded subjects: General studies and critical Excluded subjects: General studies and critical thinking, use of maths thinking Russian and Politics thinking LR27 BA (four years) Politics and economics are closely related This joint honours degree, the first of its This degree is jointly taught by the Schools of disciplines. In the first year you will take kind in the University of London, offers you A-level: ABB (LR21, LR22, LR24, LR27); with History and Politics and International Relations, four politics and four economics modules. the opportunity to study the closely related B in foreign language (French required for and reflects the close links between the two You can choose from core modules in disciplines of law and politics over three years. LR21) subject areas. It provides an opportunity to macroeconomics, microeconomics and the The programme is designed so that you can, IB: 32-34 (LR21, LR22), 32 (LR24, LR27); 5 in understand the modern world by studying quantitative techniques used in economic by choosing the appropriate law options, obtain a foreign language the evolution of political ideas and institutions investigation, combined with modules in the usual exemptions from legal professional alongside the historical development of the introductory politics, comparative government examinations. The degree is aimed at Excluded subjects: General studies and critical major powers. and politics, and international relations. In those who wish to pursue a career in which thinking your second and third years you can split your knowledge of both the legal and governmental For module information and further details, The study of a language with politics offers studies in equal proportions, or specialise systems is of major importance, and should please visit: qmul.ac.uk/LV21 the exciting prospect of a four-year degree according to your interests. appeal especially to those wishing to study programme that combines two contrasting, but public policy in its legal context. Our modules include For module information and further details, often complementary, areas of interest. Whether you choose French, German, Hispanic Studies First year: please visit: qmul.ac.uk/LL12 For module information and further details, • Introduction to International Relations please visit: qmul.ac.uk/ML12 or Russian, you will follow the core modules designed to help you develop your skills in • Introduction to Politics writing and speaking that language, as well Second year: as core modules in politics. In addition, you • War and Security in World Politics will normally spend a year abroad in a country • Comparative European Politics where the language is spoken. You can choose • International Politics of the Developing World whether to study or take up a work placement. For more information about the year abroad, Final year: see: sllf.qmul.ac.uk/undergraduate/year-abroad • Gender and Politics language-students • US Foreign Policy • Africa and International Politics For module information and further details, • Parliamentary Studies please visit: qmul.ac.uk/LR21, qmul.ac.uk/LR22, • Parliamentary Internship (for BA Politics qmul.ac.uk/LR24 or qmul.ac.uk/LR27 students only) • And many more (see politics.qmul.ac.uk)

22 politics.qmul.ac.uk politics.qmul.ac.uk 23 Students working together in How to apply Queen Mary’s Students’ Union.

Applying online at ucas.com International Students For all full-time programmes you must apply The School is proud of its international online at ucas.com The institution code for community, which extends throughout Queen Queen Mary is Q50. There are three types Mary, welcoming over 5,000 international of applicant: students from more than 150 countries. Our campus provides you with a safe, secure and 1) Students at a school or college registered supportive environment in which to study. with UCAS All UK schools and colleges (and many We also offer a range of specialist support establishments overseas) are registered with services to help you feel at home including a UCAS to manage their students’ applications. welcome programme at the beginning of the Advice is available from your teacher or a academic year. Throughout your studies, we careers adviser at your school or college. You offer immigration and counselling services, fill in an online application and submit it to a English language and study skills support, member of staff. After checking your details, as well as fun day trips to interesting sites in Quick links and having added the academic reference, London and around the UK. Our programmes your school or college submits the completed qmul.ac.uk/undergraduate/coursefinder application online to UCAS. You pay online Whether you have studied in England before, using a credit card or debit card. You may also or if this is a new experience for you, you’ll Our academics be able to pay through your school or college. find a warm welcome at the College. For more politics.qmul.ac.uk/Staff about international students at Queen Mary, Fees and funding 2) Independent applicants in the UK see qmul.ac.uk/international qmul.ac.uk/undergraduate/feesandfunding Other UK applicants, who are not at school or Admissions college, apply online via UCAS independently. The standard procedure for UK students is to apply You are responsible for paying the application through UCAS. fee, for obtaining and attaching the academic Tel: (international students): +44 (0)20 7882 5511 reference and for submitting the application. email: [email protected] 3) International applicants outside the UK Academic enquiries (EU and worldwide) School of Politics and International Relations Except for those whose school or college is Tel: +44 (0)20 7882 8600 registered with UCAS, individuals from the email: [email protected] EU (excluding the UK), and worldwide, apply politics.qmul.ac.uk online via UCAS independently. Advice is General enquiries available from British Council offices, your Enquiries Hotline (UK callers only): school or college or one of our overseas 0800 376 1800 representatives. Tel: (international students): +44 (0)20 7882 5511 email: [email protected]

24 politics.qmul.ac.uk 25 politics.qmul.ac.uk University of Richmond, Virginia – one of a number of universities in the Study abroad USA where you can spend a semester or academic year as part of our international exchange programme.

Study abroad Erasmus Exchange Programme We offer opportunities for students in their Currently the School has exchange agreements second and third years to spend either one with the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, term or one full academic year in a number of The George Washington University; The US and European universities. Students can University of Texas at Austin; Nanyang participate in the International Exchange or the Technological University and University of Erasmus Programme. Hong Kong and Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Rennes, France. Both partner institutions The academic work a student completes teach in English but students can also study in abroad will be credited towards the students’ French when going to Rennes. Students going Queen Mary undergraduate degree. Students abroad on the Erasmus programme will receive will not have to pay tuition at the partner a monthly grant of approximately EUR 350. university. For further information please contact the Students going abroad for an entire year Erasmus European Officer on 020 7882 6511 will be paying reduced tuition fees to Queen or visit: qmul.ac.uk/undergraduate/exchange Mary (Home/EU students pay 15%, overseas students pay 50 per cent). “The Study Abroad programme gave me International Exchange Programme the opportunity to improve my English Our exchange destinations offer a diverse range of cultural and social environments. and meet people before the academic Partner universities are: Boston College, courses started in September; I was Hunter College, University of California, able to make lots of friends and get University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Miami, University of Richmond, used to living in Queen Mary and in University of Melbourne, University of Western London.” Australia, The George Washington University; Queen Mary graduate The University of Texas at Austin; Nanyang Technological University and University of Hong Kong.

For further information please contact the Study Abroad Officer on 020 7882 5074 or visit: qmul.ac.uk/undergraduate/exchange

26 politics.qmul.ac.uk politics.qmul.ac.uk 27 An undergraduate open evening in the Octagon at our Mile End Accommodation Visit us campus, historically the university’s library and now an event space.

We are the only university in central Campus Tours London to offer a completely self- The best way to find out more about Queen contained residential campus, with Mary is to come and see it for yourself. We a 2,000-bed award-winning Student organise campus tours throughout the year. These are informal and restricted to small Village at Mile End. Living on campus groups so everyone has the chance to ask is fun, safe and convenient – you’ll only questions. They are a great way of finding out be a five-minute walk to your lectures. about living and studying here and normally last about one hour. You will be shown around All of our accommodation is in self-catered by a current student. flats and maisonettes. You also have access to rooms in the fully catered University of London To book yourself on to a campus tour, please Halls in central London. There is a good range see: qmul.ac.uk/visitus of private accommodation in the area around the Mile End campus, much of it within easy You can also take a virtual tour of our campus: walking or commuting distance. We can qmul.ac.uk/virtualtours provide a range of advice and information to help you to find a convenient and affordable Open Evenings place to stay. Our undergraduate open evenings are held at our Mile End campus. You will be able to meet For all accommodation queries, contact us on: academics, see subject-specific facilities, tour Tel: +44 (0)20 7882 5522 research and learning facilities and speak to email: [email protected] our support services, including Careers staff. residences.qmul.ac.uk To book your place at any of our open days visit: qmul.ac.uk/undergraduate/openday

Virtual events We also hold virtual events during the year. For dates, virtual tours of the campus, videos and more, visit: qmul.ac.uk/undergraduate/ openday/virtual-open-day

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The easiest way to get to Queen Mary Buses Taxis “I know from my own experience is to use public transport. There are All of our campuses are well served by London Black cabs use a meter to calculate your fare as a student that there is nothing bus routes. To plan your journey, visit: tfl.gov.uk and you can hail one in the street. They are two Underground stations and many like being taught by people whose bus stops within a few minutes’ walk of safe to use, but can be expensive. (DLR) research means they probably know the Mile End campus. The nearest DLR station to Queen Mary is Bow Mini-cabs are normal cars and charge a what they are talking about. Learning Church. fixed price. Underground is about a conversation that goes Queen Mary’s Mile End campus is located Travelcards and Oystercards Only use registered mini-cab firms. If you beyond the classroom you’re sitting want to find licensed minicab and black cab between Mile End station (Central, District, Daily, weekly, monthly or yearly Travelcards in – it connects you to a wider world Hammersmith and City lines) and are the best, most cost-effective way to pay operators in your area, you can text HOME to Green station (District, Hammersmith and for public transport in London. (Buying tickets 60835. For more information, see: of research. Being taught by someone City lines). Both stations are in London for single journeys is much more expensive). tfl.gov.uk/pco/findaride plugged into that world makes it much Underground Zone 2. Load your tickets and Travelcards on to an easier to enter into that conversation.” Oystercard (London’s travel smart-card). Trains Our Whitechapel campus is right behind London is very well served by overground train Tim Bale, Professor of Politics the on Whitechapel A Travelcard offers unlimited travel on all station­s, all within easy reach of Queen Mary’s Road. Whitechapel Underground station forms of London transport – Underground, campuses. The closest is Liverpool Street, just (Hammersmith and City, District and Central overground trains and buses. The current two stops from Mile End on the Underground lines) is directly across the road from the cost of a monthly Zone 1 and 2 Travelcard (Central line). Trains from Liverpool Street Hospital. (extending from Central London to any Zone 2 run to Stansted Airport, as well as other destination including Mile End) with a student destinations. King’s Cross and St Pancras (for Based in the , close to the discount of 30 per cent is approximately £69. Eurostar services to mainland Europe) are Barbican, Queen Mary’s Charterhouse Square both a short journey from Mile End on the campus is five minutes’ walk from Barts Cars Underground’s Hammersmith and City line. Hospital. The nearest Underground station is Traffic is heavy and parking difficult, making London Bridge and Fenchurch Street are also Barbican (Hammersmith and City, Metropolitan driving in London an unattractive option. There close by. and Circle lines). Farringdon is also not far are no parking places for students on campus, away. with the exception of students displaying an Airports authorised blue disabled sticker (who have The closest airport is London City Airport – just The nearest Underground station to the applied for and received a Queen Mary parking five miles away – which offers regular flights to Postgraduate Law Centre at Lincoln’s Inn Fields permit). Contact the Disability and Dyslexia UK and other European cities. is Holborn (Central and Piccadilly lines). Service for advice on: +44 (0)20 7882 2756. Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton and Stansted are within easy reach of the Queen Mary, and all can be reached in anything from one to two hours by train or Underground.

30 politics.qmul.ac.uk politics.qmul.ac.uk 31 Mile End campus London tube map ForMile more End detailed Campus campus information, see: qmul.ac.uk/about/howtofindus Educational/Research Residential Facilities

ArtsOne 37 Albert Stern Cottages 3 Advice and Counselling Service 27 Information ArtsTwo 35 Albert Stern House 1 Housing Hub 48 Visitors who require further Arts Research Centre 39 Beaumont Court 53 Bookshop 22 information or assistance please go The Bancroft Building 31 Chapman House 43 Careers Centre 19 to the Main Reception in the Queens’ Building. Bancroft Road Chesney House 45 Clock Tower 20 Teaching Rooms 10 Creed Court 57 CopyShop 56 Smoking is prohibited on campus. Computer Science Building 6 France House 55 The Curve 47 These premises are alarmed and Engineering Building 15 Feilden House 46 Drapers Bar and Kitchen 8 monitored by CCTV, please call Fogg Building 13 Hatton House 40 Canalside 63 Security on 020 7882 5000 for G.O. Jones Building 25 Ifor Evans Place 2 more information. Ground Café 33 Geography 26 Lindop House 21 The Hive 24 Library/bookshop Informatics Teaching Lodge House 50 Infusion 9 Laboratories 5 Lynden House 59 Fitness centre Joseph Priestley Building 41 IT Services 19 Maurice Court 58 Bar Mucci’s 29 Library 32 Maynard House 44 Law 36 Occupational Health Service/ Coffee place Pooley House 60 Student Health Service Lock-keeper’s Graduate 28 Selincourt House 51 Eatery Centre 42 Octagon 19a Varey House 49 Mathematical Sciences 4 Police Box 38 Staff car park Occupational Health Portering and Postal Services 17 Bicycle parking and Safety Directorate 12 Qmotion Health and Fitness Centre The People’s Palace/Great Hall 16 Sports Hall 7 Bicycle lockers Queens’ Building 19 Santander Bank 62 Cash machine Temporary Building 61 Security/France House Reception 54 St Benet’s Chaplaincy 23 New Graduate Centre Students’ Union Hub 34 construction site 18 Student Enquiry Centre 19 Village Shop 52 Currently no through route between Geography Square and Bancroft Road.No.14 and No.64 no longer in use. Can be used for otherWestfield locations. NS-10/2014Nursery 11

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