Department of Politics & International Relations

1. Department of Politics & International Relations • ROYAL HOLLOWAY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

2. Head of Department • Dr Nathan Widder (Reader in Political Theory)

3. About US • AN “OLD” COLLEGE... A “YOUNG” DEPARTMENT

4. DR YASMIN KHAN DR LUIS LOBO-GUERRERO DR JOHN MATTAUSCH DR ALISTER MISKIMMON DR LARA NETTELFIELD DR BEN O'LOUGHLIN DR DOERTHE ROSENOW PROFESSOR CHRIS RUMFORD DR JONATHAN SEGLOW DR JAMES SLOAM DR NATHAN WIDDER DR MICHAEL WILLIAMS (PLUS PHILOSOPHY) PROFESSOR ANDREW BOWIE DR NEIL GASCOIGNE PROFESSOR ANNE SHEPPARD DR HENRY SOMERS HALL 21 Academic Staff (and continuing to grow) • DR NICHOLAS ALLEN • DR MICHAEL BACON • DR GIACOMO BENEDETTO • PROF ANDREW CHADWICK • DR TOM DYSON • DR JULIA GALLAGHER • DR EVELYN GOH • PROF SANDRA HALPERIN • DR OLIVER HEATH

5. Our Research • Significant and prize-winning Books. • Articles in top-ranked scholarly journals.

6. 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

7. 2008 RAE • Ranked 9th IN THE UK among departments with fewer than 20 staff. • Ranked 2nd IN THE UK among departments with fewer than 15 staff.

8. 2010 NSS • RANKED IN THE TOP 25% OF POLITICS DEPARTMENTS FOR “OVERALL SATISFACTION”. • 96% FOUND THEIR DEGREE “INTELLECTUALLY STIMULATING”.

9. Our Students • 110+ new home/EU and 20+ overseas undergraduates each year. • 360 undergraduates and 80-90 postgraduates in total. • Around 20% EU and 20% overseas students.

10. 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

11. Our Postgraduate Degrees • MSc 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

12. STUDENT SOCIETIESPIRSoc (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

13. 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

14. 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

15. Admissions • Usually AAB at A-level • Three full A-levels • 35 points in the IB • We look carefully at all near-misses