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BA Liberal Arts with a LYA

Royal Holloway and Bedford New College🥈 TEF Silver
Full-time4 YearsPlacement YearSubject: Politics
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Course Score
B /74
Graduate Salary£30,000
Satisfaction89%
Degree Completion80%
Professional Jobs65%
Meaningful Work85%

Expected Starting Salary

above national median

Typical starting salary for Politics graduates

Start
Sep 2027
Graduate
2031
First job
~2032
£30,000
typical starting salary
£25,000
£37,000
Brightest = where most graduates land · fades where fewer earn that amount
· Politics graduates nationally earn £21,000–£36,000 (115 courses)

HESA Graduate Outcomes survey · includes all graduates regardless of career path chosen

Where Graduates Work

Top job roles graduates enter after this course

01
Media Professionals
★ Professional
25%
02
Administrative occupations
20%
03
Business and public service associate professionals
★ Professional
20%
04
Artistic, literary and media occupations
★ Professional
10%
05
Elementary occupations
10%
06
Sales occupations
10%
07
Teaching Professionals
★ Professional
10%
08
Business, Research and Administrative Professionals
★ Professional
5%
09
Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations
5%
10
Managers, directors and senior officials
★ Professional
5%

Student Satisfaction

National Student Survey — 20 respondents (80% response rate)

88%
Teaching Quality
84%
Assessment & Feedback
90%
Academic Support
88%
Organisation
84%
Learning Resources
68%
Student Voice

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🚦 Will I Get In?

Input your predicted A-Levels to see how you compare to last year's accepted students.

Past Accepted Tariffs

80-95
10%
96-111
10%
112-127
10%
128-143
25%
144-159
10%
192-207
10%
208-223
10%
224-239
10%

Entry Qualifications

A-level
100%

Accreditations

Data not provided

This provider hasn't submitted accreditation data to HESA for this course.

AI & Your Career

Based on Anthropic research

39%
Moderate Exposure

Some tasks in this career are being augmented by AI, but the core work still requires significant human judgement and skill.

Graduate Roles by AI Exposure

60%Business, Research and Administrative
55%Administrative
48%Business and public service associate
45%Media
40%Sales

Outcomes

80%
Continuation
65%
Professional Work
85%
Meaningful Role
80%
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