Are you considering a degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE)? Read more to discover if PPE is the right course for you.
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To secure top grades in A-Level politics, it is vital that students confidently engage with contemporary political debates and themes. In this blog, Politics tutor Eddie sets out four great ways of accessing current political events, knowledge of which can then be applied to the course.
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In this post, Andrew examines Theresa May’s cabinet reshuffle of January 2018. This reshuffle provides some useful insights into the core executive in Britain.
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In this post, rather than take a single event and examine it in relation to various topics, Andrew looks at the issue of presidentialism across Theresa May’s time as Prime Minister and explores how it may provide examples relevant to A Level politics.
In the fourth post in his series, Andrew looks at the violence that took place in Charlottesville, USA during August 2017 and investigates how these events may provide examples relevant to A Level politics exam questions on ideology and political ideas.
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A Level Politics requires students to use examples to prove their points, but textbooks cannot cover recent events. In the third post in his series detailing how to use recent events in the exam, Andrew looks again at the EU referendum, this time thinking about how it is relevant to the ‘Political ideas’ topic.
A Level Politics requires students to use examples to prove their points, but textbooks cannot cover recent events. In the second post in his series detailing how to use recent events in the exam, Andrew looks again at the EU referendum, this time thinking about how it can be used in the UK Politics side of the course.
A Level Politics requires students to use examples to prove their points. Textbooks include some examples, but cannot cover recent events. In this post, Andrew shows how the EU referendum can be used as an example in the UK government section of the exam. A second blog covers the same topic in relation to the UK Politics part of the course.
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