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Why study politics?

YURI ARCURS/FOTOLIA

The number of students taking politics as an A-level or as a university degree has increased rapidly in recent years. This column provides information on this rise and outlines what university admissions tutors in politics are looking for, amid evergrowing competition for places. It also indicates the core components of degrees in politics.

Politics is now the fifteenth most popular university discipline in the UK. Its popularity continues to grow. By 2009, politics had acquired the largest number of students — 33,910 — of any social science discipline.

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