PPE at York still highly regarded?

I'm probably biased (doing PPE at York) but I would certainly say that it is very well regarded with employers. With a York PPE degree, a few decent ECs and/or an internship at a good company you could go (almost (i.e. not into a post-grad Biochem research position)) anywhere. I certainly don't feel restricted at all. If you wanted to go into journalism for example, there are a few that can match it. Vision and Nouse (two of the campus newspapers) regularly win awards at student media awards and send several people each year to the top newspapers in the country. There are so many well-run, well-attended societies to get involved with.

Furthermore, the PPE course itself is excellent, the teaching (on the whole) is excellent, the people here are fun and friendly, the campus (in my humble opinion) is lovely and the city beautiful.

You'll find many people saying PPE at York and PPE at Warwick have a similar reputation these days - but that's more to do with the Warwick course bedding in over time, rather than the York course declining in reputation.

As I say, however, I'm probably biased. :P

Thank you very much, your answer reassured me. As far as I am an international, I don´t have such a great insight into the reputation of UK universities as resident people have. Therefore in some way I depend on their opinions and suggestions.
I feel completely attracted by the University of York as well as by the city. Presently I am planning to attend the open day so that I can see for myself. But I got a feeling that I would really like to study there :-)

All i hear is good things about the course, the teaching is supposed to be on par with Oxford. However i think it has been somewhat put down as of late because it continues to retain entry requirements at a meagre AAB, which is almost a physchological hit on status. However, neverthless, i think the department is very highly regarded and everything i read that references seems to maintain that.

Hey everybody,

I´ve applied to study PPE (or Government & Economics) at several universities and yet received two offers, one from Manchester and one from York. I am still waiting for decisions from Warwick and LSE.
I´ve often read that York´s PPE course is regarded as the 2nd best to Oxford´s, but in the last time it has fallen in the rankings and somehow I have the feeling that its reputation has declined, as well. Now I´m a bit confused and wanted to ask if somebody could answer my question in the title. Thanks in advance!

I'd say that you'd be best off choosing the University you like the most.

There's not much out there that stands as a direct comparison between the country's PPE courses beyond Oxford. York and Warwick are just about at parity reputation-wise as Universities go- LSE's reputation is second to none, however. I haven't heard particularly good things about the atmosphere at the place, mind.

Manchester's standing's taken a couple of hits in recent years- it's still seen as a damned good place to study, however. I was pretty impressed with the place on the occasions I visited. Research-wise, its reputation's second to none- although as an undergrad, that won't affect you terribly much.

That said, all of them are very good Universities. Pick the place you'd want to live for the next three years- if you pick LSE and end up spending three years in a city you loathe, you'll end up regretting not picking up, say, York.

...Speaking from a slightly biased viewpoint, of course, York trumps them all on several counts- most notably sheer concentration of ducks on campus.
What more could you ask for?

Another question: could you maybe tell me a bit more about the course structure and the modules from which you can choose? For I haven´t found much on the website concerning this. Many thanks in advance!

Not a PPE student or anything remotely similar but there should be detailed module outlines in the handbook. (Handbooks are accessible through this page of the PPE website.)

You have to have a Uni of York account and password to access that, I'm afraid.

Another question: could you maybe tell me a bit more about the course structure and the modules from which you can choose? For I haven´t found much on the website concerning this. Many thanks in advance!

Check your PMs.

Apologies for the absurd download size.

hi there. could please send me those papers or links to them, too? thaaanks

Bump!

I've heard that the economics department has had some issues over the last couple of years, has this been sorted out or is still a problem? How is the quality of teaching/students overall these days? Thanks!

The Economics teaching is definitely getting better. It has done during my time at York. They've brought in more class-based learning, and got rid of a few terrible lecturers.

That said, going on hear'say, I wouldn't say that York has ever been unusually bad for Economics teaching. Economics is appears to be known for being taught terribly across the country.

Thank you! What is your opinion on the 'Durham vs York' for PPE dilemma?

Come to York, walk around the campus.
Go to Durham, walk around the city.

You'll have made your choice the second you step on the train home. They're two fundamentally different places, offering completely different experiences. I'd say that miniscule differences in course quality aren't worth plumping for somewhere you're going to spend upwards of three years of your life feeling miserable.