Economics and Politics Applicants '11 - any responses?

Then again, the Economics department is better at Manchester. That said, I'm not sure if I much fancy the bredth of the Manchester degree. I genuinely couldn't give less of a **** about Sociology.

I didn't realise Sheffield offered Study Abroad and Employment Experience. Even if you can't do both, that's pretty sweet.

I suppose the question is, after Uni, does a Manchester degree look much better than a Sheffield degree? Manchester probably does have a higher reputation, but how much does that matter to people who know what they're talking about?

They did. I think they mentioned that everyone who opted to do a year in employment pretty much got a job straight after their degree finished. However, whilst they do give you support and guidlines they expect you to do all the work in terms of actually finding and securing a placement.

I applied to Leeds and Birmingham for the same course, both rejected me. So I'll be putting sheffs down as my firm choice..

Year in employment? Tell me more! Is this only for Econ and Pol students, because I've applied for just straight Pol and haven't heard anything about this.

You also have the opportunity to do a year-long work placement between levels two and three. Students who successfully complete the placement year will graduate with an amended degree title to reflect this - for example, BA (Honours) Economics and Politics with Employment Experience.

Year in employment? Tell me more! Is this only for Econ and Pol students, because I've applied for just straight Pol and haven't heard anything about this.

I'm going to have to disagree with sam here. Whilst I can't provide any evidence, the lecturers taking the open day never specified that it was limited to Econ+Pol students. Infact now that you've mentioned it I rerember them mentioning that some students from other courses effectively turn their course into one with a sandwhich year.