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Work Experience for economics

Work Experience for economics

I hope somebody can help me with this query.

I want to do economics at university and want to know what kind of work experience you can do to stonger your application. What types of places would you do it in etc. And if anybody has done it before and where they have done it.

Bear in mind i live in the north.

Thanks

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chickenbeans

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by SMURF007

Is it enough to read books about economy to get into a like top 5 uni without the actualy a level!

No it is not, you need a levels

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