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So PPL is a tripartite program in

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that it's three different disciplines,

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politics, philosophy, and law.

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The program reflects this first in the fact that you have

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to take courses at least

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for the first two years across all three disciplines.

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But beyond that, we also try to make sure

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that students get a sense of the way

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that these three disciplines belong together,

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inform one another and overlap.

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So in the first year, we have a year long module

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introduction to PPL,

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and the whole point of that module is that members

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of faculty from politics, philosophy,

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and law explore with students questions

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that fall at the intersections.

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In the third year, you can take a interdisciplinary

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dissertation where you could be supervised by two members

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of staff from two different departments, helping you

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to explore a question that falls at the intersections

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of different disciplines.

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One day you could be studying the

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politics of climate change.

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The next moment you could be studying the philosophy

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of Hobbes, and the third minute you could be looking at the

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legal systems of the UK and the us.

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It's important to study all three topics together so

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that you get a real life understanding of the way

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that politics, philosophy, and law works.

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And for someone like me who entered uni not quite knowing

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what they wanted to do, it was excellent

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because it gave me exposure to lots of different areas

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and allowed me to focus on

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what I was good at and what I enjoyed.

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Warwick also does an excellent job in not only focusing on

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your academics exclusively,

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but focusing on your holistic development from a

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soft skills perspective.

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For example, the university does a lot

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of excellent work in making sure our communication skills

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are top-notch and also improves our networking skills too

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through the various events that it offers.

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And I think that holistic focus on your education,

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including the academics,

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but so much more beyond that was

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so important in helping me land

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the current role that I'm in.

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In PPL, we're not trying to push you into any particular

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path, any particular career.

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We found that PPL graduates go off into lots

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of different kinds of careers.

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So some go into civil service, some go into law,

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some go into banking and things like that.

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I'm currently a trainee solicitor at the

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firm a and o Sherman.

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So the training contract consists of four six month seats

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where you rotate around different areas, find out

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what you are passionate about, what you enjoy,

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and what you're good at.

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I really enjoyed studying the politics of climate change

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and the energy transition to it was the first time

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that I'd ever really studied these two topics,

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but actually that was what gave me the passion to apply

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for my first seat, which is all focused on projects

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and renewable energy.

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And studying and reading about the energy transition

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and how crucial it's gonna be in our lives is something

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that gave me the inspiration to do what I do today.