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History and Politics

BA · Loughborough University · 3 years

History and Politics

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Loughborough University

AI IMPACT
MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£30,000
SATISFACTION92%
CONTINUATION95%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS70%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 48% of the work its graduates go into (High).

About this course

History and politics is a pairing that goes to the heart of how the modern world was made. Politics without history risks becoming ahistorical, treating current institutional arrangements and ideologies as inevitable rather than as contingent outcomes of past struggles and choices. History without political analysis risks missing the structures of power, the mechanisms of decision-making, and the dynamics of conflict and cooperation that drive so much of what happens in the human record. Together they produce a graduate who can understand both the roots of contemporary issues and the political processes through which societies respond to them. At Loughborough University, this three-year full-time degree gives you equal exposure to both disciplines, making it well suited to students who genuinely want depth in each rather than treating one as a supplement to the other. You will study his

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 80% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

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  • 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 20% of graduatescards →
  • 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 20% of graduatescards →
  • 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 30% of graduatescards →
  • 45 / 100Media Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →

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MORE ON THIS COURSEClassic profile (reviews, comparisons, open days, campus video) · this course as data. Measured August 2026; pay, satisfaction and continuation figures are the course's own published data (HESA GO / LEO / NSS).