BA in International Relations and History

... United Kingdom
... University of Leicester

Course Overview

The development of transferable skills is a key feature of teaching at Leicester. Our courses are designed to ensure you are well-equipped to secure graduate roles or places on postgraduate courses. We aim to improve your skills in written communications (from short reports to a long dissertation), oral presentation (both formal and informal), working as part of a team, independent learning (e.g., information gathering and time management), problem-solving, and information technology.

Our careers and employability tutors support and facilitate your academic, professional, and personal development. They will help you to make an informed choice, provide help and advice on employability, and send you information on potentially interesting traineeships and vacancies.

Graduate destinations

Graduates from our Politics degrees have gone on to work for a wide range of employers, including:

BNP Paribas

HSBC

Credit Agricole

Applus Aerospace

Spotty dog Communications

General Eligibility

A/AS Levels: ABB-BBB. All subjects accepted. Two AS-levels are considered in place of one A-level.

EPQ with A-levels: BBB-BBC + EPQ at grade B.

Access to HE Diploma: Pass diploma with 45 credits at Level 3, including 25 credits at Distinction

International Baccalaureate: Pass Diploma with 28 points overall.

BTEC Nationals: Full Diploma with DDM

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

  • IELTS 6.5 or equivalent. You may need to prove your English ability if your first language is not English. If you do not yet meet our requirements, our English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) offers a range of courses to help you to improve your English to the necessary standard.

Programme Information
...
Course Category

Politics and International Development


...
Campus Name

Leicester, England


...
Course Level

Undergraduate


...
Duration

Full-time, 3-4 years


...
Available Intake

September


...
IELTS Score

6.5


...
Tuition Fees Range

UK fees: £9,250 & International fees: £18,200,


Subject Recommendations for You
BA (Hons) Counselling, Coaching and Mentoring
Canterbury Christ Church University-CCCU
Campus

Canterbury and Medway

Entry Score

5.5

Course Level

Undergraduate

Total Course Fee

9250

BBA Accounting
Cape Breton University
Campus

Sydney, Nova Scotia

Entry Score

7.0

Course Level

Undergraduate

Total Course Fee

17523

BA (Hons) International Tourism Management
Robert Gordon University (Navitas)
Campus

Aberdeen

Entry Score

5.5

Course Level

Undergraduate

Total Course Fee

£5,000, £14,000

Discover Your Next Read
...
Why you will go UK for better study ? Learn more from this blog...
...
Why you will go UK for better study ? Learn more from this blog...
Request history8.1.11PHP Version1.67sRequest Duration2MBMemory UsageGET course-details/{id?}Route
  • warninglog[08:00:03] LOG.warning: Calling static trait method App\Traits\Service::get_intake_with_next_year is...
  • Booting (20.09ms)time
  • Application (1.65s)time
  • 1 x Application (98.79%)
    1.65s
    1 x Booting (1.21%)
    20.09ms
    4 templates were rendered
    • course-detailscourse-details.blade.php#?blade
    • ajax.homejshomejs.blade.php#?blade
    • layouts.appapp.blade.php#?blade
    • ajax.menusearchjsmenusearchjs.blade.php#?blade
    uri
    GET course-details/{id?}
    middleware
    web
    controller
    App\Http\Controllers\CourseController@details
    namespace
    prefix
    where
    file
    app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:130-145
    13 statements were executed, 3 of which were duplicates, 10 unique. Show only duplicated1.58s
    • Connection Establishedstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Backtrace
      • 15. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 16. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 17. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 18. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 19. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `courses` where `id` = 'd30309342d9649d9a959967bae7a9c61' limit 1
      3.74msstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: d30309342d9649d9a959967bae7a9c61
      Backtrace
      • 16. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 17. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 18. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 19. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 20. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `institutes` where `institutes`.`id` in ('100')
      1.76msstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 100
      Backtrace
      • 21. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 22. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 23. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `represent_countries` where `represent_countries`.`id` in ('1')
      1.45msstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 1
      Backtrace
      • 26. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 28. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 29. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 30. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `countries` where `countries`.`id` in ('235')
      6.9msstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 235
      Backtrace
      • 31. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 32. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 33. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 34. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 35. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select `id`, `course_level_name` from `course_levels` where `course_levels`.`id` in ('1')
      1.18msstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 1
      Backtrace
      • 21. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 22. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 23. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `categories` where `categories`.`id` in ('9') order by `category_name` asc
      890μsstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 9
      Backtrace
      • 21. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 22. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 23. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `courses` where `course_level_id` = '1' order by RAND() limit 3
      1.5sstaging_liveCourseController.php#138
      Bindings
      • 0: 1
      Backtrace
      • 15. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:138
      • 16. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 17. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 18. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 19. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `institutes` where `institutes`.`id` = '6' limit 1
      13.99msstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#258
      Bindings
      • 0: 6
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:258
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select `id`, `course_level_name` from `course_levels` where `course_levels`.`id` = '1' limit 1
      14.72msstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#274
      Bindings
      • 0: 1
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:274
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select * from `institutes` where `institutes`.`id` = '14bfc98fab634f4ca4fa7c999ed960c2' limit 1
      35.28msstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#258
      Bindings
      • 0: 14bfc98fab634f4ca4fa7c999ed960c2
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:258
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select `id`, `course_level_name` from `course_levels` where `course_levels`.`id` = '1' limit 1
      890μsstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#274
      Bindings
      • 0: 1
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:274
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select * from `institutes` where `institutes`.`id` = '134' limit 1
      1.51msstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#258
      Bindings
      • 0: 134
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:258
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select `id`, `course_level_name` from `course_levels` where `course_levels`.`id` = '1' limit 1
      820μsstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#274
      Bindings
      • 0: 1
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:274
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    App\Models\Course
    4Course.php#?
    App\Models\Institute
    4Institute.php#?
    App\Models\CourseLevel
    4CourseLevel.php#?
    App\Models\RepresentCountry
    1RepresentCountry.php#?
    App\Models\Country
    1Country.php#?
    App\Models\Category
    1Category.php#?
        _token
        VYiNJaeyoT7zEYk5HHEKtP0uNo1Wfst3HUqMkV9J
        current_url
        https://staging.bheuni.io/course-details/d30309342d9649d9a959967bae7a9c61
        _previous
        array:1 [ "url" => "https://staging.bheuni.io/course-details/d30309342d9649d9a959967bae7a9c61" ]
        _flash
        array:2 [ "old" => [] "new" => [] ]
        PHPDEBUGBAR_STACK_DATA
        []
        path_info
        /course-details/d30309342d9649d9a959967bae7a9c61
        status_code
        200
        
        status_text
        OK
        format
        html
        content_type
        text/html; charset=UTF-8
        request_query
        []
        
        request_request
        []
        
        request_headers
        0 of 0
        array:15 [ "priority" => array:1 [ 0 => "u=0, i" ] "accept-encoding" => array:1 [ 0 => "gzip, deflate, br, zstd" ] "sec-fetch-dest" => array:1 [ 0 => "document" ] "sec-fetch-user" => array:1 [ 0 => "?1" ] "sec-fetch-mode" => array:1 [ 0 => "navigate" ] "sec-fetch-site" => array:1 [ 0 => "none" ] "accept" => array:1 [ 0 => "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/avif,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8,application/signed-exchange;v=b3;q=0.7" ] "user-agent" => array:1 [ 0 => "Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)" ] "upgrade-insecure-requests" => array:1 [ 0 => "1" ] "sec-ch-ua-platform" => array:1 [ 0 => ""Windows"" ] "sec-ch-ua-mobile" => array:1 [ 0 => "?0" ] "sec-ch-ua" => array:1 [ 0 => ""HeadlessChrome";v="129", "Not=A?Brand";v="8", "Chromium";v="129"" ] "cache-control" => array:1 [ 0 => "no-cache" ] "pragma" => array:1 [ 0 => "no-cache" ] "host" => array:1 [ 0 => "staging.bheuni.io" ] ]
        request_cookies
        []
        
        response_headers
        0 of 0
        array:5 [ "content-type" => array:1 [ 0 => "text/html; charset=UTF-8" ] "cache-control" => array:1 [ 0 => "no-cache, private" ] "date" => array:1 [ 0 => "Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:00:03 GMT" ] "set-cookie" => array:2 [ 0 => "XSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6InlOa0N0QjY2T0xZVnhWY2VCVGR3cXc9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiODdIRkVSdlQrM1k1TDF4bWlxV05xQ0w2SHRkazRqbGFOUWNuT1ZaRjNQdUp6UjRYQXpVSDl1MGtTc1R0Y0pzUEM1czIwbVYzbnh5K3ZQNXZQNG95RmdycHVlaXBLdy9OUi9KRXdiMFEydVdESVl6czBLMHBlbEJMUFlsZXM0V24iLCJtYWMiOiIxOTU4MWQxYTFjNmNjZTQ0ZGE1YzRjZGZmNmE1ZTI2NzkwNzY0MjliYjk4MDVmMThmOTYxZDFjN2U3ZWQ4M2JjIiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Wed, 23 Apr 2025 04:00:03 GMT; Max-Age=72000; path=/; domain=.bheuni.io; secureXSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6InlOa0N0QjY2T0xZVnhWY2VCVGR3cXc9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiODdIRkVSdlQrM1k1TDF4bWlxV05xQ0w2SHRkazRqbGFOUWNuT1ZaRjNQdUp6UjRYQXpVSDl1MGtTc1R0Y0pzUEM1czIwb" 1 => "bhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6IkdzeVNqekROcXdpZHVtZVVwbmVxREE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiaDl3NUk3MFJOS2U3SHUxcFlPUENMdHhpVERoa2cxVnd6bDN0R0xjVEhVQVhxQUsrYlpUM21DUVZuVkZ0dWhvMDdYdFZ1NnNVaUZJaGFYNll1QlZEVm1YR2Yrc01KTlJjd0V2NStlUHhXRCs1TUkwNVM1b2ZZN0hxemprK1FHeTAiLCJtYWMiOiI4MzA1YzcxODFiNTdkNmNiM2I5ZDBjY2ExZTQzYTdjMzYzM2RhZGQyMWEzNGYwMzA4ZDg3MzUyZTU4YjkyNmI5IiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Wed, 23 Apr 2025 04:00:03 GMT; Max-Age=72000; path=/; domain=.bheuni.io; secure; httponlybhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6IkdzeVNqekROcXdpZHVtZVVwbmVxREE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiaDl3NUk3MFJOS2U3SHUxcFlPUENMdHhpVERoa2cxVnd6bDN0R0xjVEhVQVhxQUsrYlpUM21DUVZuVkZ0dWhvMDdY" ] "Set-Cookie" => array:2 [ 0 => "XSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6InlOa0N0QjY2T0xZVnhWY2VCVGR3cXc9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiODdIRkVSdlQrM1k1TDF4bWlxV05xQ0w2SHRkazRqbGFOUWNuT1ZaRjNQdUp6UjRYQXpVSDl1MGtTc1R0Y0pzUEM1czIwbVYzbnh5K3ZQNXZQNG95RmdycHVlaXBLdy9OUi9KRXdiMFEydVdESVl6czBLMHBlbEJMUFlsZXM0V24iLCJtYWMiOiIxOTU4MWQxYTFjNmNjZTQ0ZGE1YzRjZGZmNmE1ZTI2NzkwNzY0MjliYjk4MDVmMThmOTYxZDFjN2U3ZWQ4M2JjIiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Wed, 23-Apr-2025 04:00:03 GMT; domain=.bheuni.io; path=/; secureXSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6InlOa0N0QjY2T0xZVnhWY2VCVGR3cXc9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiODdIRkVSdlQrM1k1TDF4bWlxV05xQ0w2SHRkazRqbGFOUWNuT1ZaRjNQdUp6UjRYQXpVSDl1MGtTc1R0Y0pzUEM1czIwb" 1 => "bhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6IkdzeVNqekROcXdpZHVtZVVwbmVxREE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiaDl3NUk3MFJOS2U3SHUxcFlPUENMdHhpVERoa2cxVnd6bDN0R0xjVEhVQVhxQUsrYlpUM21DUVZuVkZ0dWhvMDdYdFZ1NnNVaUZJaGFYNll1QlZEVm1YR2Yrc01KTlJjd0V2NStlUHhXRCs1TUkwNVM1b2ZZN0hxemprK1FHeTAiLCJtYWMiOiI4MzA1YzcxODFiNTdkNmNiM2I5ZDBjY2ExZTQzYTdjMzYzM2RhZGQyMWEzNGYwMzA4ZDg3MzUyZTU4YjkyNmI5IiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Wed, 23-Apr-2025 04:00:03 GMT; domain=.bheuni.io; path=/; secure; httponlybhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6IkdzeVNqekROcXdpZHVtZVVwbmVxREE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiaDl3NUk3MFJOS2U3SHUxcFlPUENMdHhpVERoa2cxVnd6bDN0R0xjVEhVQVhxQUsrYlpUM21DUVZuVkZ0dWhvMDdY" ] ]
        session_attributes
        0 of 0
        array:5 [ "_token" => "VYiNJaeyoT7zEYk5HHEKtP0uNo1Wfst3HUqMkV9J" "current_url" => "https://staging.bheuni.io/course-details/d30309342d9649d9a959967bae7a9c61" "_previous" => array:1 [ "url" => "https://staging.bheuni.io/course-details/d30309342d9649d9a959967bae7a9c61" ] "_flash" => array:2 [ "old" => [] "new" => [] ] "PHPDEBUGBAR_STACK_DATA" => [] ]
        ClearShow all
        Date ↕MethodURLData
        #12025-04-22 08:00:03GET/course-details/d30309342d9649d9a959967bae7a9c61141315