After graduating this summer with a BA in Politics and International Relations, Marcus Burling stayed with us to undertake a Research Placement. He has gathered his thoughts on the experience in a blog post.

“As my time studying Politics and International Relations at the University of Reading drew to a close, I was selected to undertake a Research Placement with the Department of Politics. I was excited about the opportunity as I knew it would mean I would be able to use the skillset I had built up over the three years as a student in meaningful academic research. Additionally, I was also keen to do something completely different to the research I undertook in my dissertation. ” – Read more.