Doing HSPS at Cambridge is special, because it allows you a certain amount of flexibility,
to study three different subjects.
Social anthropology, sociology, and politics and international studies.
And you can specialise in any of these three courses,
Or, in your second and third years, you can choose to do a joint track.
So, you could combine politics with sociology, or social anthropology with sociology.
And so on.
You look at big issues, but you get to look at them in very distinct ways.
Sociologically, anthropologically, politically.
So, distinct, but at the same time very complementary,
and it just gives you a very thorough and interesting way of looking at the world,
which I think is very valuable.
It allows students to see some of the biggest social questions,
and political issues in the world around us.
From a whole range of perspectives, and that is profoundly valuable.
And increasingly necessary.
The facilities and resources available to the students of this course,
include a vast library collection that is held both at the university library,
as well as in college libraries.
A lot of lectures also use our online teaching resource called Moodle.
To post additional resources such as videos, or blog entries,
So that students are able to use a variety of different resources,
to develop their interests in particular topics.
Because HSPS is a very diverse program,
graduates of the program, also go on to do very different things.
Some of them will end up in academia as researchers,
or in policies think tanks as researchers.
Some will end up in journalism, others go into government,
including social service, such as the foreign service.
People have done public relations, people have done business.
So, there really isn't necessarily a limit on what you can do with an HSPS degree.
I think one of the things that is really distinctive about Cambridge,
is the sheer amount of engagement,
that takes place between academics and students.
You're known in your college, you're known by your supervisors,
there's a huge amount of engaged intellectual interaction between students,
and staff.
The Cambridge experience is amazing,
because it attracts a range and a wealth of world-leading experts,
and academics, and researchers.
As well as the supervision system, which allows you to have such close contact with these people.
You can really tap into their ideas,
and engage with the subject and with leaders who are publishing in the subject.
My favorite part of the course has been being taught by people,
that I've been inspired by before I even came to university.
And to now have them sitting in front of you,
telling you their thoughts, going through their books with you.
It's just a really amazing prospect.
When I people ask me what I want to do after I graduate,
I like to kind of give a vague notion of international politics ideas,
like development and human rights.
But what's been so great about HSPS, has been making me think,
what I want international politics to look like?
It's really got me asking the right questions,
so I can't wait to see what I do with that in the future.
