The department helped me immensely from the start of my university journey. Originally, I was studying a different degree which wasn’t what I had envisioned it to be, so looked at swapping to Politics and IR, having studied A Level Politics. As soon as I emailed the department expressing my interest in changing degrees, I felt comfortable with my choice and my anxieties about falling behind disappeared. I am so glad I had the opportunity to do this and feel my university experience was made by this smooth change of course. My course includes the opportunity to complete a placement year in year 3, and I look forward to taking part in this. I will explore my options throughout year 2 with the help of the careers department.