Undergraduate Subject Focus: Law and Legal Studies
We all have a view of lawyers, from personal experience, media news stories, or film and tv – but the realities of studying and working with the law can be very different. While a career in law can bring you status, a good salary and promotion prospects, success requires hard work, good grades, and often long hours. Happily, though, the career opportunities available with a law degree are varied and widespread. Law and legal activity are at the root of all social change, but it’s not just decisions of national interest or importance that are reached through the legal...

Why undergraduate?
Why undergraduate? If you’re thinking about taking an undergraduate course, you’ve probably already got prospectus after prospectus telling you which undergraduate courses you should go for. Before you start thinking about subjects though, have you thought about why you might want to choose an undergraduate course at all? Studying at undergraduate level can be very different to any learning you might have undertaken before so it’s worth asking yourself if a degree is definitely for you.   Employment prospects You’re much more likely...