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Hello!

I need some help here. Any prospective, current or alum advice would be great.

I'm holding offers from some great Uni's for taught Masters programs. I'll be visiting them in a few weeks, but thought I'd get some initial advice here first. I'm interested in Europe and environmental policy specifically, but hold an International Relations BA and am open to careers after school. Working in the EU, the foreign service or university teaching all appeal. However, I know I would like to eventually get a Ph.D, and any advice on best chances/options/reputation for moving onto a Ph.D after these would be great. University rankings, etc are nice, but not the most helpful at this point in the game.

Okay, as for the Schools and Programmes:

LSE: MSc in Politics and Government in the EU

UCL: MSc in European Public Policy; MSc in Global Governance and Ethics

King's College: MA in International Relations; MA in Politics, Environment and Globalisation

Regents College (specifically Webster Graduate School): MA in International NGOs

And, lastly...most of these programmes can be taken part-time. As I have recently been offered a great job (though not one I would be keen to continue on forever), any advice on how flexible time-tables can be, how demanding each option can be, and what a part-time schedule would probably look like would be most helpful.

Thanks!

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Have your looked at the RAE ratings for the different schools? I'm not from your field, but studied many years in London. UCL and LSE both have great reputations for almost all their courses, with Kings being stronger in the Humanities side than the technical.

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Have your looked at the RAE ratings for the different schools? I'm not from your field, but studied many years in London. UCL and LSE both have great reputations for almost all their courses, with Kings being stronger in the Humanities side than the technical.

King's is really really strong in IR though and has a ridiculously competitive War Studies programme.

Have a look at The student room postgraduate forum and you might get more responses as that's where many UK applicants/students post.

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King's is really really strong in IR though and has a ridiculously competitive War Studies programme.

IR at Kings is good but it's not that great. A bit overrated IMO... I would go with LSE, its more their cup of tea. It's probably the best route as well to do a PhD after.

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