{"id":9166,"date":"2022-02-14T15:08:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T15:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/?p=9166"},"modified":"2022-03-16T09:35:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T09:35:58","slug":"a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2022\/02\/14\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"A week in the life of someone studying Politics and International Relations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Studying Politics and International Relations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Studying Politics and International Relations<\/a> is incredibly fascinating. Call me biased, but studying a degree which is so tangible and receptive to the ever-changing world around us is great! I wasn\u2019t sure what I wanted to study before joining university. However, I always had an interest in the world around me, which is what led me to choose International Relations. I love how broad my degree is, and how it encompasses other fields such as history, economics and sociology.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In terms of studying Politics at the University of York, I <\/span>love <\/span>that the Department <\/span>is a small community within a larger one at the University. The Politics Society, which every Politics student is automatically a member of, is a great way to meet <\/span>people <\/span>too. The thing that sold me on studying International Relations at York was the options available to me here. There are chances to study abroad, work a year in industry, volunteer, and so much more. It can sound overwhelming in the beginning, but the <\/span>Politics staff are incredibly supportive<\/span>. They’ll help you to explore your options. I didn\u2019t enrol at the University with the intention of applying for a placement \u2013 it was only at the end of my first year that I made the decision<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A typical week<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Whether you\u2019re someone who loves a good routine, or someone who prefers to just \u2018wing it\u2019, studying Politics-related degrees allows you to make what you want of it.<\/span> It\u2019s up to you how much extra time you dedicate to readings and extra research. I tend to allocate an extra 5-6 hours spread throughout the week on this. This sounds like a <\/span>lot of reading<\/span>! <\/span>However, your first year is a chance for you to adjust and develop a strategy for attempting your readings. <\/span>On my political theory module, f<\/span>or example, I tend to engage with the secondary reading <\/span>first. Then I’ll do my primary reading. This helps me gain a broader understanding of the argument, since older texts can sometimes be harder to engage with.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Photo<\/a>
A Politics Lecture<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

With all the information thrown at you, settling into a new city can seem incredibly daunting. But remember that your first year is almost like an adjustment period. You can use it to figure out how to go about your studies and university life in general. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finding what works for you<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Prior to arriving at university, my biggest fear stemmed from the thought that I would not be able to keep up with my peers academically. I didn’t study Politics (or even History) at A level, so I had my reservations. However, the 1st-Year modules are designed to ensure that everyone is up to speed. All students on a Politics or Politics-related course take the same modules. In my first year, these included Introduction to International Politics<\/a>, Introduction to Democratic Politics<\/a>, Introduction to Political Theory<\/a> and What is Politics?<\/a>. These four modules encompass a wide range of topics and concepts, introducing you to some core theories in Politics and International Relations. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no pressure to have it all figured out already; university is about finding what interests you. It is about embracing the readings and your course, and seeing what you enjoy and want to research further. I didn\u2019t really know what specific topics I was interested in. However, my 1st-Year modules helped me with that. Through the ‘What is Politics?’ and ‘Introduction to International Politics’ modules, I found that I was interested in the notions of security, wars and colonisation. This was incredibly useful in helping me to choose my 2nd-Year modules. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is important to think of the 1st-Year modules as a base. Your second year, on the other hand, tends to focus on using the theories introduced in your first year to develop and build on your knowledge. In my 2nd-Year modules, I have used these theories to look at niche case studies. This is a great way for learning how to apply your knowledge, ideas and arguments. <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi, I\u2019m Malaikah and I\u2019m a second year student studying International Relations here at the University. I wanted to give you an insight into the life of a student within the Politics department here at the university of york and tell you a little bit about why I love my degree. In my blog I will talk about my degree, what a typical week looks like for me, as well as how my first year modules helped me understand what areas of study I was interested in and how that helped me to decide on my second year modules. University is about exploring your degree subject and figuring out what you like and what works for you. It\u2019s not just about having a set career path, it\u2019s about exploring and embracing the options around you and making the most of your time at university.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,1031],"tags":[192,82,161,676],"class_list":["post-9166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-politics","category-ug","tag-politics","tag-study","tag-studying","tag-week-in-the-life","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nA week in the life of someone studying Politics and International Relations<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Second year Politics and International Relations student, Malaikah, tells us what it's like studying Politics at the University of York.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2022\/02\/14\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A week in the life of someone studying Politics and International Relations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Second year Politics and International Relations student, Malaikah, tells us what it's like studying Politics at the University of York.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2022\/02\/14\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Student Voices\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/universityofyork\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-02-14T15:08:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-03-16T09:35:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/UoY_PEP-Lectures_April-2019-Alex-Holland-9-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C684&ssl=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"guestblogger\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Uniofyork\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Uniofyork\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Malaikah\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/14\\\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/14\\\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"guestblogger\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/45f0e1ce91b6f49fda7c2dc09ec1cc0d\"},\"headline\":\"A week in the life of someone studying Politics and International Relations\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-14T15:08:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-16T09:35:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/14\\\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":690,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/14\\\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/UoY_PEP-Lectures_April-2019-Alex-Holland-9-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C684&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"politics\",\"study\",\"studying\",\"Week in the life\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\",\"Undergraduate\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/14\\\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/14\\\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/14\\\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\\\/\",\"name\":\"A week in the life of someone studying Politics and International Relations\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/14\\\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/14\\\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/UoY_PEP-Lectures_April-2019-Alex-Holland-9-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C684&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-14T15:08:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-16T09:35:58+00:00\",\"description\":\"Second year Politics and International Relations student, Malaikah, tells us what it's like studying Politics at the University of York.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/14\\\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/14\\\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/14\\\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/UoY_PEP-Lectures_April-2019-Alex-Holland-9-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C684&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/UoY_PEP-Lectures_April-2019-Alex-Holland-9-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C684&ssl=1\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/14\\\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A week in the life of someone studying Politics and International Relations\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/\",\"name\":\"Student Voices\",\"description\":\"Get the inside view on student life at York.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"University of York\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/logo.png?fit=400%2C150&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/logo.png?fit=400%2C150&ssl=1\",\"width\":400,\"height\":150,\"caption\":\"University of York\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/universityofyork\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Uniofyork\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/uniofyork\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/45f0e1ce91b6f49fda7c2dc09ec1cc0d\",\"name\":\"guestblogger\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/Guestblogger-profile-picture.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/Guestblogger-profile-picture.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/Guestblogger-profile-picture.jpg\",\"caption\":\"guestblogger\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/14\\\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A week in the life of someone studying Politics and International Relations","description":"Second year Politics and International Relations student, Malaikah, tells us what it's like studying Politics at the University of York.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2022\/02\/14\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"A week in the life of someone studying Politics and International Relations","og_description":"Second year Politics and International Relations student, Malaikah, tells us what it's like studying Politics at the University of York.","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2022\/02\/14\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\/","og_site_name":"Student Voices","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/universityofyork\/","article_published_time":"2022-02-14T15:08:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-03-16T09:35:58+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/UoY_PEP-Lectures_April-2019-Alex-Holland-9-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C684&ssl=1","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"guestblogger","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Uniofyork","twitter_site":"@Uniofyork","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Malaikah","Estimated reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2022\/02\/14\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2022\/02\/14\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\/"},"author":{"name":"guestblogger","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/#\/schema\/person\/45f0e1ce91b6f49fda7c2dc09ec1cc0d"},"headline":"A week in the life of someone studying Politics and International Relations","datePublished":"2022-02-14T15:08:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-03-16T09:35:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2022\/02\/14\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\/"},"wordCount":690,"commentCount":2,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2022\/02\/14\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/UoY_PEP-Lectures_April-2019-Alex-Holland-9-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C684&ssl=1","keywords":["politics","study","studying","Week in the life"],"articleSection":["Politics","Undergraduate"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2022\/02\/14\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2022\/02\/14\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2022\/02\/14\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\/","name":"A week in the life of someone studying Politics and International Relations","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2022\/02\/14\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2022\/02\/14\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/UoY_PEP-Lectures_April-2019-Alex-Holland-9-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C684&ssl=1","datePublished":"2022-02-14T15:08:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-03-16T09:35:58+00:00","description":"Second year Politics and International Relations student, Malaikah, tells us what it's like studying Politics at the University of York.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2022\/02\/14\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2022\/02\/14\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2022\/02\/14\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/UoY_PEP-Lectures_April-2019-Alex-Holland-9-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C684&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/UoY_PEP-Lectures_April-2019-Alex-Holland-9-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C684&ssl=1"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2022\/02\/14\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A week in the life of someone studying Politics and International Relations"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/","name":"Student Voices","description":"Get the inside view on student life at York.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/#organization","name":"University of York","url":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/logo.png?fit=400%2C150&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/logo.png?fit=400%2C150&ssl=1","width":400,"height":150,"caption":"University of York"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/universityofyork\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Uniofyork","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uniofyork\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/#\/schema\/person\/45f0e1ce91b6f49fda7c2dc09ec1cc0d","name":"guestblogger","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/Guestblogger-profile-picture.jpg","url":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/Guestblogger-profile-picture.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/Guestblogger-profile-picture.jpg","caption":"guestblogger"},"url":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2022\/02\/14\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Malaikah","author_link":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2022\/02\/14\/a-week-in-the-life-of-someone-studying-politics-and-international-relations\/"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peJQl8-2nQ","custom_fields":{"item_number":["114617634"],"ap_author_name":["Malaikah"],"ap_author_url":["She\/Her"],"ap_author_email":["Maz523@york.ac.uk"],"ap_author_avatar":["http:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/fd2cafe0-a569-44da-ba4b-66cd8846a840-e1643123962707.jpeg"],"ap_author_bio":["Hi, I\u2019m Malaikah, and I\u2019m a 2nd-Year studying International Relations!"],"ap_form_id":["2"],"_edit_lock":["1771340766:264"],"_pp_is_autodraft":["1"],"_edit_last":["16"],"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":["59"],"_yoast_wpseo_content_score":["90"],"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":["studying politics"],"_yoast_wpseo_title":["%%title%% %%page%%"],"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":["Second year Politics and International Relations student, Malaikah, tells us what it's like studying Politics at the University of York."],"_yoast_wpseo_linkdex":["78"],"_publicize_pending":["1"],"_wp_old_date":["2022-02-18"],"_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":["4"],"_last_editor_used_jetpack":["block-editor"],"_g_feedback_shortcode_69959239ecf62bd5ffe68f5fb3583dbde7b7619a":["\n\t\t\t\t[contact-field label=\"Name\" type=\"name\" required=\"true\" \/]\n\t\t\t\t[contact-field label=\"Email\" type=\"email\" required=\"true\" \/]\n\t\t\t\t[contact-field label=\"Website\" type=\"url\" \/]\n\t\t\t\t[contact-field label=\"Message\" type=\"textarea\" \/]"],"_g_feedback_shortcode_atts_69959239ecf62bd5ffe68f5fb3583dbde7b7619a":["a:17:{s:2:\"to\";s:26:\"student-content@york.ac.uk\";s:7:\"subject\";s:92:\"[Student Voices] A week in the life of someone studying Politics and International Relations\";s:12:\"show_subject\";s:2:\"no\";s:6:\"widget\";i:0;s:14:\"block_template\";N;s:19:\"block_template_part\";N;s:2:\"id\";i:9166;s:18:\"submit_button_text\";s:6:\"Submit\";s:14:\"customThankyou\";s:0:\"\";s:21:\"customThankyouHeading\";s:26:\"Your message has been sent\";s:21:\"customThankyouMessage\";s:30:\"Thank you for your submission!\";s:22:\"customThankyouRedirect\";s:0:\"\";s:10:\"jetpackCRM\";b:1;s:9:\"className\";N;s:9:\"postToUrl\";N;s:14:\"salesforceData\";N;s:12:\"hiddenFields\";N;}"]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9166\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}