A number of former students have been elected as Members of the British and European Parliaments. Politics graduates have worked in the headquarters of the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties. One is presently Assistant Director of Conservative Research Department. Others serve as research assistants to MPs or Members of the European Parliament. Politics graduates are to be found in a number of Government Departments, including the Home Office, the Department of Education, the Ministry of Defence and the Foreign Office.
Graduates also serve in the civil service in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Some also work in the European Commission. Graduates have entered the media as print or broadcast journalists. A number work in the BBC, as editors or producers, as well as in ITN, Channel 4 and independent companies. Others work for national newspapers or for regional media. Politics graduates have gone on to take lecturing and research posts at a range of Universities.