On this page, you will find some recommendations on what to watch, read, listen and do to engage with your subject. As well as feeding your intellectual curiosity, these links may provide useful material for your UCAS statement. Once you have engaged with the links, make sure that you practise putting your thoughts into words with the writing activity at the end.
Watch
Why Renewables Can’t Save the Planet
New Thoughts on Capital in the 21st Century
The Currency of the New Economy is Trust
Read
How Will the Global Economic Order Change by 2050?
Paul Krugman’s New York Times Blog
Listen
Teaching Economics After the Crash
Do
- Subscribe to a high quality broadsheet – Economics is an easy subject to follow; it happens every day and there is a huge amount of commentary around it. By subscribing to a high quality broadsheet you will be able to follow developments in contemporary economics easily. To give a couple of examples, the Economist and the Financial Times have a particular focus on the subject.
- Watch the business news – As well as the written word, it is easy to follow economics on TV. There are daily news bulletins that include economics updates and even some TV channels focused specifically on business and economics.
- Visit the City of London – As the capital city, most of the UK’s key economic institutions are based in London. The City of London is a small, historic part of Central London where many are based. Possible places to visit include: The Bank of England Museum and The London School of Economics, or you could take a free Economist Walk.
Write
- To apply to university, you need to demonstrate that you are well informed about the subject and have a strong interest in studying it at greater depth. To get started, practice writing about your subject interests by composing short responses to the following questions:
- What have you watched, read or listened to that has inspired you?
- Why was it interesting?
- What new issues did you learn about?
- What do you want to find out next?
- What excites you about the subject?
- Why do you think studying the subject is important?