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BA History and World Philosophies

School of Oriental and African Studies🥈 TEF Silver
Full-time3 YearsFoundation YearSubject: Combined
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Course Score
B /70
Graduate Salary
£30,000
Satisfaction
82%
Degree Completion
80%
Professional Jobs
55%
Meaningful Work
80%
The Course
Student Life
After Uni

AI & Your Career

Based on Anthropic research

37%
Moderate Exposure

Some tasks in this career are being augmented by AI, but the core work still requires significant human judgement and skill.

Vulnerability Matrix

Customer service68% Exposed
Administrative55% Exposed
Finance52% Exposed
Business and public service associate48% Exposed
Media45% Exposed

🌍 Global Career Trajectories

This degree creates highly lucrative direct pathways into the global jobs market. Explore the fully localized AI projections on our sister hub, WhatCareer.

Expected Starting Salary

below national median

Typical starting salary for Combined graduates

Start
Sep 2027
Graduate
2030
First job
~2031
£30,000
typical starting salary
£24,000
£30,000
Brightest = where most graduates land · fades where fewer earn that amount
· Combined graduates nationally earn £18,000–£46,500 (996 courses)

HESA Graduate Outcomes survey · includes all graduates regardless of career path chosen

Where Graduates Work

Top job roles graduates enter after this course

01
Administrative occupations
20%
02
Teaching Professionals
★ Professional
20%
03
Business and public service associate professionals
★ Professional
15%
04
Managers, directors and senior officials
★ Professional
15%
05
Conservation and environment professionals
★ Professional
10%
06
Customer service occupations
10%
07
Elementary occupations
10%
08
Finance Professionals
★ Professional
10%
09
Artistic, literary and media occupations
★ Professional
5%
10
Media Professionals
★ Professional
5%

Outcomes

80%
Continuation
55%
Professional Work
80%
Meaningful Role
50%
Career On Track

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