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Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at Oxford University has traditionally been a degree read by those seeking a career in politics, public life (including senior positions in His Majesty's Civil Service) and journalism.
Philosophy, politics and economics, or politics, philosophy and economics (PPE), is an interdisciplinary undergraduate or postgraduate degree which combines study from three disciplines. The first institution to offer degrees in PPE was the University of Oxford in the 1920s.
[1] The Oxford Philosophy, politics and economics (PPE) degree had been offered since 1920, and in 1934 the sub-faculty of Politics was established within the faculty of social sciences. [ 1 ] Rankings
PPE Harvard LSE: Married to Ed Balls, also a senior Labour politician. MP from 1997. Former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Appointed Home Secretary July 2024 [2]: 107 [1] Sir Julian Lewis: 1970: PPE DPhil IntRel, St Antony's College: Conservative MP for New Forest East since 1997. A Privy Councillor since 2015 and knighted in 2023.
Rain Newton-Smith is the daughter of Canadian-born Oxford philosopher William Newton-Smith (1943–2023) and his first wife Dorris Heffron. [3]Newton-Smith earned a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) from the University of Oxford, and an MSc in economics from the London School of Economics (LSE).
She was also a fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford. [1] Emerson received her degree in PPE from St Hilda's College, Oxford where she later taught. [2] She was highly critical of Adam Hochschild's book King Leopold's Ghost, rebuking it in The Guardian as "a very shoddy piece of work." [3]
He won a scholarship to Queen's College, Oxford where he read PPE for two years until the Second World War intervened. [ 1 ] A conscientious objector , he helped Paul Cadbury and Michael Barratt Brown to re-establish the Friends Ambulance Unit ("FAU") holding many leadership positions.
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