What the subject actually involves
How A-level Politics differs from GCSE and why current affairs only become useful when attached to a clear argument.
Free live online seminar
What to Expect from
A-level Politics
A practical introduction for students starting the course in September — using the Clacton by-election to show how elections, parties, media, representation and power fit together.
Thursday 6 August6.30–7.15 pm
YouTube LiveOptional Q&A until 7.30 pm
FreeStudents and parents welcome
LIVE CASE STUDY
Why Clacton?
One by-election can open up most of the course: electoral systems, party competition, turnout, political communication, representation and the awkward gap between slogans and explanation.
What does the result tell us — and what can it not tell us?
What we will cover
Start with the argument, not the glossary.
How the course fits together
Institutions, elections, ideologies and comparative politics — without pretending they live in separate boxes.
What strong students do differently
Use evidence to test claims, compare directly and reach judgements that are harder to knock down.
Questions from students and parents
A live written Q&A after the main session.
Part two
Then cross the Atlantic.
What to Expect from A-level Politics: The USA
Monday 10 August, 7.30–8.15 pm — Constitution, Congress, presidency, Supreme Court and the comparisons that make the course work.
Reserve a place
Register for the live seminar.
Submit the form and the YouTube link will be sent by email before the event.
The first registration activates the form service, so Paul may need to confirm one email behind the scenes. A tiny bureaucratic hurdle; politics begins as it means to go on.