Samuel Leigh
Samuel Leigh

London and New Romney, Kent

Final-year International History at LSE. RNLI volunteer crew. Researching on public policy.

samuel.leigh147@gmail.com
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Education

Modules, societies and schooling in more detail than the CV allows.

London School of Economics and Political Science Sep 2024 - Jun 2027

BA International History, on track for a First

I chose the degree for the international side rather than the historical one. Most of what I have taken sits where foreign policy, economic structure and institutions meet, which is also what I write about.

First year, 2024/25

  • Empires and Resistance in Global History.
  • International Politics since 1914: Peace and War.
  • Historical Approaches to the Modern World.
  • Microeconomics I and Macroeconomics I.
  • LSE100: How can we create a fair society?

Second year, 2025/26

  • The International History of the Cold War, 1945 to 1989.
  • The United States and the World since 1776.
  • Napoleon and Europe.
  • International Organisations.

Final year, 2026/27, in progress

  • Britain in the World: British Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century
  • History of the Foreign Relations of the People’s Republic of China, 1949 to 2008
  • Migration: Current Research, Critical Approaches
  • Political Geography
  • Dissertation.

Societies

  • LSESU Economics Society. Researcher on a quantitative project looking at how host-country corruption affects flows of foreign direct investment. Two presentations delivered to the society on the research question and the proposed methodology.
  • LSESU RAG. Secretary, previously Charity Officer, on a committee of over forty.
  • Pickleball Society. Treasurer, managing an annual budget of £820.
  • Government Society and Consulting Society. Member.
Harvey Grammar School, Folkestone Sep 2017 - Jun 2024
  • A-Levels. History (A), Physics (A), Mathematics (A), Further Mathematics (B).
  • GCSEs. 99988886, including grade 9s in Mathematics and English Language.
  • Awards. A-Level Prize and GCSE Prize, both for top ten grades in school. History Ambassador.