ARTWORK: Sian Williams
The Irony of the PPE degree Anonymous In O-Week of 2019, days into my first semester studying a Bachelor of Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE), I met a third year PPE student outside of Mooseheads who had only one piece of advice for me - “Drop it.” Like many other students at the ANU, I was dazzled by the prospect of studying a degree modelled from the famous programs offered at Cambridge and Oxford University. The programs page promised me that at the end of my degree, I’ll have “gained a passport to some of the world’s most promising careers.” Now, entering my third year of the program, I can say that the sparkle of PPE has dulled.
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