Student Testimonials Read what our students have to say about studying at SSEES, the skills they learn and what careers they go on to. Yangyang Zhao 3rd year History, Politics and Economics Sofia Balestrieri 2nd year History, Politics and Economics Ilya Galkin 2nd year Russian and History Ben McKendrick 4th year German and Russian Ley Edmonston-Douse 2nd year Politics and Sociology with East European Studies Kevin Matyszewski 2nd year Finnish and French Kirsten Prichard Jones 1st year Czech (with Slovak) and East European Studies Yiannis Angelikas 3rd year Politics and Sociology with East European Studies Fin Stanbridge Russian Studies MA Jiaying Wang Comparative Economics and Policy MA Freya Proudman PhD Mirna Ye East European Studies MRes Sam Johnson 1st year History, Politics and Economics Moneli Samarakkodi Economics and Business with East European Studies BA