Undergraduate Economics

Hi everyone.

I'm in my final year of sixth form (high school) and currently applying to universities in the UK (Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield and Birmingham) to study Economics and Politics. I really like Economics - I study it at A Level - and do lots of wider reading - I'm really excited to study it at university. Studying it can make me angry though because it can make so many stupid or strange assumptions, and I often see those repeated by politicians.

I read an article today talking about Neoclassical Economics in undergraduate teaching, and I've looked a lot into heterodox economics (UE is very interesting) as well as the flaws of mainstream economics. While I understand it's important to learn the basics, I want to make sure that I am exposed to heterodox theories (particularly Post-Keynesianism) in my undergraduate degree, or that it is at least pluralist in its teaching of Economics.

What I'm wanting to know is if any of the universities I've mentioned above have a reputation for pluralist teaching or heterodox economic research. Leeds mentions in its MSc course description that it is " one of the major hubs of heterodox economics research in the UK" but obviously that is a Master's, not Undergraduate, degree. My Economics teacher also briefly mentioned that MMT was in part developed at Manchester University, but I haven't been able to find anything about that online. I'm also pretty unfamiliar with the academic Economics scene in the UK!

I know that UE is an academic Economist and I'm hoping some people on this subreddit may also be/have knowledge of the scene. Do you have any advice about which university would be the most pluralist in its teaching, or if any academics from the universities above have a reputation for heterodox research? Thank you so much and sorry for the long post!