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Discovering, Debating, and Interpreting the Past

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Welcome to the History blog!

This is a blog which provides a forum for the students and staff of History at the University of Gloucestershire. Here, we’ll post news on our teaching, student experiences, research, publications, resources, events, and anything else even remotely…

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Historians at Work: Teaching – Cara Hall

This series of posts showcases examples of our students undertaking work experience or volunteering as part of their studies. It demonstrates the range of experiences open to them at the University of Gloucestershire, the range of possible career…

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Historians at Work: Marketing and PR – Charlotte Waldron

This series of posts showcases examples of our students undertaking work experience or volunteering as part of their studies. It demonstrates the range of experiences open to them at the University of Gloucestershire, the range of possible career…

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Historians at Work: Museums – Alessandro di Giacomo

This series of posts showcases examples of our students undertaking work experience or volunteering as part of their studies. It demonstrates the range of experiences open to them at the University of Gloucestershire, the range of possible career…

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Alumni Stories – Namrata Suman

This series of posts looks at what our former students do after they graduate in History at the University of Gloucestershire. It demonstrates the various types of employment and further study they can go into. It provides useful…

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Dr Vicky Randall Researching British Literary Representations of the Arab-Islamic World

Dr Vicky Randall has been awarded a period of research leave this semester. While on leave she will be researching and writing a journal article on Sir John Malcolm (pictured below) and his book The History of Persia…

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Alumni Stories – Natasha Devlin

This series of posts looks at what our former students do after they graduate in History at the University of Gloucestershire. It demonstrates the various types of employment and further study they can go into. It provides useful…

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Researching Textile Heritage in Gloucestershire

This post comes from BA History student Sasha Thammer and discusses their work on exhibition at the Museum of Gloucester as part of the course. At the half-way point of their degree, history students at UoG receive the…

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Summer Updates

While the summer is a time of much needed rest and recuperation, for academics it is also a time for research. As you’ll see in the updates from each member of staff below, staff in History team have…

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Alumni Stories – Rhiannon Healey

This series of posts looks at what our former students do after they graduate in History at the University of Gloucestershire. It demonstrates the various types of employment and further study they can go into. It provides useful…

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Alumni Stories
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Our Staff and Students at Heritage Schools Conference

Today at Oxstalls campus in Gloucester, myself and two of our students Ross Brown and Kelly Burriss took part in the Heritage Schools Conference. The event was organised by Voices Gloucester, the organization that is sharing diverse stories…

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