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In A Student’s Own Words: Tom Wilkinson

As we wrote earlier this week, Gloucestershire alumnus Tom Wilkinson has just received award recognising the publication of work based on his third-year dissertation work with us. In this post, he talks in his own words about his…

Tom Wilkinson on Tewkesbury Abbey

We’re proud and excited about the news that a former student of ours, Tom Wilkinson, has just received a prestigious award for work he conducted as part of his dissertation here at Gloucestershire. Tom’s dissertation, which I had…

Summer Term Begins!

And so, according to our timetable, the summer term begins on Monday April 28.  Looking outside at the weather, you could have fooled me!  But, nevertheless, welcome back to all our students (and especially to level 6 students,…

Second Year Field Trip to Cordoba

Second year students taking the module HM5050 are currently enjoying their field trip to the Spanish city of Cordoba.  Dave Webster over at RPE is keeping us up-to-date with their time away on the Religion, Philosophy and Ethics…

Getting To Know Us!

Next Wednesday, February 19th, sees the first of our 2014 Applicant Days, which provide applicants who have applied to study at UoG the chance to spend a day with us, getting to know the campus, staff and what…

Graduation 2013

Last Thursday the UoG History team (alongside colleagues from across Humanities and the University) celebrated graduation day 2013!  It was a great day and a good opportunity to catch-up with students who finished their exams over the summer…

“My fellow historians, ask not what your History Society can do for you, ask what you can do for your History Society”

Guest Post from Chris Payne: Welcome to the University of Gloucestershire! We hope you have enjoyed your summer and fresher’s week (or what is left of it). Erika Mellor and I would like to take this moment to invite…

Student Induction 2013

We welcomed our new History undergraduates last week with several days of student induction activities.  The students engaged in a wide-ranging historical investigation of Cheltenham’s past and present – which ended, as these things do, in a pub…

New Publications for Carrie Howse

Congratulations to Carrie Howse, whose new book has just been published by emp3books (2013). The Sound of Silence is the first part of Carrie’s planned trilogy about her family’s life, starting with her great grandparents in the East…

New approaches to the history of popular protest and resistance in Britain and Ireland, 1500-1900, Workshop 3

This is a report from our third year History student, Micky Gibbard, based on his experiences at the recent Protest History workshop, hosted on 2nd March at the University of Gloucestershire. — The weekend of the 2nd of…