26 November 2012
History Trip Report On Thursday 15th October, the first year History students (myself included) set out on a journey to the City of London. This was especially exciting for two of our members, one of which was me,…
24 October 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-20005342 This BBC report considers the poet Benjamin Zephaniah’s criticism of the type of history that it taught in Britain’s schools. Zephaniah was responding to the assertions of people in office that young British kids from ethnic minorities…
18 October 2012
Dame Fiona Reynolds, the National Trust and the English Literature Festival Sophie and I were invited by Iain Robertson to attend a lecture by Dame Fiona Reynolds at the English Literature Festival. It is worth noting that Dame…
5 October 2012
Coinciding with the beginning of a new academic year, the History Society at the University of Gloucestershire is being re-launched. The History Society seeks to bring together students with an interest in history at all levels, for both…
15 August 2012
By Tom Carter (PhD Student, History) Dr Iain Robertson and I have just returned from delivering papers at the week-long International conference of Historical Geographers, held at Charles University in the beautiful Czech capital Prague. Here is a…