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Snow!

We had a little bit of snow in Cheltenham overnight.  As always, our FCH campus looks beautiful in the seasonal weather.  Here are a couple of pictures taken really early this morning, before most of our students had…

Welcome to (Old) Cheltenham!

This week, we welcome our new first years. Induction week is always an exciting time for everyone – but perhaps also a little daunting. As a way of easing our students into the facilities they enjoy here at…

The Use of Riches

For historians of the Reformation, bank holidays seem often to include some sort of visit to a church. Sure enough, this weekend just gone found me in Cirencester, a town I had somehow neglected to visit despite having…

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,…

Dr Rodney Atwood, ‘The British Army’s Victory in Afghanistan, 1880’, 17th March 2014

In this post, one of our first-year History undergraduates, Ben Stagg, writes about the recent talk by Dr Rodney Atwood at the Gloucestershire branch of the Historical Association. On the evening of Monday 17th March 2014 (St. Patrick’s…

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 IV

Our fourth video in the series leading up to Wednesday’s Applicant Day features our Course Leader, Dr Iain Robertson. Iain is a Reader in Historical Geography, and discusses in the video what that is, as well as talking…

Getting To Know Us II

Second in our series of video profiles is Professor Melanie Ilic, our Professor in Soviet History and a long-standing member of the history team here at Gloucestershire. In conversation with Dave Webster, Subject Group Leader for Religious, Philosophical…

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…

Thinking About Postgraduate Studies in History…?

Just a note for anyone who might be interested in undertaking postgraduate studies at the University of Gloucestershire – our own Melanie Ilic will be attending this event on Thursday (February 13th) between 16.00 and 19.00 at FCH…