3 October 2013
We’re holding an open day next Saturday, the 12th October. The Open Day will be held at the newly refurbished Francis Close Hall, where all of our history staff and students are based, from 10am until 2.45pm, and we’ll…
Read more30 September 2013
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…
Read more27 September 2013
The Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-Upon-Avon is a little oasis for researchers and postgraduate students: though it’s affiliated with the University of Birmingham, it’s a long way from the main campus – and that makes it a quiet place…
Read more25 September 2013
History is hot property: it’s on TV and in the news constantly, and even where the focus might not be rigorously academic it’s important to step out of the ivory tower and both understand how history inspires and…
Read more24 September 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…
Read more17 September 2013
The Gloucestershire Branch of the Historical Association hosts numerous fascinating talks throughout the year which are always well worth attending. This year’s programme commences on September 23rd, with the Annual General Meeting and a talk by David Swinson…
Read more16 September 2013
Just a short train journey from Cheltenham, Europe’s biggest library opened in Birmingham at the beginning of September 2013. I went to visit the library with former UG Head of Library Services, Ann Mathie, on its opening weekend….
Read more4 September 2013
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…
Read more2 September 2013
Melanie Ilic has had two major pieces of research published over the summer. Life Stories of Soviet Women: the Interwar Generation (Routledge, 2013) is the culmination of several years’ work examining the everyday lives of eight women living…
Read more1 September 2013
Well, it’s September already and staff at UoG are preparing to welcome both returning and new students. Just to prove it, here is a photo taken by our colleagues over at the RPE blog, showing how bright the…
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