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  • Popes & Jews, and Otherworlds: Two new Medieval Monographs

    Yesterday, Thursday 17th March 2016, the Department of History and the Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies (GCMS) held a book launch for two new medieval monographs from Oxford University Press (OUP).  Thanks to their authors, Dr Rebecca Rist and Dr… Continue reading

  • Microsoft Aspire Event, 8th April 2016

    Friday 8th April 2016, 11am-4pm, Microsoft, 2 Kingdom Street, London, W2 6BD Microsoft Aspire is focused on encouraging female undergraduates to consider employment in industries that they may not have first considered and to spread the word about Microsoft’s life-changing… Continue reading

    Microsoft Aspire Event, 8th April 2016

  • Part 2: A chance to gain marketing research skills

    Part 2 students! If you would like to gain some skills and experience relevant to marketing research, why not apply for the UROP project below? It is open to students from any discipline, but has not so far received many… Continue reading

    Part 2: A chance to gain marketing research skills

  • Career Event: Interview skills session with Herbert Smith Freehills

    Wednesday 16 March 2016, 12-2pm. Carrington Building 101 This Wednesday you can attend an interview skills session with law firm Herbert Smith Freehills. This event is open to Law and non-Law students so if you are interested you can book… Continue reading

    Career Event: Interview skills session with Herbert Smith Freehills

  • Why My Research Matters – A GCMS Workshop

    Friday 22nd April 2016, University of Reading The Graduate Centre of Medieval Studies (GCMS) is an interdisciplinary centre that is predominantly based in the History department.  ‘Why My Research Matters’, or to give it its full title ‘Why My Research… Continue reading

    Why My Research Matters – A GCMS Workshop

  • Part 3 Students: VMTurbo Networking event

    IT company VMTurbo are holding a networking event in Reading this Thursday 10th March, 6pm with free food and drinks. VMTurbo is a fast-growing American company with 22 consecutive quarters of growth. They are currently recruiting Sales Development Representatives, Account… Continue reading

    Part 3 Students: VMTurbo Networking event

  • Rome 1600

    Professor Clare Robertson’s new book, Rome 1600. The City and the visual Arts under Clement VIII (Yale University Press 2015) produces a snapshot of the city at one of the most significant moments in its post-classical history. Rome was at… Continue reading

    Rome 1600

  • Dr Mara Oliva – a member of the newly established TEL Practitioners Forum

    Congratulations to Dr Mara Oliva who has been appointed as a member of the newly established TEL Practitioners Forum (TELPF).  The Forum has been created to represent the wider community of staff within the University of Reading who are actively… Continue reading

    Dr Mara Oliva – a member of the newly established TEL Practitioners Forum

  • All hail the great disruptor!Unless you’re Cruz, Rubio…or a Democrat

    By Dr Mark Shanahan So, it’s goodbye Super Tuesday and if we want to hang any name on your it would have to be ‘The Donald’. Indeed, as the Great Disruptor sits in his gold bath filled with asses’ milk,… Continue reading

    All hail the great disruptor!Unless you’re Cruz, Rubio…or a Democrat

  • An Audience with Lucy Worsley

    Sunday 22 May, 7.30pm One of the UK’s most respected historians, Lucy Worsley is best known for a series of programmes for BBC2 and BBC4 covering everything from the Georgians and British homes to the history of dance and the… Continue reading

    An Audience with Lucy Worsley