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Careers Events in Week 8
The Careers Events below are all taking place this week. There is something for all of you here, whether you are interested in UROP placements, keen to brush up your CV for a particular application, would like advice about building… Continue reading
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Looking towards Super Tuesday
by Dafydd Townley The American election campaign takes its first major step towards selecting the final candidates for the two major parties next Tuesday. Super Tuesday, as it has become known, is the day on which the largest number of… Continue reading
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Nancy Astor: Art in Parliament
We are very pleased to announce that Dr Jacqui Turner’s work for Parliament on the installation of the Nancy Astor bust, in association with Vote100, is completed. Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, was elected to Parliament on 15 November 1919. She took her… Continue reading
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Who’s Who: The 2016 Democrat and Republican presidential candidates
by Darius Wainwright February 2016 marked the beginning of the Democrat and Republican primaries, where preliminary elections are held to decide who should run for office. In the United States, state level primaries are held from now until June, with… Continue reading
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Congress to Campus, 29th February 2016: Programme
The Department of History will be hosting ‘Congress to Campus’ event on Monday 29th February 2016. Congress to Campus is an initiative to bring US Congressmen to the UK, which is supported by the British Library’s Eccles Centre for American… Continue reading
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Romance the Medieval Way: St Valentine’s Day Special
Dr Ruth Salter explores the potential origins of the famous annual holiday. St Valentine and the (possible) origins of Valentine’s Day Two St Valentines are listed in the Roman Martyrology for February 14th: one was a martyred Roman priest who… Continue reading
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Part 2 History Links In: Special Careers Session
Part 2 History Links In: Special Careers Session for All Single and Joint Pt. 2 History students Tuesday, 1 March, 1-2 pm, HUMSS G27 As part of the new Employability strand in the History BA Programme, this special session should… Continue reading
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Communication Skills for the Workplace for ALl History Students
11 February, 1:00-2:00pm,Palmer 103, with Adnan Khan, FDM Whichever career path you decide to embark on after university you are likely to need communication skills to work effectively with managers, colleagues and clients. FDM Group’s Communication skills for the workplace… Continue reading
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Teamwork in the workplace
‘Teamwork in the workplace’ Regina Van Burkleo, Enterprise Rent-a-Car 4 February, 1:00-2:00pm, Palmer 105 Teamwork is one of the fundamental skills employers look for and it’s on the graduate recruiters’ high priority list. In the vast majority of graduate roles,… Continue reading
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US Election Special: There may be trouble ahead… (3/3)
By Dafydd Townley When Hillary Clinton officially announced her intention to run for the White House on April 12th last year, she was immediately proclaimed as the favourite to be the 45th President of the United States. Through a YouTube… Continue reading
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