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Outstanding graduates from diverse backgrounds sought for unique Police Now Leadership programme
Are you passionate about transforming neighbourhoods for the better and in supporting local communities? Do you want to make a real and lasting impact on policing in the UK? We, Sanctuary Graduates, are helping Police Now, a social enterprise, to… Continue reading
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British Undergraduate Historical Association: Promoting Undergraduate Historical Research
Matthew Norris (Part 3 History, and our 2016/17 Humanities Student Representative) has established a national undergraduate history research organisation, the ‘British Undergraduate Historical Association’. The BUHA runs its own journal, The British Historical Review, the first issue of which appeared… Continue reading
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Toads mean Trouble: Amphibious Assassins in Gerald of Wales’ The Journey through Wales
by Dr Ruth Salter If you were asked to think of an unassuming British animal, I would hazard a guess that the first creature to come to mind would be something – small, brown, possibly squeaky – like a mouse… Continue reading
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The Stenton Lecture and Symposium 2016
Thursday 17th November marks the date of this year’s Stenton Lecture which is preceded by the Stenton Symposium. What is the Stenton Lecture? The Stenton lecture is an annual lecture by an eminent historian, hosted by the Department and held… Continue reading
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Career Events in the Coming Week
The University’s Careers service offers numerous different events throughout term to help you gain the skills and confidence required in the future. We have hand-picked a few events taking place next week which we think might be of particular interest… Continue reading
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A Recipe for Tudor Jumbals à la GBBO
by Dr Ruth Salter As you may be aware that this year the University’s team responsible for MOOCs [Massive Open Online Courses] and the history department, headed by Prof Kate Williams, have been working closely on an exciting venture. Along… Continue reading
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Career Events in the Coming Week
The University’s Careers service offers numerous different events throughout term to help you gain the skills and confidence required in the future. We have hand-picked a few events taking place next week which we think might be of particular interest… Continue reading
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Thoughts From the Second Debate
by Dafydd Townley The second presidential election debate this year in St Louis provided one of the most acrimonious encounters between the two contenders. While many expected Hillary Clinton to provide the coup de grace that would end her opponent’s… Continue reading
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Career Events in the Coming Week
The University’s Careers service offers numerous different events throughout term to help you gain the skills and confidence required in the future. We have hand-picked a few events taking place next week which we think might be of particular interest… Continue reading
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Call For Papers: ‘Complaints and Grievances, 1500-1750’, 10th-11th July 2017
We are delighted to issue a call for papers for Reading University’s biennial Early Modern Studies Conference, ‘Complaints and Grievances, 1500-1750’ (10th-11th July 2017). There will be three strands running through the conference: medical grievances literary complaints political/religious grievances The keynote… Continue reading
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