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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

    Who’s Who: The 2016 Democrat and Republican presidential candidates

  • 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

  • Romance the Medieval Way: St Valentine’s Day Special

    by Dr Ruth Salter 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 had supposedly been killed on the Flaminian Way… Continue reading

    Romance the Medieval Way: St Valentine’s Day Special

  • 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

    Teamwork in the workplace

  • 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

    US Election Special: There may be trouble ahead… (3/3)