History

Course summary

The course aims to develop students’ powers of observation, analysis, and argument through studying elements of history covering 200 years; to make them aware of the nature of change, continuity, similarity, and difference; to promote an understanding of the present through the past and to encourage research techniques which will help students in their pursuit of post-18 education. History is recognized as requiring a range of important skills, useful in both the workplace and higher education. Several History students have gone on to study at Oxford and Cambridge in the past few years. Areas might include law, journalism, education, politics, management, social policy, and media, in fact, any area in which the ability to analyze and interpret information is held in high regard.