Category Archives: Personal statements

UCAS taster days search engine link / a day in the life of an undergraduate historian at Oxford.

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Enrichment – Brexit and historians

Something for your summer holidays. If You click here then you will get to a History News network article which summarizes the reaction of different historians to the June vote. The strength of the article is that you can immediately contrast the … Continue reading

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Ten History Books I’d Love to See on Your UCAS Form

It is approaching personal statement time. If you click on the link at the bottom of the page you will get to an article by Jonathan Healey on what you might like to be reading in preparation. A small extract follows… … Continue reading

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Why the Study of History Is Imperative Today

If you click here you will get to an article by Amy Licence in the Huffington Post on the importance of history in the modern world. It is well worth a read – I have included an extract below… “History should teach us compassion. … Continue reading

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