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A recent History UK event provided an opportunity to reassess the purpose and future of history assessments. It acknowledged the fundamental role that assessment plays in undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from transitions to employability to skills development to creativity and Continue reading Assessment in history: reassessing the purpose and future of assessment in the study of history
This is the fourth item in a series of blog posts that tie in with History UK’s recent report on Trends in History UK Higher Education. One of the themes of History UK’s recent Trends in History report that I Continue reading History and the wider university
This is the third item in a series of blog posts that tie in with History UK’s recent report on Trends in History UK Higher Education. On Monday 27 June 2022, commenting on the suspension and potential closure of the English Continue reading Very qualified for the future: history graduates’ employability and earnings
This is the second item in a series of blog posts that tie in with History UK’s recent report on Trends in History UK Higher Education. As a humanities subject, history is operating in a challenging higher education environment. Whereas Continue reading The Fortunes of History in UK Higher Education
History UK’s report Trends in History in UK Higher Education released last week, presents a sombre picture for historians. Despite overall growth in student numbers in UK universities, the number of history undergraduates has fallen by 17 per cent between Continue reading Student numbers in history in UK higher education: recent trends