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Considering a PhD @ExeterClio or @UofEArchaeology? Sign up for our free MOOC and Masterclass

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Course: Masterclass PhD Application | Exeter Online Courses Moodle

After this short course you should be able to:

• Maximise your chances of gaining admittance to a PhD programme and winning funding
• Identify and get guidance from potential supervisors
• Select appropriate content and structure for the proposal
• Use suitable tone, language, length, and style
• Use suitable referencing and formatting conventions
• Understand differences between disciplines
• Know how to avoid common errors
• Review a sample proposal
• Submit your idea and choose suitable next steps

Also, be sure to sign up for a free PhD Masterclass

Innovative @ExeterCIGH Course Receives Commendation from Royal Historical Society

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Cross-posted from University of Exeter College of Humanities Research News

An online course run by leading historians at the University of Exeter has received a commendation from the Royal Historical Society (RHS) for excellence in the field of public history.

The course, Empire: The Controversies of British Imperialism has been officially commended by the RHS as part of the Public History Prize; the first national prize for public history in the UK.

The commendation, given in the web and digital category, recognises the work being undertaken within the University’s Department of History to engage people with the past in innovative ways using a wide variety of resources to entice new audiences to history in all its forms. Continue reading “Innovative @ExeterCIGH Course Receives Commendation from Royal Historical Society” →

Empire: The Controversies of British Imperialism

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Exeter’s Centre for Imperial and Global History launches a new, free online course.

We are delighted to announce that, starting in January 2015, we will be running a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the history of the British Empire.

The British Empire was the largest empire ever seen. It ruled over a quarter of the world’s population and paved the way for today’s global economy. But British imperialism isn’t without controversy, and it continues to cause enormous disagreement among historians today.This free online course will help you understand why.

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This Week’s Top Picks in Imperial & Global History

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Marc-William Palen
History Department, University of Exeter
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From knowing your history to looting the White House, here are this week’s top picks in imperial and global history. Continue reading “This Week’s Top Picks in Imperial & Global History” →