Swansea University 2024 Postgraduate Prospectus

IN THE UK RESEARCH IMPACT 11 th

HISTORY SINGLETON CAMPUS

RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

(Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021)

• History MA by Research/PhD/MPhil FT PT

TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

YOU MAY ALSO WANT TO CONSIDER • Medieval Studies, MA • Public History and Heritage, MA • War and Society, MA impact in the Research Excellence Framework 2021 and who care about maximising the impact of their research for the wider public benefit. WHY SWANSEA? • You’ll study in a city with over a thousand years of history and heritage, and with research resources including the Richard Burton Archives, the West Glamorgan Archive Service, the South Wales Miners’ Library and the National Waterfront Museum. • You’ll be able to work with university research centres devoted to the study of Wales; conflict, memory, and reconstruction; medical humanities; gender; the medieval and early modern periods; heritage; and to digital arts and humanities. • You can choose to undertake a work placement with one of a wide range of local, national, and international partner organisations. • You’ll be taught by scholars whose research was rated world-leading or internationally excellent for FUNDING There are a range of postgraduate scholarships and bursaries available: s wansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/ scholarships

• History MA FT PT

• Modern History MA FT PT

Study history in a department internationally recognised for its contributions to understanding the medieval, early modern, and modern pasts. Explore the history of Britain, Europe, the Americas, or the wider world. Develop a wide range of skills highly sought-after by academic employers, cultural organisations, and businesses. You will have the freedom to explore your own historical interests while producing an original piece of historical research.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT • For research postgraduates, access to dedicated new facility providing study, training and social space at the heart of the campus. • Training in advanced research methods and development of transferable skills around historical research, analysis, writing and presentation skills. • Support and guidance from recognised experts across a wide range of historical approaches and topics, including conflict, culture, disability, gender, health and disease, heritage, identity, industry and work, the law, politics, religion, science, and sport.

• Opportunities to produce work in traditional academic formats and to think creatively about how academic research can best engage the wider public. • Membership of a community of students and scholars who explore the significance of the past for dealing with the pressing needs of the present.



Welsh scholarships available see page 48

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