English and History
Learn through experience
Our History students get a chance to undertake a work placement during their second year, supported by specialist careers advisers.
Students can take part in optional field trips as well as visits to museums, archives and heritage programmes that are built into the curriculum.
Guest speakers
History students have access to our Tomorrow Matters series. These inspiring public lectures address some of the most complex and pressing challenges facing the world today, delivered by people who have witnessed and been participants in major world events. Recent speakers include Sir John Major, Hon Julia Gillard and Lady Shami Chakrabarti.
Skills for employment
Studying History at USW offers more than theory and knowledge of your field. We ensure all students gain relevant skills that are valuable for employment.
We offer career planning and skills support from year one of our history degree, including training in interviewing techniques for oral history. Students also gain advanced digital skills, including use and production of podcasts, blogging, and online mapping, with specialist technical support available.
EXPLORE GLOBAL HISTORIES
History degrees at USW provide the opportunity to study a variety of histories, political, economic, social, intellectual and cultural from British and European history, the Americas from the colonial period to the present, and aspects of global history from Cuba to China.
RESEARCH EXCELLENCE
History at USW is one of the University’s most successful research areas. In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework – the government’s official measure of research capability – 74% of our History research was rated in the top two categories: ‘world-leading’ and ‘internationally excellent’, and 100% of our research impact was rated world leading or internationally excellent (4* / 3*).