Posted by Jaipreet in History on May 12, 2017
It’s officially go-time guys. The dissertations may be in, but exam era is upon us. To help everyone out, I’ve put together a list of really helpful articles and resources that come in handy at this time every year. Enjoy! Finding a place to study If you work better on campus but can’t find a […]
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Posted by Jaipreet in History on April 28, 2017
You may have mastered the art (or got pretty close) of writing essays at sixth form level, but most students have no idea what to expect when it comes to writing that first university assignment. So here I am once again to save the day, with a handy introduction to writing your first assignment! […]
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Posted by Jaipreet in History on March 31, 2017
Here I am, back again to help you get through the Easter revision with a third lot of amazing factoids. Turn your world upside down In the 1870s, there was a surge of books using the word ‘pokemon’. In the Cornish dialect, pokemon meant ‘clumsy’. In the mid 19th century, Cornish glossaries and dictionaries […]
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Posted by Jaipreet in History on March 24, 2017
It’s your favourite History fanatic, back to help you through holiday revision with another lot of amazing factoids. Enjoy having your world turned upside down…. The story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin really happened. No one is sure what the piper is a symbol for, or why the children disappeared, but a stained glass […]
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Posted by Jaipreet in History on March 17, 2017
If you enjoyed my Christmas facts, this should blow your mind Stonehenge would have already been in ruins by the time Jesus was born Easter Island Moai figures were ‘walked’ to where they needed to go by aid of ropes. When the indigenous people told European explorers that the statues walked there, they were […]
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Posted by Jaipreet in History on February 5, 2017
You might not know this, but February is LGBT History month and also the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of male homosexuality, which means a tonne of events going on up and down the country. Mainly in London, which is annoying because I sort of want to go to everything, but Leicester have also […]
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Posted by Jaipreet in History on November 28, 2016
There must be a myriad of articles and blog posts telling you how to get extra credit by convincing your tutors that you’re a brilliant student who knows everything. However this will not work at Leicester. Due to the anonymous marking system the only way your tutor will know that you wrote your essay is […]
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Posted by Jaipreet in History on October 14, 2016
Generally, I try to make my blog fairly accessible to people of all disciplines, but I have to admit this one is pretty History orientated. When I did my internship at IHR over the summer I was asked to write a blog about how I found their Connected Histories search engine, which looks through […]
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Posted by Shannon N in History on January 31, 2016
This years Holocaust Awareness Week will take place between 4th and 10th February and will feature a number of guest lectures – on the theme ‘Refugees, Migration, Integration’ – hosted by the Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. As a history student who specialises in modern European history, these lectures are of particular […]
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Posted by Shannon N in History on November 16, 2015
As you’ll probably all know, the final year of the degree is where things get really, really serious. Particularly given the fact that, for most subjects, you’ll have a 10,000 word dissertation to write alongside assignments from your other two modules. Since making a start on my initial research for my dissertation over summer, I’ve […]
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