Our Subject Leader Dr Drew Gray shares his experiences as a student at Northampton before his academic career here! The takeaway: it's never too late to go to university. You might even end up as a head of department there one day! ‘In England justice is open to all, like the Ritz Hotel’ I used... Continue Reading →
Hopefully this small glance into some of the work we do at the Archive shows how Historians can be changemakers, and have real impacts not just on how we understand the past and where we came from, but also in helping us tackle the challenges of today and build a better society for the future.
Just got your A level results? Still not decided where you want to go in September? Or maybe you're super organised and are looking ahead to autumn 2021. We would love to welcome you at Northampton, where our small (but perfectly formed, in our opinion!) department means you get lots of personal attention from... Continue Reading →
After a successful year running my first year module The Medieval World 1200-1500, I'm delighted that this autumn I'm able to launch a year two module: Medieval Chivalry and its Afterlives. Chivalry is a popular topic with students interested in medieval society. Who hasn't been caught up in the romance of knights jousting for the... Continue Reading →
Even a cursory engagement with British history would be enough to remind us that we are a fairly rebellious people when we are told what we should or shouldn’t do. There is a proud tradition of standing up for our ‘rights’ even if, for the most part, those rights are nowhere defined in a written... Continue Reading →
Jim Beach reveals Army reporting on the local political situation in 1919. Over the past year I have been rummaging through some not-very-exciting government documents. But for an intelligence historian, that’s pretty much par for the course. As I say to students who take my third-year module, Secret State: British Intelligence, 1558-1945: “Just because it’s... Continue Reading →
Some time ago we (Mark Rothery and Paul Jackson) decided to launch a podcast. We wanted to discuss history but to make it topical and current, linking it to current affairs. We called it Beyond Histories. Historians often think about current affairs and politics and linking these to historic examples they can think of, but... Continue Reading →
Some time ago we (Mark Rothery and Paul Jackson) decided to launch a podcast. We wanted to discuss history but to make it topical and current, linking it to current affairs. We called it Beyond Histories. Historians are continually thinking about current affairs and politics and linking these to historic examples they can think of,... Continue Reading →
Tim Hasker recently completed his masters in history at the University of Northampton, he specialises in the history of Northamptonshire during the Seventeenth Century. I was asked to do this blog a few weeks ago and until recently I’ve been unsure what to write about, especially when reading the other blogs that have uploaded by... Continue Reading →
This week, we have a very special guest: Tasneem Dakri, a Career Development Coach who has very kindly agreed to be interviewed by me about how to use one of the most powerful professional networking tools of all: LinkedIn! Today’s topic: The LinkedIn Master Class LinkedIn is one of the most influential professional networking platforms... Continue Reading →
