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Langstone Harbour in Portsmouth is a beautiful and peaceful stretch of water, home to an extensive range of marine life. Waterbirds love its tidal mudflats, saltmarsh, seagrass meadows and shingle. You can walk all the way round it and see its excellent bird sanctuaries. Remember it this way.
We had a great time attending our first autumn Open Day. It was great meeting potential students & their guests & hear about their interests. If you have any questions, please get in touch with us www.port.ac.uk/study/course...
NEW BLOG POST! We introduce the new Railway Work, Life & Death project collaboration with the Llangollen Railway - sharing past staff stories of the Railway in pre-preservation days! #Wales #RailwayHistory #Heritage www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/sharing-staf... Images courtesy Peter Dickinson
It's the first undergraduate Open Day of the autumn tomorrow, Saturday 5 September & as ever we're really looking forward to welcoming prospective students & their guests & talk to them all about our brilliant History courses & the fantastic things our students do! www.port.ac.uk/study/course...
On 7 November Dr Fiona McCall is taking part in a seminar Queering the Past: Sex and Love in Stuart England, organised by Heritage and Culture Warwickshire, talking on early modern prosecution of homosexuality. A bargain at £11.29 a ticket! Find out more at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queering-t...
Queering the Past: Sex and Love in Stuart England
Online Symposium - same sex relationships in the 17th century
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NEW HISTORY BLOG POST We asked first-year students what they made of AI. The answers may surprise you! history.port.ac.uk?p=4083
What first-year history students think about Artificial Intelligence
In February our own Dr Jodi Burkett posted this article on the problems of relying on AI for the study of history. So we thought it would be interesting to follow up with some of our students’ vie…
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Behind the statistics are the students. Those going on to History at university make an important choice. You'll gain perspective, insight and judgement - and how we need these now. You'll learn to analyse and articulate; you'll work with experts; and you'll likely thrive with subject you enjoy.
Royal Historical Society@royalhistsoc.org · 4w agoWith A Level results published today, it's very welcome to see a 5% increase in students taking #History in 2026 compared with 2025. At 5%, History sees the 5th highest increase in student numbers, 2025-26, across all subjects. Full details: bit.ly/3RMKL1x #Skystorians 1/2
