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Top tips for studying history at university

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The history of student life: 7 things you didn’t know

Passengers reading a newspaper while waiting to disembark from the 'Empire Windrush' at Tilbury, having sailed from Jamaica, taken by an unknown photographer for the Daily Herald newspaper, 21 June 1948.

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The Shaftesbury Welcome Ragged School in Battersea , 1899. Classes of 40 were not rare, and they could stretch to 80 during staff shortages. (Photo by Mary Evans)

Class warfare: a day in the life of a Victorian schoolchild

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So, you want to study history? Top tips from a graduate

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Study history: Lessons from abroad

When we conduct historical research, we encounter terms and concepts that are familiar to us in the present. Yet we should not assume that these concepts possessed the same meaning in the past as they do now, says Dean Blackburn. (Image by Shawshots / Alamy Stock Photo)

5 tips for historical research: from uncovering local history to plotting your family tree

Student support is key to making your time at university as positive as possible. (Image by Getty Images)

10 tips to choosing a history degree course

The 14th-century Bodiam Castle, Sussex. “All historians and students of history have to think about how the society they are studying functions,” says Dr Alice Taylor. (Picture by Getty Images)

Study history: How looking at the past can equip you for the future

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The Library Schools of hard knocks: Georgian and Victorian public schools

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Top teacher tips for GCSE history exam students 2018

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“Studying history is the ultimate passport to the future”

Students at the Royal High School celebrate their A-Level results outside school in August 2007 in Bath, UK. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Study History: Tips from an admissions tutor