Working with History outside HE: a Guide to Professions beyond Academia

by royalhistsoc | 24 Jul 2022 | General, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: Careers, Teaching Portal: For Students, Teaching Portal: Main Blog, Teaching Portal: Transitions in HE

    About this event ‘Working with History outside Higher Education: a Guide to Professions beyond Academia’ is is part in the Royal Historical Society’s series of online training events designed for early career historians. This session was held online in...

Becoming a Historian: an Informal Guide

by royalhistsoc | 18 May 2022 | General, Guest Posts, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: Careers, Teaching Portal: Main Blog

    How do we undertake a major historical research project for the first time? What should we do to ensure that a project’s completed? How do we best engage in debate about our own, and others’, work? How can we apply historical understanding to...

Applying and Interviewing for your First History Lectureship

by royalhistsoc | 15 Mar 2022 | Online Events, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: Careers, Teaching Portal: For Students, Teaching Portal: Main Blog, Teaching Portal: Transitions in HE

      About this event ‘Applying for your First Job: a Guide to Preparing and Interviewing for a History Teaching Post’ is part in the Royal Historical Society’s series of online training events designed for early career historians. This session was...

Surviving the PhD Process as a Self-Funded Student

by emgregory2020 | 27 Nov 2020 | Teaching Portal: Careers, Teaching Portal: Transitions in HE

In this post, Dr Eilish Gregory, Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Royal Historical Society and an early career researcher, offers an account of her own personal experience of studying her PhD as a self-funded student. While there were many scholarly and personal...

Funding and Fellowship Opportunities in Historical Studies

by emgregory2020 | 27 Nov 2020 | Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: Careers, Teaching Portal: For Students, Teaching Portal: For Teachers, Teaching Portal: Main Blog, Teaching Portal: Online Resources, Teaching Portal: Transitions in HE

There are many funding opportunities for history researchers to apply for in the UK and internationally, including research and travel grants, and library fellowships. Funding grants and fellowship opportunities are advertised across the year, although some have...

Transitions from Taught Degrees to Research Courses and Careers Advice for History Graduates

by royalhistsoc | 27 Nov 2020 | Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: Careers, Teaching Portal: Transitions in HE

In this post, historian Dr Andrew Foster offers guidance about the transition for students undertaking taught undergraduate and Masters degrees to research courses, as well as his thoughts on future careers for history graduates. He turns the spotlight towards the...