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History at UWE Bristol

anyone applying to/studying history at UWE? is it a good place to go, would you recomend the uni as a whole? it's just i love bristol but dont know much about this particular uni

Reply 1

Tyler Bam

Hey, sorry to see you haven't had any replies to your thread yet. :frown:

Are you sure you’ve posted in the right place? Posting in the specific university or course forum should help get more responses. :redface:

If you haven’t already found it, then university connect is a really useful way for finding people at your course/university! You can also find a list of applicant threads and courses here. :h:

It's worth checking out if you have questions.

If you need advice on your academic work, then the Study Help section will be able to help you. :h:

Hope this helps! :h:

Reply 2

rickfloss

Original post by rebekersss

anyone applying to/studying history at UWE? is it a good place to go, would you recomend the uni as a whole? it's just i love bristol but dont know much about this particular uni

the degree itself is pretty worthless, many of the people I know have go onto teaching English abroad, getting entry level admin jobs or waiting/carry on their part time employment full time.

For £9000 a year I suggest you do a more employable course

You are allowed to drop into history lectures as you wish.

Don't make massive financial error.

PM if you need help

Reply 3

sydneybridge

UWE is a 'new' Uni with a growing reputation. Its History Dept is good, includes leading/respected academics and it specialises in interesting areas like Local History, and Imperial/Commonwealth History.

The course is practical based - ie. more hands on than theory as at RG Unis etc. - and the Dept has good links with local Museums/Archives and Heritage sites.

Bristol is a great place to be a History student - its a city with a varied and intriguing history of its own.

Like all degrees (yes, ALL degrees at ALL Unis), there will be some grads who take a while to find their feet on graduation. This isnt a reflection on the course or the Uni.

UWE itself states : ' Our graduates enter careers in the heritage industry, publishing, advertising and marketing, communications, IT, law, broadcasting, tourism, and more. Many go on to further study. ' Which sounds pretty typical of the career paths of most Hiostory graduates.

Go to UWE. You'll have a great time and will enjoy living in Bristol.