{"id":210,"date":"2016-06-22T11:33:15","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T10:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/southamptonhistoryspeaks\/?p=210"},"modified":"2016-06-22T11:29:34","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T10:29:34","slug":"episode-6-history-admissions-at-the-university-of-southampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/southamptonhistoryspeaks\/2016\/06\/22\/episode-6-history-admissions-at-the-university-of-southampton\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 6: History Admissions at the University of Southampton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/southamptonhistoryspeaks\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/37\/2016\/06\/Admissions-podcast.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-214\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-214 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/southamptonhistoryspeaks\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/37\/2016\/06\/Admissions-podcast-300x84.jpg\" alt=\"Admissions podcast\" width=\"300\" height=\"84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/southamptonhistoryspeaks\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/37\/2016\/06\/Admissions-podcast-300x84.jpg 300w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/southamptonhistoryspeaks\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/37\/2016\/06\/Admissions-podcast-768x216.jpg 768w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/southamptonhistoryspeaks\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/37\/2016\/06\/Admissions-podcast-1024x288.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/southamptonhistoryspeaks\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/37\/2016\/06\/Admissions-podcast.jpg 1059w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Summer is here, which means that it&#8217;s almost time for our Open Days! Every year, we look forward to welcoming prospective students and their families to campus, where we&#8217;ll meet each other, learn about you and your interests, and tell you about History at the University. This year, we thought that before that happened, we&#8217;d record a a new episode of\u00a0<em>Southampton History Speaks<\/em> that discusses\u00a0the History course, and offers some advice to prospective applicants.\u00a0In this episode you can listen to Christer Petley, Chris Fuller, Rachel Herrmann, and other members of staff talk about what we like about our students, history, and teaching at Southampton.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">You\u2019ll learn about the wide range of our modules and our various approaches to teaching history, and you can listen to our different views about what constitutes history and what makes the study of it important. You&#8217;ll hear us discuss career options for graduates, and figure out what makes for a good application to the course. Several additional speakers&#8211;Chris Prior, Helen Spurling, George Gilbert, and Mark Stoyle&#8211;also pop in for a chat about the department and their students!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">You can right-click on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/coursecast.soton.ac.uk\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=29716db8-0b06-4ca1-a194-78977f9ebdcf\">this episode link<\/a>\u00a0to open it in a new window and stream\u00a0the podcast without having to download it, or you can\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/itunes-u\/southampton-history-speaks\/id1015456596?mt=10\">subscribe to the podcast in iTunes U<\/a>. If you want to learn more about History at the University of Southampton, you can visit our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/history\/index.page?\">website<\/a>, follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HistoryAtSoton\">Twitter<\/a>, or like us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SouthamptonHistory\">Facebook<\/a>. We&#8217;re always keen to hear your feedback about things we can do to improve, or about topics you\u2019d like to see covered in future. Thanks for stopping by!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For information about our Open Days: follow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/about\/visit\/open-days.page#southampton\">this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For admissions: here are Christer&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/southamptonhistoryspeaks\/contact\/\">contact<\/a>\u00a0details.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For information about the group project, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/humanities\/undergraduate\/modules\/hist2008_the_group_project.page\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer is here, which means that it&#8217;s almost time for our Open Days! Every year, we look forward to welcoming prospective students and their families to campus, where we&#8217;ll meet each other, learn about you and your interests, and tell you about History at the University. This year, we thought that before that happened, we&#8217;d &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/southamptonhistoryspeaks\/2016\/06\/22\/episode-6-history-admissions-at-the-university-of-southampton\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Episode 6: History Admissions at the University of Southampton<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Time for a new podcast episode! 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