Department of History

The Department of History is a lively research community committed to scholarship of international quality, delivering a wide and diverse research-led teaching programme.

• 98% of our research was judged as being of international quality in terms of originality, significance and rigour in the Research Excellence Framework, 2014.
• The Department’s outstanding reputation for innovation in teaching has put it in the top 16 of the UK's 97 History departments according to the Complete University Guide 2021.
• 95% overall satisfaction in National Student Survey 2017.

Sarah Badcock, Head of Department