With extensive and rare archive recordings, this course explores the BBC's vital role during World War II, focusing on major wartime events and on Churchill's remarkable engagement with the new medium of international broadcasting.
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Accredited courses include undergraduate and postgraduate level courses.
Uncover the hidden stories of courage and resistance in World War II. This course explores espionage, uprisings, and intelligence operations across occupied Europe, revealing how ordinary people shaped history through extraordinary acts of defiance.
Study George Orwell’s writings in the context of the inter-war depression, Spanish Civil War and Cold War, exploring his ideas on class, Englishness, fascism, communism and their relevance today.
Delve into a world of secret agents and sabotage and uncover the stories of some of the most incredible women of the 20th century. Operating behind enemy lines they blew up factories and railways, fooled the Nazis and undertook high risk prison breakouts.
From DNA and quantum mechanics to plate tectonics and radio communications, this course offers detailed appraisals of the startling intellectual and technical 20th century achievements forged in peace and war.
The Bayeux Tapestry is the greatest surviving artefact from the Anglo-Norman era, portraying the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 in pictorial form. This course examines its provenance, sponsorship, interpretation and intriguing later history.
Equivalent to first-year postgraduate study, this course develops your historical knowledge and research skills across British and Western European history. It is a standalone qualification and offers direct progression to the MSt in Historical Studies.
Equivalent to the first year of a full-time undergraduate history degree at Oxford University, this two-year part-time course introduces key historical periods and builds a strong foundation for further study.