History At LJMU

LJMU History is dedicated to providing our students with an international experience during their time with us. This comes via our Level 5 International Fieldwork Module, which has previously included a university funded trip for students to Madrid (to study the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939) and France (to study the history of Normandy). Currently, our International Fieldwork Module - Modern Germany - includes a supervised trip to Berlin where students learn about the history of the Holocaust. We also run a more informal field trip at Level 4 that involves guided tours of historical cities and museums. The destination for this field trip alters every year but, previously, we have taken our new students to Dublin, Edinburgh and Newcastle.

LJMU History's commitment to educating outside of the classroom both builds a sense of community within the student cohort, and delivers a well-rounded teaching and learning experience, which opens students' eyes to the history that lies on their doorstep.

As our NSS results demonstrate, LJMU History’s lecturers deliver a world-class teaching experience to our students, via a combination of established and innovative methods. Some modules utilise a traditional lecture and seminar format to deliver content, whilst others feature workshops, field trips and online learning modalities. This includes online video discussions, blog creation and digital poster development. The result of these varied approaches is a comprehensive and dynamic teaching and learning experience, in which crucial learning outcomes such as comprehension, reading and writing are achieved alongside the development of transferable digital skills that increase student employability.

LJMU History is embedded into the fabric of the city of Liverpool. Our lecturers both disseminate their research at, and organize teaching and learning exercises with, a range of museums, cultural institutions, local history and social groups throughout the Greater Merseyside Area. We have partnerships with the Museum of Liverpool, the International Slavery Museum, the Tate Art Gallery, the Bluecoat Gallery and Arts Centre, the National Trust and the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. Our lecturers also deliver public talks and exhibitions that convey their research, enriching the cultural fabric of Liverpool and highlighting its history to the public.

At LJMU History, we believe that organised activities beyond the classroom are fundamental to delivering a well-rounded university experience to our students. From their Induction Week through until their Graduation Ceremony in the iconic Liverpool Cathedral, our students enjoy a range of quiz nights, field trips and balls that create a vibrant social community within LJMU History, and develop friendships that last through to graduation and beyond.

This is in addition to the activities offered to students by the city of Liverpool itself, including attending gigs in the world-famous Cavern Quarter or touring events at the M&S Arena, partaking of a night out in Concert Square and, of course, enjoying the football at two of the country's most legendary grounds. It is not for nothing that Liverpool is regarded as one of the top cities in the UK for students to live and study in.