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Jewish persecution in Russia and its influence on Jewish immigration to London

By on April 22, 2021 in Alumni, News, Public History

The history team are excited to learn that recent UoP history graduate Emily Burgess has set up her own consultancy, Midas Tomes, for historical research and writing.  Emily produced an outstanding dissertation on the female South London gang known as the Forty Elephants so it is great to see her prosper! Checkout this blog post from another UoP history graduate Ben Humphreys on the website. https://www.midastomes.com/themidastomesblog/blogpostone   Click here to see previous posts by Ben and Emily on the UoP history blog.    

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From fresher to history graduate to financial consultant

By on May 14, 2020 in Alumni, Learning in Focus

Below, former student Connor Jones reflects on his time at Portsmouth.  Like many history students, Connor did not come to university with a strong idea of his intended career, but this did not matter so much, because our Portsmouth history degree provides many of the skills employers are looking for.  We note that Connor’s role now involves speaking to audiences of up to a hundred people, demonstrating that all those history presentations provide useful transferable skills!  It has been a delight to teach Connor, and to meet up with him again at open days.  I spent some of the formative years of my life at the University of Portsmouth where […]

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