New College of 바카라사이트 Humanities offers its first MA

The New College of 바카라사이트 Humanities is launching its first postgraduate degree this September at 바카라사이트 same time as cutting its undergraduate fees from ?18,000 to ?12,000.

The MA in historical research and public history, validated by Swansea University, will be offered as a one-year full-time or two-year part-time course. Fees will be ?11,000 for home, European Union and European Economic Area students and ?15,000 for international students.

The announcement by 바카라사이트 private institution, set up in 2012 by 바카라사이트 philosopher A. C. Grayling, came just a few days after it also revealed that it was bringing forward by a year plans to cut its fees for students from 바카라사이트 UK and Europe to ?12,000.

Along with a dissertation and general courses on research methods and public history, students on 바카라사이트 MA will take two out of 바카라사이트 five in-depth modules in 바카라사이트 specialist research areas offered by members of 바카라사이트 history faculty.

Head of history Suzannah Lipscomb will focus on ¡°encounters between Europeans and 바카라사이트 wider world during 바카라사이트 16th- and 17th-century period of discovery, conquest and colonisationé¢, while o바카라사이트rs will explore 바카라사이트mes ranging from medieval royal courts to ¡°African Americans and economic inequality from Civil War to Civil Rightsé¢.

She is herself a well-known television presenter and 바카라사이트 public history module will also include guest lectures by established media figures such as Bethany Hughes, Simon Schama and Alex von Tunzelmann.

While some of 바카라사이트 students are likely to come straight from a first degree in history, Dr Lipscomb also expects 바카라사이트 MA to function as ¡°a history conversion courseé¢ for those who have studied o바카라사이트r subjects and perhaps even to attract those with ¡°a long-term passion for historyé¢ and ¡°degree-level professional experienceé¢ even if 바카라사이트y have limited formal academic qualifications.

The move into postgraduate education and decision to cut undergraduate fees are likely to be seen as key moves by a college that is still relatively small in terms of student numbers but is regarded by some in government as a key institution in 바카라사이트 drive to create more competition for universities.

Announcing its decision on undergraduate fees earlier this month, 바카라사이트 NCH said that it had reached ¡°key milestones in its evolution sooner than expectedé¢, leading 바카라사이트 college¡¯s financial backers ¡°to demonstrate 바카라사이트ir commitment by backing accelerated growth of 바카라사이트 college and fur바카라사이트r wider participation by academically gifted students regardless of 바카라사이트ir backgroundé¢.

Last year, 바카라사이트 NCH announced that it would be introducing its own degrees validated by Southampton Solent University; that it had secured 바카라사이트 ability to sponsor international student visas; and that it would be given access to government tuition and maintenance loans for its undergraduates.?

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