We hold an outstanding record of graduate success with 89 per cent of our most recent graduates now working or in further study (DLHE 2017).
We have a skills course embedded into our first-year curriculum, designed to enhance academic and personal transferable skills.
Examples of recent employers include Channel 4, SJ Berwin, The Guildhall (City of London), KPMG, the Natural History Museum, Customs and Immigration, London Advertising, Broadstone Pensions and Investments and the Armed Forces.
Our graduates, whether on Single or Joint Honours degree programmes, have much to offer potential employers, including a range of specific, practical, intellectual, theoretical and transferable skills such as:
- ability to communicate views clearly and coherently, both spoken and written
- individual and team work skills;
- ability to digest, analyse and summarise content and interpretive views;
- critical awareness of strengths/weaknesses in arguments;
- time management;
- independent research skills, using a wide range of contemporary media;
- self-confidence;
- presentation skills both oral and written; and
- problem-solving skills.
Our graduates, whether on Single or Joint Honours degree programmes, have much to offer potential employers, including a range of specific, practical, intellectual, theoretical and transferable skills.
As all the degrees taken in the department comprise a combination of subject areas, you will gain valuable experience and skills in a range of particular disciplines, which makes them especially versatile and attractive to employers.
Ancient History
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awareness of the importance of change & development: different political institutions and the economy (trade, labour force, revenue, expansion)
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study of international relations, diplomacy, power politics
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social historical awareness of ‘muted groups’, e.g. women, elderly, children, ‘foreigners’, slaves
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comparative use of range of different media: literary, statistical, material, visual
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understanding of problems of bias, selectivity, conventions
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study of conflict causes and resolutions
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appreciation of different ‘leadership styles’ and organisational structures (military, political, trade): strengths & weaknesses
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understanding of the changing and different roles of e.g. religion in society.
Greek & Roman literature
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ability to recognise and deploy means of persuasion: rhetoric, style, structure, devices
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understanding of bias, selectivity, conventions
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ability to select appropriate communication styles for audience, reader or market
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appreciation of ‘the dramatic’ and how to use it
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sensitivity to the evolution of literary forms, particularly in their wider social contexts (e.g. ‘reception’)
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the different cultural roles of myth.
Greek & Latin language
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understanding of the importance and roles of visual cultures and ideologies
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awareness of the relation of space to function: religious, domestic, political, commercial
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appreciation of the problems in handling and mishandling material evidence
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ability to collate and present statistical data successfully.
