History MRes
Course Overview
Our MRes in History offers you an excellent opportunity to extend your range and depth of historical knowledge alongside your proficiency in research and project management. The course is an ideal academic undertaking in preparation for a PhD in History, as well as a valuable qualification for those pursuing a wide range of careers. Advanced research skills acquired by MRes students are sought after in a range of sectors, from finance to academia, and teaching to the civil service.
Our course provides a thorough grounding in current historical research theories and methods. The learning culminated in the completion of a 28,000-word research dissertation. As the focus of the MRes is on independent research, you can craft a course that is unique to you and exactly matches your interests.
We offer supervision in a broad range of historical subjects and periods; drawing on the expertise of our history staff who are actively engaged in research that is nationally, and internationally, significant. Our areas of research include 20th-century German History; the World Wars; the military revolution; early modern British history; the medieval British church; medieval monasticism; the Norman Conquest; the Vikings; early modern colonialism; witchcraft and the supernatural; leisure and tourism in Britain; 20th-century popular culture in Britain; the British Empire; courts, cities and consumers in medieval Europe; 20th-century genocide; the North-South divide; 20th-century American History; the civil rights movement; the Vietnam War.
If there is a topic you are interested in studying, please contact the MRes Course Leader (d.harry@chester.ac.uk) who will endeavour to put you in touch with a specialist in our team who can support you.
International Applicants
The University is not currently accepting international MRes applications
How we teach at the University of Chester
At the heart of the MRes is an extended Research Dissertation which you are free to design around your own historical interests and the Department’s research specialisms. To help you develop your project, the course provides a thorough grounding in the methodologies and advanced skills needed to pursue a sustained research project.
The Department can offer supervision in a broad range of historical periods and subjects. Our research specialisms range from the medieval through to the modern, from the Low Countries in the 14th and 15th centuries to American-Soviet relations during the Cold War, and encompass British, European and American History.
Your Future Career
Job Prospects
This programme prepares students for advanced postgraduate historical research; it also provides students with the skills necessary for careers in the education, archival management and heritage sectors.
Careers service
The University has an award-winning Careers and Employability service which provides a variety of employability-enhancing experiences; through the curriculum, through employer contact, tailored group sessions, individual information, advice and guidance.
Careers and Employability aims to deliver a service which is inclusive, impartial, welcoming, informed and tailored to your personal goals and aspirations, to enable you to develop as an individual and contribute to the business and community in which you will live and work.
We are here to help you plan your future, make the most of your time at University and to enhance your employability. We provide access to part-time jobs, extra-curricular employability-enhancing workshops and offer practical one-to-one help with career planning, including help with CVs, applications and mock interviews. We also deliver group sessions on career planning within each course and we have a wide range of extensive information covering graduate jobs and postgraduate study.
Dr Thomas Pickles
Associate Professor