I've just finished my dissertation at the end of a 2 year MA in WW2 Studies at Wolverhampton where I successfully did a 2 Year MA in WW1 Studies. After some four plus years I now have a hole to fill. I've noticed that Portsmouth University do a 2 year distance learning MA in Naval History and have requested a prospectus. The last time I visited Portsmouth was in the late 70s when I was trying to talk some sense on computer procurement to Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment - Portsmouth didn't have a university in them thar days. Thought I'd ask - has anyone on this forum any knowledge and/or experience on the university's general competence in such a course?
Robert I am sure for your MA it would be fine. One would hope that Portsmouth would be the leader in this particular course. Regards Clive
Thanks - but unfortunately hope doesn't really cut it. All those years ago I originally signed up to do WW1 studies at Birmingham but due very largely to a VC who thought that WW1 was not very PC (indeed that anything with War in the title was not PC) the top academics like Gary Sheffield left and went to Wolverhampton and some PG students like me had to follow them. I do have a nice Birmingham University Post Grad Diploma to hang next to my Wolverhampton MA but at my age I wouldn't want to do that again.
I'll ask around. I was unimpressed by some of their PhD style guidelines and other bits, which are effectively the much shorter 80k to earn the same qualification as someone whose slaved away on a 120k dissertation.
