Black History month

On Thursday 26th September, a group of History and Sociology students went on a trip to the University of Leicester, to hear a speaker on the topic of Immigration and Colonialism. The lecturer was a Human Geography professor, who encouraged students to 'reset the mindset' - ie, rethink about why black people and some other groups are absent from the official history of the UK.

The lecture was an interesting alternative to college lessons, although it was felt by students that college lessons are better than the university lecture was! The lecture was certainly a zany approach to an interesting subject, although there wasn't really enough opportunity to mix with students from other colleges. Still it's good to go on trips to somehwere new, and students enjoyed a little taster of the university experience.