Study in person on our undergraduate Certificate in The Making of the English Landscape: Landscape History and Archaeology

Are you keen to experience studying in Cambridge? Our undergraduate Certificate in The Making of the English Landscape: Landscape History and Archaeology enables you to do just that at Madingley Hall. Face to face teaching will take place over 6 weekends during the 2024/25 academic year.

Professor Stephen Upex, one of the course tutors, shares more about the course.

“I find the course really fascinating- it is related to all aspects of the English landscape and is based on ‘The Making of the English Landscape’ by author W.G Hoskin.

Broken up into three units, the course looks at the prehistoric and Roman landscape, the Saxon landscape and the medieval period right up to the enclosure period in the 1750’s-1800.

This course is valuable to those with an interest on how the landscape has evolved over years of human occupation, but also, if you want to make a career in archaeology or history. The course is taught at first year undergraduate level and is recognised by commercial archaeological units and organisations such as The National Trust and English Heritage.

Stephen shares that: “The ideal candidate is anybody that is interested in what is over the hedge, what is on the edge of their village, and what are the humps and bumps you’ve been looking at over the years. If you have an enquiring mind and like reading, you will enjoy it.”

The programme is very flexible. It is taught over a series of weekends in person in Cambridge- a city full of history itself. Students arrive and spend the weekend studying with lectures, discussions and practical sessions looking at artefacts.

Stephen explains that: “Students can stay in the university of Cambridge’s Madingley Hall and experience life as a student in this way. It is very informal and chatty; you will get to know the tutor and they will take the time to get to know you.”

There are no formal qualifications required apart from proof of English proficiency if English is not your native language.

Some final advice from Stephen is to: “Apply early to avoid disappointment. If you are thinking about applying, have a look in detail at what the course entails, which you can find more about on the ICE website, and go for it!”

Applications close 19 August 2024.