History
A humanities degree focused on evidence, archives, and narrative — useful for research, heritage, education, policy support, and content roles.
Where this leads
The confusion, addressed honestly
History students hear "no jobs" so often they stop building proof. Archives, museums, education, research assistance, civil-services prep, and content teams hire people who can source carefully and write clearly. A catalogue note, heritage documentation set, or teaching demo beats memorizing dates. The degree trains evidence; you must show artifacts. Campus and early-career screens still reward ownership stories over buzzword lists.
Role paths
Archivist Trainee
Supports arrangement, description, and preservation workflows for archival collections.
Curriculum Associate
Supports curriculum mapping, content reviews, and academic quality checklists.
Documentation Specialist
Turns processes, research, and program knowledge into clear internal documents and manuals.
Graduate Trainee
Campus entry role for arts graduates across communications, research, ops support, or client teams.
Grant Writer Associate
Drafts grant proposals, impact narratives, and donor reports for nonprofits or research groups.
Heritage Documentation Associate
Documents heritage sites, practices, or collections through research notes, photos, and catalogs.
Instructional Designer Associate
Supports learning objectives, storyboards, and course content structure for online or blended learning.
Knowledge Management Associate
Organizes internal knowledge bases, tagging, and findability for teams.
Legislative Research Associate
Tracks bills, debates, and background notes for legislative or advocacy research teams.
Library Assistant
Supports circulation, user help, cataloguing support, and library program logistics.
Management Trainee
Rotational or team-assigned trainee learning operations and stakeholder work in media, education, or services firms.
Monitoring & Evaluation Associate
Supports indicators, data collection, and learning reviews for development programs.
Museum Associate
Supports exhibitions, visitor experience, documentation, and collections handling basics.
News Researcher
Gathers background, data, and documents that strengthen reporting and explainers.
Policy Associate
Researches policy questions and drafts briefs for think tanks, advocacy, or government-adjacent teams.
Qualitative Researcher Associate
Supports interviews, focus groups, coding notes, and insight summaries.
Research Associate
Conducts secondary and primary research, synthesizes findings, and drafts notes for teams.
Research Intern
Supports literature reviews, fieldwork notes, surveys, or archival gathering for research teams.
Survey Research Associate
Supports questionnaire design, field quality checks, and survey analysis basics.
User Research Assistant
Supports participant recruitment, session logistics, and note-taking for user research studies.
Map your own path
We'll pre-fill your starting point as a History student.