 Posted Thursday, July 22, 1999
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| “… the ever-increasing fascination with 20th-century dictators and the Holocaust at A-level leaves new undergraduates unprepared for broader historical study…” |
 London, July 20, 1999
HISTORY STUDENTS IGNORANT OF PAST
TOO MANY A-level history students arrive at university with almost no knowledge of the subject before the 20th century, historians said yesterday.
A survey by the magazine History Today reveals that university history departments are alarmed by the lack of general historical background. […]
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