Recipients of annual postgraduate history award confirmed

“I have been extraordinarily fortunate to receive the Philip Hills Award” said Andrew. “Thanks to the funds it’s given me, I will be able to fund further trips to the British Library, which is crucial to my research. I believe this grant will greatly increase the quality and depth of my research.”

Philip joined Essex as a mature student in 1979, graduating with a BA in History in 1982. He continued to study in the History Department, and completed a PhD in 1989.
During and after his studies, he taught nineteenth-century English social history until he left in 1997. He was involved in the Local History Centre, took on a role as an external examiner at the University of East Anglia and taught for Cambridge University Extramural Department.