Susana Wheeler

Island Innovation Sixth Form

Activities and Societies: Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award

Royal Holloway, University of London

Undertook 'Communicating History: Radio, Podcasts and Social Media' module. Critically analysed and reviewed "Bad Women: The Ripper Retold" podcast series to understand how the public engages with history and how the past can best be communicated to public audiences, 75%.Developed an understanding on how historical concepts and research practices intersect with communicating the past to an academic and non-academic audience in a review essay "Material Girl: A Gendered History of… Show more Undertook 'Communicating History: Radio, Podcasts and Social Media' module. Critically analysed and reviewed "Bad Women: The Ripper Retold" podcast series to understand how the public engages with history and how the past can best be communicated to public audiences, 75%.Developed an understanding on how historical concepts and research practices intersect with communicating the past to an academic and non-academic audience in a review essay "Material Girl: A Gendered History of Commodities, Domestic Interiors and Spaces, 1840-1910", 75%. Show less

Royal Holloway, University of London

Activities and Societies: History Society Member 2019/20, Swimming Club Member 2019/20. Independent Project on: How Adolescent Narratives Contribute to Public Understanding of Events on Board the SS St Louis, 72%. Dissertation “Female Jewish Doctors During the Holocaust: The Roles and Experiences of Olga Lengyel, Gisella Perl and Adina Blady Szwajger.” Both were based on oral testimony.Particular interest in Black History. Studied "The Experience of African-Americans during 1930s America", 72%. Also studied Francoise Hamlin's contribution to Civil Rights Historiography… Show more Independent Project on: How Adolescent Narratives Contribute to Public Understanding of Events on Board the SS St Louis, 72%. Dissertation “Female Jewish Doctors During the Holocaust: The Roles and Experiences of Olga Lengyel, Gisella Perl and Adina Blady Szwajger.” Both were based on oral testimony.Particular interest in Black History. Studied "The Experience of African-Americans during 1930s America", 72%. Also studied Francoise Hamlin's contribution to Civil Rights Historiography, 72%, and race as a category of historical analysis, 75%.Presentation on "The Role of Railway Women in the First World War War Effort", awarded the highest grade in my cohort, 82%.Modules including: The Holocaust, The First World War in British Experience and Memory, Britain, America and the Great Depression 1917-41, British History 1837-1901, The Global Cold War 1945-98, Society, Culture and Crime 1714-1830, England in an Age of Revolutions 1603-1714, The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic. Show less

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