Dr James Morrison (University of Stirling) – The Workless: Stigma, Unpaid Labour, and the Myth of Economic Inactivity – Q&A

Professor Deborah Robinson (University of Strathclyde) – The History of Special Education in England: Divisions, Divergences, and Coalitions

Professor Deborah Robinson (University of Strathclyde) – The History of Special Education in England: Divisions, Divergences, and Coalitions

Professor Deborah Robinson (University of Strathclyde) – The History of Special Education in England: Divisions, Divergences, and Coalitions

This book focuses on one of the most contentious areas of English and Welsh poor law history: the exercise of petty tyranny by officials on the workhouse poor, drawing on many thousands of accounts of...

Professor Jessica Meyer – Returning to Health: First World War Ex-Servicemen, Welfare Policy, and the Creation of the NHS

Professor Simon Szreter (University of Cambridge) – Welfare, Health and Economic History

Dr Jonathan Warren – Disability, Health, and Employment: Post-Industrial Realities and Historical Lessons for Welfare Policy

Dr Richard Machin (NTU) presents "Social Security Policy: recent history and ongoing challenges"

Dr Richard Machin (NTU) presents "Social Security Policy: recent history and ongoing challenges"

Dr Mel Nowicki presents "Debt Trap Nation: Family Homelessness in a Failing State"

Modern governments have tended to rely heavily on a ‘follow the science’ response to epidemiological threats. However, epidemics are moments of both scientific uncertainty and social crisis. This pose...

Dr Matthew Smith presents 'How History Can Help Solve Our Mental Health Crisis, a Q&A'

To UoN Management, Casualised Language Centre staff at the University of Nottingham have been demanding the basic dignity of direct employment, including through a recent letter to management signed b...

Professor Gill Allwood presents “What’s gender got to do with it? National and local climate policy in Uganda”

Dr Kevin Jones presents "Why are we still waiting for a National Social Service? Lessons from the history of health and social care"

Dr Kevin Jones presents "Why are we still waiting for a National Social Service? Lessons from the history of health and social care"

The theme of this year's History Postgrad Conference at NTU is 'Power and the People'.

The NTU Oral History Group presents Alessandro Portelli, ‘From red to black. Political and cultural change in an industrial town'.

Professor Steven King presents “Talking to ‘benefit cheats’: Oral histories from danger to redemption”

Professor Steven King presents “Talking to ‘benefit cheats’: Oral histories from danger to redemption”

Professor Steven King presents “Talking to ‘benefit cheats’: Oral histories from danger to redemption”

The NTU Oral History Group presents Alessandro Portelli, ‘From red to black. Political and cultural change in an industrial town'.

Hear about current projects and opportunities to work with the National Trust

Dr Mel Nowicki presents "Bringing Home the Housing Crisis: Politicising the Domestic in Neoliberal Times"

Dr Peter Jones and Karen Thompson presents “Fragmentary Histories: Making Sense of Material Culture in the Workhouse”

Dr Jay Wiggan presents "Acceleration, path dependence and policy exhaustion: thirty five years of ‘work first’ active labour market policy"

Dr Jordana Blejmar presents “Toy Architectures: Building Blocks and the (Re)Construction of Latin America”