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Eleanor Nicholson

@e-nicholson.bsky.social

History (and occasional geography) teacher, EPQ supervisor, post 18 coordinator, KS3 lead, SCITT mentor, staff governor, D of E assessor.

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Are you studying, researching or teaching the histories of biography? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH). It contains 670,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Find out how to use BBIH buff.ly/yD11954 @brepols.net

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Using BBIH online: a help pack for students and lecturers

For the academic year, we've a help pack offering guides to BBIH in undergraduate and graduate teaching and research. With embeddable content for VLEs.

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Eleanor Nicholson @e-nicholson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Truly excellent two days at #haconf26 in Newcastle (wonderful city!) and so many fabulous history teachers and historians to speak with and learn from. Huge thanks to @davidjhibbert.bsky.social for again sharing a talk with me - his encouragement in the face of my geekery is greatly welcome!

Panorama of the Tyne from the Newcastle side, showing the road and railway bridges crossing the river.

Screenshot of a WhatsApp exchange showing a photo of a 13th century manuscript (Chronica Maiora by Matthew Paris) with the comment “I found the line in the manuscript about John!!!” with the reply “Love this!!”

Photo of Newcastle from Gateshead showing the Tyne, the swing bridge and the castle.

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Eleanor Nicholson @e-nicholson.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

The disappointment when your beautiful new textbook is left outside in the rain (the only rain all week!)

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Eleanor Nicholson @e-nicholson.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Amazing opportunity here - If I weren’t happy where I am, (and with mortgage tying me a couple of hours away from York), I’d 100% apply! If you are looking (or even if you aren’t!) and in the area (or open to moving), get in touch with Hugh.

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Eleanor Nicholson @e-nicholson.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

A day late for yr11, but interesting for teaching next year! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Winston Churchill's race to secure penicillin before D-Day found in notes

Handwritten notes show the wartime prime minister's frustration over slow penicillin production.

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Eleanor Nicholson @e-nicholson.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Love (and use!!) the first one, really looking forward to this next. Such a treat to use in the classroom.

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Eleanor Nicholson @e-nicholson.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

This looks excellent - I particularly like the environment enquiry, especially so soon after a really interesting session at #haconf25 on the impact of colonisation on the environment with Nini Visscher.

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Eleanor Nicholson @e-nicholson.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Really helpful way of thinking about this (thank you @victoriacrooks.bsky.social!)

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Eleanor Nicholson @e-nicholson.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Inspired by #haconf25, finally joined Bluesky! Fabulous two days in Liverpool, lots of ideas buzzing in my mind on the train home, and really pleased to have been able to deliver a session with the great @davidjhibbert.bsky.social

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