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History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
📝 New research article in the History of Education journal! Shiduo Wang, Yutong Li, and Shuguang Huang explore how science education in China developed outside of schools, including how this interacted with changing national demand in the 20th century. 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Alex Hyres @hyres376.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Excited to share that Youth in the Movements: High School Student Activism in Twentieth-Century America is available for pre-order. To order the book, go here: www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/youth-in-the... #protest #pedagogy #histed #edhist #history #socialmovements
A book cover with a fist in the air, holding a pencil, followed the book title - Youth in the Movements: High School Student Activism in Twentieth Century America edited by Dara Walker, Alexander Hyres, and Jon Hale
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IHR African History Seminar @ihrafricanhistory.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We are excited to announce the programme of the IHR African History Seminar for the 26/27 academic year! Please join us starting September 30 for a great line-up of speakers. To register (starting next week) and latest updates, check www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Mass Observation Archive @massobsarchive.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
And a reminder that if you'd like to contribute to our archive applications to be one of our regular writers are now open! More info here: massobs.org.uk/the-archive/...
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Write for the archive - Mass Observation Archive
Writing for Mass Observation You can apply to write for the archive here. Current Observers If you are one of our current Observers you may find our handbook for new Observers helpful. This has all th...
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History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
One of our latest book reviews. Carolyn Tuttle reviews Nina Schneider's 'Child Labour Opponents and Their Campaigns in the Americas: A Global Perspective (1888–1938)', exploring the movement that called for the regulation of child labour. 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Child Labour Opponents and Their Campaigns in the Americas: A Global Perspective (1888–1938)
Published in History of Education: Journal of the History of Education Society (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Call for papers: Birmingham Newman University will be exploring adult education and socialism in Britain in the 21st century through a special issue of the journal Socialist History. 300-word submissions by 30 October 👇 historyofeducation.org.uk/call-for-pap...
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Call for Papers: Historical perspectives for a revived lifelong learning - History of Education Society
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History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
On Wednesday 14 October, there is a celebration event at the University of Winchester to honour the late Professor Joyce Goodman. Do come along - details below 👇
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History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🇪🇸 In May 2027, the Spanish Society for the History of Education is hosting their biennial conference in Cáceres. Find information, including the call for papers, is available in English here 👇 eventos.unex.es/149840/detai...
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XXIV Coloquio Internacional de Historia de la Educación
ENVÍO DE CONTRIBUCIONES A PARTIR DE 1 de octubre de 2026 HASTA 30 de noviembre de 2026 Descarga >>> SEGUNDA CIRCULAR Download >>> CALL FOR PAPERS   La historia de la educación en perspectiva global y ...
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History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Come and join us at the launch of Michael Fielding's new book about democratic secondary education in post-war London! 📍Institute of Education, London - 8 October Reserve your free spot here 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-alex-b...
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How Alex Bloom Built Radical Secondary Education in Post-War London
Celebrate Michael Fielding's long-awaited book on radical educator Alex Bloom.
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Dr Heather Ellis @heatherlwellis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Read more about our findings on persistent stigma and free school meals here! 🍎🍽 @royalhistsoc.org @histedsocuk.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social sheffield.ac.uk/news/120-yea...
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120 years of school dinners: How canteen stigma shapes lives for decades
As pupils across the UK head back to school, new research reveals canteen choices can shape children’s lives for decades, and argues universal school meals are the key to ending the long-standing stig...
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Dr Heather Ellis @heatherlwellis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Great to talk to Ellie Coulton this morning on BBC Radio Sheffield about our @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social research into persistent stigma around free school meals #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org @histedsocuk.bsky.social @ichre-ioe.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio Sheffield - Ellie Colton at Breakfast, 09/09/2026
Wake up with a smile with Ellie and everything you need to know in South Yorkshire.
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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Are you starting a PhD this academic year in history &/or a history-related discipline? If so, join us on 7 Oct for this fantastic Workshop for New Research Students. Learn more about the range of resources we offer to help you in your research journey. @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social shorturl.at/ymJpr
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IHR Workshop for New Research Students in History | 2026
IHR Research Training
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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
School meals! Solid glaring from this child of 1960, as she waits for her dinner to be flung onto a plate The National Union of Teachers' archive is a great source on changing attitudes and campaigns relating to food in schools over the past 100 years
Front cover of 1960 National Union of Teachers' pamphlet on school meals. It is illustrated with a photo of a child glaring at the camera, past the hand of an adult about to fling a lump of mash onto an underwhelming looking dinner.
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Schools History Project - SHP @1972shp.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Check out my latest Director's Blog - Simply the Best, reflecting on the fantastic SHP Summer Conference in July director.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk/2026/09/05/s...
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SHP26: Simply the Best - Director's Blog
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 01/09/2026
New this week in the Society's journal 'Transactions' 'Transcription and Recognition in the Oral History Interview', by Lucy Newby and Fearghus Roulston bit.ly/4cRm9f8. How does creative transcription affect the reception and understanding of complex historical narratives? #Skystorians 1/2
Front page of new Transactions article: 'Transcription and Recognition in the Oral History Interview', by Lucy Newby and Fearghus Roulston.

Full abstract: 'Transcription is a key part of oral history practice. Transcribed text is often the main way in which a wider audience engages with an oral history interview, and even as the possibilities for digital and multimedia presentation become wider, text remains an important component of how interviews are received and understood. Drawing on examples from our research on memories of the Troubles in Ireland, we argue that oral historians need to think creatively and conceptually about the effects of transcription, particularly in terms of how complex narratives are received and understood. We offer some examples of how creative forms of transcription can shape engagement with these narratives and with ideas of composure, coherence and memory.'
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UCL Institute of Education @ioe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Amidst increased rates of student absence, what can schools do to foster belonging? Creating a supportive environment matters, but this goes hand in hand with having high expectations for students. "Belonging is highest where teachers both support their students and challenge them" bit.ly/4qFB4ia
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A sense of belonging in school: supportive environments and high expectations go hand in hand
Among the most lasting consequences of COVID-19 are the increased rates of student absence. We are working with Lift Schools’ rich longitudinal internal data to explore these issues... (read more)
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History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Volume 55, Issue 5 of History of Education is now available! Explore here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/toc/thed20/5...
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Volume 55, Issue 5 of History of Education
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IHR Women @ihrwomen.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 31 AUGUST Call for Participants for IHR Women's History Seminar Lightning Talks to be held Friday, 20th of November 2026. @ihr.bsky.social @clairelanghamer.bsky.social @lauragowing.bsky.social @dralanagharris.bsky.social @carmenmangion.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social
Call for participants for Lightning Talks at Institute of Historical Research University of London Women's History SeminarLast year's participants
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History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
📚 Grace Huxford reviews @lauratisdall.bsky.social's new book, We Have Come to Be Destroyed: Growing Up in Cold War Britain: Read here! 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
'A record 262,820 UK 18 year olds have been accepted on to a higher education course this UCAS cycle – that’s three per cent more than last year. Some 79 per cent of 18 year old applicants from England, Wales, and Northern Ireland who held an offer have been placed at their first choice'. 1/3
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A bumper crop of higher education entrants, but is university becoming less popular among the better off?
It's DK's annual data spectacular on JCQ (A level and other level three outside of Scotland) results day.
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History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
📗 A new article in the History of Education journal! Taylor C. Sherman explores adult education in India in the 1950s and 1960s 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Radio and Television for Development and Democracy: Adult Education in India in the 1950s and 1960s
At independence, the task of educating India’s masses was tied to the imagination of the young country as a democracy. It was also key to fostering the changes in agricultural practices necessary t...
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Laura Tisdall @lauratisdall.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
New on the @histchild.bsky.social website, access a bibliography of works published in the history of childhood in the past c.15 years, and contribute yourself. Thanks so much to @karl-haohaozhang.bsky.social www.histchild.org/resources/co... #histchild #skystorians
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Contribute to a history of childhood bibliography
Check out this working bibliography and add more resources yourself
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History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
How may we take a broader view to historicise 'NEETs' and youth unemployment, perhaps through centring the voices of young people and disability histories?
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History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Would you like to publish an article on the history of education? The History of Education Society welcomes anyone, especially PGRs and ECRs, to submit an article for the November issue of the History of Education Researcher. More information: historyofeducation.org.uk/history-of-e...
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History of Education Researcher - History of Education Society
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Barefoot to school, Corleaghan National School. Clogher, County Tyrone, Ireland, early 20th century, photo by Rose Shaw.
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History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Are you a member of the Society? Lots of perks, including access to our journals, events, and academic prizes. Join here:
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Membership - History of Education Society
The HES (UK) is open to anyone with an interest in the history of education. Benefits of membership of the Society include:
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History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
☀️ Fancy some summer reading? Our special edition in April covered 'Senses, Emotions and Experiences', arguing that historians have not sufficiently emphasised how educational life felt, instead focusing on accounts of policy and formal structures. Read here:
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History of Education
Senses, Emotions and Experiences in the History of Education. Volume 55, Issue 3 of History of Education
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History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
🇬🇷 Next week, plenty of HES members will be heading to Athens for the 47th International Standing Conference for the History of Education. We hope to see plenty of you there - if not, ISCHE is held each year and runs online sessions in the days leading up to it.
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ISCHE 47 Conference in Athens, Greece!
ISCHE is an academic association dedicated to the history of education. Founded in 1978 as standing conference, it is now registered since 2015 in the German register of associations, keeping the same name. It includes individual and institutional members from all over the world.
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History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Bristol PhD candidate @busedp.bsky.social has written this article on her early research on gifted children in England. Covering themes of recognition, reframing, and healing, while also reflecting on the project's oral history approach. Read here:
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Revisiting the Gifted Child in England: Emotional Memory, Recognition, and Healing in Adult Testimonies
Buse Demirkan (PhD candidate, University of Bristol)
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History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
🚌 Interested in a social history of secondary education in Britain? Historians Peter Mandler, Laura Carter, and Chris Jeppesen have an ongoing project exploring experiences and attitudes from 1944, and have made plenty of resources available on their website. Check it out 👇️
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Home - Secondary Education and Social Change in the United Kingdom since 1945
Welcome to the website of Secondary Education and Social Change in the United Kingdom since 1945 (SESC). SESC is a history research project funded by the ESRC [project reference ES/P010261/1], based…
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History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
🇨🇭 Interested in how education developed in Switzerland? Amanda Nägeli reviews Ingrid Brühwiler, Lucien Criblez, Claudia Crotti, Marianne Helfenberger, Michèle Hofmann, and Karin Manz's history of institutional development in the 19th and 20th centuries 👇️
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History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
📗 In the History of Education journal, David Thorsén and Eva Insulander explore where museums found themselves in the jigsaw of a 'national public education framekwork' - and 'democratic welfare society' - in Sweden across the twentieth century. Read here:
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Historical Developments of the Museum-School Relationship: The Swedish Case, 1930–1970
This paper examines the development of museum education for schools with mid-twentieth-century Sweden as an empirical example, focusing on the Nordic Museum (Nordiska museet) and the Swedish Museum...
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History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
🏂️ Gabe Logan reviews Eric A. Moyen and John R. Thelin's "College Sports" How sports became an 'engrained component in higher education' in the United States and its relationship with broader social changes in the twentieth century 👇️
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History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
An obituary for the late Roy Lowe is now out in the History of Education Journal, written by Gary McCulloch. Read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Professor Roy Anthony Lowe OBE (1940–2026)
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History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
📖 We have new book reviews in the Journal! 🏫 Mark Lewis Tizzoni reviews Alison John's "Learning and Power in Late Antique Gaul", exploring the 'social and political roles of education' and asking where classical education features in the archives 👇️
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History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
📗 Tyler Denmead sheds light on 'gendered racialisation' in English schools in a recent History of Education article, by analysing a character from the novel Dr. Wortle’s School and the racial thought of its author. Read here 👇️
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Nicola Edwards @nic-jim-ed.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Looking forward to presenting my paper at the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social Conference next week, about the experiences of working-class girls in the Tripartite Secondary School System in the West Mids during the late 1950s-1960s… not least because the weather in Lancaster is looking wonderfully mild…
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History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
What can we learn from the histories of universities and higher education, in Britain and beyond, to address these contemporary challenges? What do we learn about what is important in these moments of 'crisis'?
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History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
🎫 HES Conference early bird registration available now! Early bird available until 31 August. Registration includes lunch and dinner across the conference days and further details on accommodation are to follow in this thread... Secure your place here: shop.maynoothuniversity.ie/index.php?ap...
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History of Education (HES) Society Conference 2026
UDL International Symposium Event Description: Registration for the History of Education (HES) Society Conference, 13th-15th November 2026, is now open here. Fees for fully-waged and non fully-waged m...
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UCL Institute of Education @ioe.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Do we have the data we need to make sense of education? Join this webinar on 30 June to hear how the education system could make better use of the data it collects, and how to fill the gaps that existing data leave. www.ucl.ac.uk/education-re...
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Do we have the data we need to make sense of education?
Quantitative data play a large part in how many education systems run. From policymakers’ points of view they are integral to how they judge whether the desired pupil attainment outcomes are being met...
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Oxford Centre for the History of Childhood @histchildoxford.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
TODAY's the DAY!
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History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
We’re having a great time at the Anniversary Cultures conference at the Senate House today. One more panel to come - followed by the Richard Aldrich lecture at 5.30pm.
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History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Into the afternoon sessions at the Imperial-HES history of education symposium!
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Tudorfp @tudorfp.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
For anyone contemplating a history research degree, or finishing one and pondering what to do next, Becoming a Historian by Penelope Corfield and @timhitchcock.bsky.social, published by @ihr.bsky.social in 2022, is an invaluable guide. I wish I’d kept Hugh Trevor-Roper’s short guide for comparison.
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Dr Heather Ellis @heatherlwellis.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Lovely day marking the opening of the touring/pop-up 'School Dinners' exhibition in the Houses of Parliament, which the @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social team worked on together with @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social 🍽🥪🥕 #histed @histedsocuk.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ichre-ioe.bsky.social
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History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
What can histories of education and childhood say about this new UK policy?
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Amit Singh @amit-singh.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Summer School: Class, Culture & Discontents Free + free lunch. What's not to like? July 23-24th in Balham (South London) 11-3pm each day featuring some great speakers talking on some very timely topics Supported by @thesociologicalreview.org www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-sch...
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Summer School: Class, Culture & Discontents
Summer School on class, culture and discontents.
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Jack Deasley @jldeasley.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I'll be chairing a panel at this, which will include discussions of the 'new' 1960s institutions; the purpose of learning in universities; examples of further and technical education in the mid-twentieth century; and more. It's at 2pm on Thursday 18th - come along if you're around!
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History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The last tickets available for the Anniversary Cultures conference at the Senate House in London next Thursday! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anniversar...
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Anniversary Cultures: New Histories of Students and Higher Education
Organised by UCL's International Centre for Historical Research in Education (ICHRE) and the Institute for Historical Research (IHR)
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History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
We're delighted to be part of this collection of historical societies on BlueSky. We are better and stronger together - do have a look through the wonderful company we are in:
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