'In All Our Footsteps? Rights of Way and the Battle for the Land after the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act' at the IHR

The Society is pleased to launch a new programme for researchers, in partnership with The Social History Archive, published by DC Thomson. The Social History Archive is a comprehensive online archive ...

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All about Manchester Metropolitan - an exciting, modern university in the heart of one of the UK's great student cities.

Experts have warned Britain’s defence drive is overlooking the language and regional expertise needed to understand adversaries including Russia, China and Iran

Universities UK survey shows worsening picture but more optimism about future backing for research

England head coach Thomas Tuchel is praised by former England players for saying his players "got lucky" in World Cup quarter-final win over Norway - but match-winner Jude Bellingham disagrees.

We are pleased to share that EThOS (E-Theses Online Service) is now available again following restoration work after the cyber-attack.

Any Exeter alumni who wish for their names to be added to the petition below should please complete the form at this link: https://forms.gle/SpdYvmmsCaJbmZft6. If you are not an alumnus, but still wis...

The University of Aberdeen says it accepts there were "missteps" in its process in 2023.

As course closures, shrinking provision and widening regional inequalities threaten the future of UK higher education and research, President of the British Academy, Susan J Smith calls for an immedia...

Andy Burnham PM cannot save the economy unless he tackles university reform. James Coe heads North with some advice

The King’s Dinner is about what it meant to be British at the end of the eighteenth century. Drawing on the vast kitchen ledgers of two royal households made newly available to research through digiti...

The Royal Historical Society's Jinty Nelson Teaching Fellowships are awarded annually to support innovative practice in UK higher education. The Society is pleased to open the call for Fellowships for...

The Society’s Funded Book Workshops Grants support historians, currently working on a second or third major research project, and which will lead to publication of a monograph. The Book Workshops enab...

Prospectus is delighted to be supporting The British Academy - the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences - in seeking a Policy Programmes Lead to join the Public Policy Team, provi...

​The Arts and Humanities Alliance is an association of learned societies that work together to promote the interests of the arts and humanities, particularly with respect to higher education and resea...

Scouloudi Public History Grants support innovative practice in public history and provide funding for defined projects by historians working together in and beyond higher education.  Launched in 2025,...