by Catherine Sloan | Oct 19, 2018
HISTORY OF EDUCATION SOCIETY – ADVANCE NOTICE OF 2018 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Annual General Meeting of the History of Education Society will take place on Saturday 10 November 2018 between 5 and 6 p.m. at the Strand Hotel, Ennis Road, Limerick, Ireland. The agenda...
by Clare Stainthorp | Sep 17, 2018
Student Identities at Birmingham’s Mason College The 1870 Foundation Deed for a science college in Birmingham outlined the need for an education ‘specially adapted to the practical, mechanical, and artistic requirements of the manufactures and industrial...
by Catherine Sloan | Aug 3, 2018
In 2019, the History of Education Society will fund two Fellowships. The purpose of the Fellowship schemes is to establish a higher public profile for the History of Education Society, its associated publications and conferences, and other activities concerned with...
by Malcolm Tozer | Aug 2, 2018
Music at Uppingham School, 1853–1908 Music played little part in the education of British children before 1853 when Edward Thring was appointed headmaster of Uppingham School in the English Midlands. Thring created an innovative holistic curriculum for the two dozen...
by Ken Clayton | Jul 9, 2018
Research into the history of education in nineteenth century England reveals a variety of different classifications of school. This blog provides an explanation of some of the more frequently encountered descriptions. Board schools: By the late 1860s there was a wide...
