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‘Much more than just a result’ using Life History Research to Understand the Influence of the 11+ on Schoolgirls: 1955-1965
Amanda Lavelle, University of Essex Identifying identity Historically speaking, interest in personal identity was focused on the elite within society, people of significance, who appeared to live very different lives from “ordinary people”. Following the ‘cultural...
The Refinement of Children: Educating on Tea Culture in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Ailsa Maxwell, Keble College, Oxford The British are well known for their love of tea. In fact, over 100,000,000 cups are drunk in the United Kingdom every single day of the year. Children have always been a part of this culture. For example, it was estimated that 55%...
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Job Opportunity: Researcher, (University of London Anniversaries Project)
The University is recruiting a researcher (0.6 FTE for 6 months) to work with the university archives and produce readable, public-facing history material for the university’s senior leadership team to use. They would work closely with the Special Collections team,...