by Elena Rossi | May 20, 2022
Jamie Trezise, University of Sussex When considering the educational reforms of the 20th century, it will most likely be the 1944 Education Act, pioneered by Rab Butler, that comes to mind, which introduced secondary education for all.[1] Or perhaps it might be the...
by Elena Rossi | May 17, 2022
History of Education (UK) Annual Conference 2022 Mercure Southgate Hotel, Exeter, Devon, Friday Nov 18th to Sun Nov 20th 2022 Histories of Education as Curation: Methods, Interpretations and Technologies in an Age of Global Upheaval The practice of history has always...
by Elena Rossi | May 13, 2022
Alexander Jakobidze-Gitman, Witten/Herdecke University How did a musician and music historian like me become interested in the debates on classical education dating back more than a century? Like many other Russian humanities scholars, I realized only in my twenties...
by Elena Rossi | May 12, 2022
Background The History of Education Society, UK’s, principal aim is the furtherance of the field. An element of this is the promotion and celebration of the careers of scholars and those working in support of scholarship. The triennial Presidents’ Award seeks to...
by Elena Rossi | May 9, 2022
The half a million international students studying in the UK are heirs to a complex legacy of overseas students studying in Britain. From medieval scholars traveling between Oxford and Paris, medical students traveling to Edinburgh, Indian students coming over in the...