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Susan Birch, University of Winchester Family Planning My PhD thesis examines the Family Planning Association, a national organisation that provided family planning support, after the Second World War. I chose to study this period because traditionally the 1940s and...

Jonathan Doney, University of Exeter It is now a year, almost to the day, since I took up the reins as President of the History of Education Society from Stephen Parker, and a year since I promised to write a blog as incoming president (Sorry Elena!!) Jonathan Doney,...

Elena Rossi, Magdalen College, Oxford Taking advantaged of my role as the Peter Gosden Fellow here at the History of Education Society UK, I used the society's social media platform to post live updates about my experience at the History of Education Doctoral Summer...

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...

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%...

Malcolm Tozer Physical literacy, as applied to the physical education of children and the lifelong well-being of adults, has many advocates. The International Physical Literacy Association (IPLA) publishes a definition on its website and claims that the concept owes...

Joel Barnes, University of Queensland In a recent article for History of Education I have traced the Australian reception of the ‘Two Cultures’ controversy between C. P. Snow and F. R. Leavis in the early 1960s, and situated the local debate in shifting...

Elena Rossi, Magdalen College, Oxford Ever fallen asleep in a boring class? Had a lecturer that always let their classes overrun? What if you could fine your lecturers for this audacious behaviour? It may sound crazy, but this was the reality for teachers in the early...

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...