by History of Education Society | Aug 31, 2015
by Catherine Burke ‘Thinking about Alec Clegg in Australia and New Zealand,1950s-60s. So far to travel! Who did he meet? What did he do and which schools did he see?’ [my diary entry 5th February, 2015] Education through art in Australia is a book...
by History of Education Society | Jul 15, 2015
by Sharon Clancy At the start of 2014, I began my research on the ShropshireAdult Education College (SAEC) after months waiting to start, combining my time between finishing off in my job of 6 years and contemplating, with a mix of excitement and trepidation, a brand...
by History of Education Society | Jun 24, 2015
By Ken ClaytonHistorians have, for obvious reasons, concentrated on the military aspects of the English Civil Wars, yet there can be no doubt that the civilian population was affected, some very dramatically. This blog sets out some of the ways in which schools and...
by History of Education Society | Jun 11, 2015
Manchester Jewish Lads Brigade 1908 (Manchester Jewish Museum)By Steven Cowan and Alice Kirke The first annual conference of the International Centre for Historical Research in Education (ICHRE) held at the UCL-IOE last week brought together historians of...
by History of Education Society | May 26, 2015
by Adrienn Sztana-Kovács “Youth is eternal.” How true is this statement? Does student life actually change? Let us get a glimpse into it, and into an interesting education program, in 1930s Hungary. University student hostels were very important spaces for third...
by History of Education Society | Apr 6, 2015
Andrea JacobsUniversity of Winchester Was it a question mark or a hammer and sickle that the students of King Alfred’s College carved into the face of the nearby chalk down in the mid 1950s? Those interviewed for the Alumni Voices project at the University...
