by Elena Rossi | Dec 18, 2023
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...
by Elena Rossi | Dec 6, 2023
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,...
by Elena Rossi | Nov 2, 2023
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...
by Elena Rossi | May 5, 2023
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...
by Elena Rossi | Jan 5, 2023
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%...
by Elena Rossi | Dec 6, 2022
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...