by Katie Carpenter | Jun 29, 2020
The blog post was written by Elena Rossi, Student Lead on the Medieval Student Experience Project at Queen Mary, University of London. Today, the collegiate system is normally only associated with the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, with many tourists flocking...
by History of Education Society | Jun 7, 2020
This blog post comes from Ellie Simpson, PhD student at the University of Winchester, and the History of Education Society (UK) postgraduate representative. In September 2020, for the first time in British history, sex education will become a compulsory subject within...
by Katie Carpenter | Jun 1, 2020
In 1921, the Norwegian feminist, lawyer and League of Nations delegate, Anna Bugge-Wicksell, became the only woman member of the newly formed Permanent Mandates Commission (PMC) at the League of Nations. During the next six years she would draw attention to the role...
by Katie Carpenter | May 22, 2020
“I don’t wanna go to school!” All of a sudden, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought school into millions of homes around the world. A familiar morning complaint like the above does not always happen anymore. The Western notion that formal education primarily occurs...
by Katie Carpenter | Apr 29, 2020
Henry VI founded Eton College in 1440 for “25 poor and indigent scholars to learn grammar”. He wanted his subjects to have the opportunities of acquiring knowledge that he had enjoyed, and named William Stokke and Richard Cokkes as the first two boys to have a...
by Katie Carpenter | Feb 3, 2020
More and more researchers are turning to blogs to get their ideas and opinions to a wide audience quickly. It’s even good for your academic writing! But what makes a good academic blog? Here’s 5 top tips for writing for the HES blog Keep It Simple Scholar You...
