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The effects of the civil wars on grammar schools in 17th century England
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...
New Horizons in the History of Education: conference report
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...
The other spaces of education – beyond the university. The student hostels of the Hungarian Royal Elisabeth University between 1923 and 1941
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...
Alumni Voices: Oral History and the History of Higher Education
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...
Science, Technologies and Material Culture in the History of Education – call for papers
Annual Conference of the History of Education Society (UK) Liverpool Hope University 20th-22nd November 2015 Confirmed keynote speakers: Professor Ruth Watts, Emeritus Professor of History of Education, University of Birmingham Dr Claire Jones, Teacher and Honorary...
The effects of changes in the church on schools in seventeenth century England
By Ken Clayton The church had a very close relationship with, and a tight control of English education from its inception in the sixth or seventh centuries until the 1640s. The decline in influence was slow to start with: first came the dissolution of the...
Nikolay Neplyuev’s Social and Pedagogical Experiment in the Russian Empire in the late 19th and early 20th century
By Pavel BilichenkoInvestigating the original historical pedagogical experience in the activity of the distinguished enthusiasts of the world education development in period of 19th – beginning of the 20thcenturies is of great scientific interest for us.My research...
‘My First Coup’: autobiographies of childhood
By C E Hastings"My auntie and the headmistress tried as best they could, with smiles and toffee, to shield me from their rising anxiety, but I could feel it bouncing off the quick sideways glances they shot each other and taking flight like some dark, winged creature...