The Historical Association is deeply saddened by the death of our Patron, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. On behalf of our organisation and members we offer our sincere condolences to the Royal Family. For 70 years Elizabeth II has represented continuity and stability in an ever-changing world. Her life of...

Congratulations to everyone on today’s results – we hope they were what you wanted. Only you know how hard you have worked these last few years and often in very difficult and unprecedented times. Getting to this stage has not been easy, so give yourself a pat on the back....

Would you nominate the laptop computer or the mobile phone? Is it an image of the Maze Prison or of a map of Berlin that you would include on your list as objects that tell the story of the last 70 years? The Historical Association is putting togethera collection of...

Today (18 August 2022) Ofqual have published the following documents: Guide to the 2022 AS and A-level results in England  Guide to the 2022 Level 3 qualification results for VTQs in England  Infographics showing A-level outcomes this year Infographics showing Level 3 qualification outcomes for VTQs this year Interactive analytics...

On 7 July in central London the Historical Association held our annual awards evening. The evening is an opportunity to present in person the awards for some of the competitions that the HA organises and to recognise many of the people who have achieved awards in history, contributed to the...

1 July is the 50th anniversary of the first Pride March in the UK. Pride was chosen to be the Saturday closest to the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots of 1969. Starting life as a small event, Pride is now an annual part of the London calendar and there are...

1 July is the 50th anniversary of the first Pride March in the UK, in 1972. Pride was chosen to be the Saturday closest to the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots of 1969. Starting life as a small event, Pride is now an annual part of the London calendar and...

Would your school benefit from high-quality photos that can be used across your website and promotional literature? We are seeking primary and secondary schools who would be interested in working with the HA to carry out a joint photo shoot on site. All the photographic expenses would be met by...

It really happened! In May 2019 as we departed from Chester, the HA team said 'we’ll see you in Bristol'. Then Covid hit and we didn’t see you in Bristol in 2020 or 2021, but in 2022 we did! We were finally back in person having a conference and it...

The Historical Association is now 116 years old – quite an achievement really. We have only been able to keep going this long due to the commitment and dedication of our volunteers. While we are fortunate to have a number of paid staff, we are only able to do the...

What is happening the Ukraine right now has shocked and moved many of us. For others it has been a reminder of the horrors of war and conflicts they have experienced. In the last 30 years it was easy for those of us in Europe to believe that physical war...

We are pleased to announce that Professor David Olusoga is to be awarded the Medlicott Medal for Service to History.   The award seeks to recognise individuals from a diversity of backgrounds in their service to history. Past recipients of the Medal are all distinguished and outstanding individuals in their fields, whether through scholarship in the sense...

This month (April 2022) is the 40th anniversary of the start of the Falklands Conflict. On 2 April 1982 an Argentinian Force of 3,000 men invaded the Falkland Islands taking the Islanders and the 80 Royal Marines stationed there by surprise. Despite pressure from the United Nations to withdraw the Argentinians attempted...

The Sir Martin Gilbert Learning Centre is delighted to announce the 2022 Sir Martin Gilbert History Prize. The essay question for this year is:   "Debates about war are important, but not more important than the human story of those who fought in them." – Sir Martin Gilbert  Discuss with reference to a...

The Young Quills longlist for 2022 is now in schools. If you are looking for something to excite students this term with reading then take a look at our latest Young Quills books. The books listed below have all been dispatched to HA member schools up and down the country...

In the spring 2022 edition of HA News Jason Todd looks at what diversity means to the HA while Deputy President Alison Kitson shares ‘What got me into history’. We also ask for your involvement in an exciting new project to commemorate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, detail the winners of our 2021 Young Quills award for historical fiction and announce our...

The Historical Association would like to offer an unreserved apology for serious errors of judgement in relation to the Move Me On problem presented within Teaching History 185.   We recognise that the content of this feature has caused offence, that it contained negative stereotypical biases which we failed to recognise and act...

This summer our patron, Queen Elizabeth II, has her Platinum Jubilee. It is the longest reign of any British monarch. For many of us in the UK and abroad, she is the only head of state that we have ever known. In those 70 years that she has been queen,...

The events of the Holocaust and the other genocides of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries can seem overwhelming and too much to take on board. That is one of the reasons why each year’s Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) has a specific theme. For 2022 the theme is ‘One Day’, a...

The government has published a response to the ITT Market Review consultation carried out in the summer of 2021. The consultation proposed radical changes to the ITT landscape. The HA responded to the consultation due to the possible unintended consequences that the proposals may have for quality and supply of history...