Our Agincourt 600 competitions have now concluded and we are delighted to announce the following winners. Exhibiting History exhibition competition Winners: Heathfield School, Worcestershire Runners-up: Kineton High School, Warwickshire Highly commended: Duke of Kent School, Surrey; Samuel Ryder Academy, Hertfordshire; St. Paul’s Girls’ School, London Heathfield School received a cheque...

Course Leader: Ben Walsh Academic Leader: Dr Jessica Reinisch (Birkbeck) The 2017 Teacher Fellowship Programme will focus on the history and historiography of the Cold War. The course will be taught by historians at Birkbeck College London in collaboration with the Historical Association. The programme will be fully funded, including...

On Saturday 12th March 2016, forty-three students from nineteen schools convened at King’s College London for the Agincourt Tournament, a one-day public-speaking competition for 15-19 year olds organised by the Historical Association as part of our Agincourt 600 funded projects. The students travelled from across the country to present their...

New History curriculum sparks enthusiasm, but no funding to deliver it.  The HA regularly monitors the state of history provision in schools at both primary and secondary level. Our findings from the latest survey of primary teachers and primary schools reveals the key issue affecting delivery in schools is funding...

The internet is full of bloggers and blogs. There are a number of great blogs out there related to history and history teaching. We thought we would start the ball rolling with a few interesting links. If you have found a blog particularly interesting, thought provoking, useful or even controversial,...

In November 2015 the government launched a consultation concerning implementing the EBacc and plans to extend the measure to 90% of eligible students. The HA responded to the consultation on our members’ behalf using data gathered from your responses to our annual survey. We support the notion of a requirement...

The Historical Association is saddened by the news of the passing of Lisa Jardine, historian and recipient of the HA’s Medlicott Medal. Lisa Jardine was one of Britain’s leading historians. Her commitment to history and public debate took her knowledge and intellect far beyond the usual confines of the academic....

It is with great sorrow that we have learnt of the death of Irene Collins. Irene was much loved and greatly admired by many people in the HA. She was President of the HA from 1982 to 1985 and in 1996 was awarded the Medlicott Medal for Services to History....

This year's Write Your Own Historical Fiction competition has been bigger and better than ever. We were not only astounded by the number of entries we received, but also be the very high standard, which makes the judging process very difficult. This year, we were very ably helped by student...

In this year of anniversaries, we asked A-Level students who they might choose to erect a statue of in Parliament Square. Choices had to be argued in an essay of no more than 2000 words. The standard of entries was very high and there were some very interesting choices -...