Dear Gavin Williamson, We are deeply concerned by the short-sighted decision to reduce and in many cases remove bursaries from trainees in a number of subjects and in primary teaching. Cutting off support conveys a strong signal as to the value of teaching in our society. Lack of financial support...

In the autumn edition of HA News Jake Subryan Richards explores the Black Lives Matter movement and new HA President Peter Mandler looks at the toppling of statues; we remember Professors Justin Champion and Mark Ormrod who both passed away this year; and there is an inspiring 'What got me into history' by Peter D'Sena.  This HA News also includes...

In 2018, the Royal Historical Society (RHS) kindly agreed to sponsor a group of 7 secondary schools to undertake the Quality Mark Process as part of their 150th anniversary celebrations. These schools completed the assessment in 2019. As part of the evaluation of the sponsorship, research into the impact of undertaking...

Dr Jo Fox continued our virtual branch lecture series this July on the subject 'Reimagining the Blitz Spirit: the mobilisation of World War II propaganda in our own times'. Jo Fox is the Director of the Institute of Historical Research and a well-known historian specialising in the history of propaganda, rumour and truth telling.  This...

We know that this results day is not the one you may have envisioned some months ago. Nonetheless, it is results day and we want to congratulate you, students and teachers on reaching this day in the strangest of circumstances.  Students – if you are happy with your grades well done;...

Royal Holloway, University of London, has produced hundreds of videos exploring the history of the struggle for rights and representation from Magna Carta to the Suffragettes and beyond. These videos, which are being used by over 60 schools and colleges across the UK to support KS3-5 teaching, are available via...

Read Teaching History 179 Editorial: Culture in Conversation At our January editorial meeting, we cheerfully read all the proposals and articles that had been sent in, and, as usual, worked out ways to cluster them into themes that could shape each edition. Sitting in the HA’s London offices, watching the...

To help you find out more about Black British history during this period we have released the following resources from our archive:

Recent events in the UK and the USA have once more raised the issue of racism to the top of the news agenda, providing us all with an opportunity to reflect on the type of society we want to live in and that we want to create. Racism has deep...

We are delighted to announce that Professor Peter Mandler has accepted the position of President of the HA. Professor Mandler will be taking over the position from Professor Tony Badger who will step down this later this year. Peter Mandler was born in the USA in 1958, educated at Oxford and...