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  • The impact and legacy of the First World War: on-demand short course

      Online self-guided short course for lifelong learners
    Beyond the mud and blood: The First World War and the social, political and cultural impact and legacy on ordinary people While the first global conflict of the modern world fuelled military and leadership challenges, it also created an environment of social, political and cultural unrest. 2024 was 110 years since...
    The impact and legacy of the First World War: on-demand short course

  • New Perspectives on the First Crusade: on-demand short course

      Online self-guided short course for lifelong learners
    As Christianity had spread across Europe, Islam had spread across the Middle East. At the end of the eleventh century the relationship between the Muslim leader of Jerusalem and the Christian communities and travellers to the city fractured. Along with other key relationships across Europe, the Middle East and around...
    New Perspectives on the First Crusade: on-demand short course

  • Berlin and the Berlin Wall: on-demand short course

      Online self-guided short course for lifelong learners
    The Berlin Wall became a symbol of a time in history, and a physical defining point in an otherwise covert series of battles. To study and explore the Berlin Wall is to explore how the Cold War manifested itself in Central Europe and the impact it had on one nation...
    Berlin and the Berlin Wall: on-demand short course

  • The Jews of Medieval England: on-demand short course

      Online self-guided short course for lifelong learners
    A Jewish community was established in England shortly after the Norman Conquest. Initially confined to London, from the 1130s onwards Jews began to settle in other parts of the country, where they lived as English Jews for more than two centuries. Their life in England came to an end in...
    The Jews of Medieval England: on-demand short course

  • The Great Charter

      Classic Pamphlet
    The following introduction to and translation of Magna Carta was made for the use of my pupils and is here published in response to a suggestion that it may be of use to others. The Charter bristles with technical legal terms and its Latin is often ambiguous since the language...
    The Great Charter

  • Subject Leader Development Programme

      Summer 2026 cohort
    Welcome to the Historical Association's online course for developing subject leadership in history teaching. Led by a team of 6 experienced subject leaders, including Hugh Richards, Sharon Aninakwa, Ruth Lingard, David Hibbert, Elizabeth Carr and Catherine Priggs, this course will equip history leaders fully for the demands of the role and...
    Subject Leader Development Programme

  • Recorded webinar series: Medieval political ideas and activity in global context

      Funded webinar series for secondary teachers from the HA and the Noblesse Oblige research network
    Medieval history is often a story of kings and their dates, primarily of England or, at best, western Europe. This funded webinar series aimed at secondary history teachers will introduce teachers to educational approaches to the Middle Ages that go beyond both kings and this narrow geographical range. It takes...
    Recorded webinar series: Medieval political ideas and activity in global context

  • Subject Leader Development Programme

      Spring 2026 cohort
    Welcome to the Historical Association's online course for developing subject leadership in history teaching. Led by a team of 6 experienced subject leaders, including Hugh Richards, Sharon Aninakwa, Ruth Lingard, David Hibbert, Elizabeth Carr and Catherine Priggs, this course will equip history leaders fully for the demands of the role and...
    Subject Leader Development Programme

  • Berlin and the Berlin Wall: on-demand short course – taster

      Online self-guided short course for lifelong learners
    This is a free taster version of our full self-guided short course on Berlin and the Berlin Wall – the full course is available free to all HA members (£54 for non-members). The full course contains 6 filmed webinars from the original live course, and 28 articles, podcasts and other resources supporting the course...
    Berlin and the Berlin Wall: on-demand short course – taster

  • Meet our CPD presenters

      Multipage Article
    Historical Association CPD is always led by primary and secondary history specialists, to ensure delegates receive high quality professional development based on recent classroom practice and research. Find out more about some of our regular presenters below.  Make a bespoke CPD or consultancy request
    Meet our CPD presenters

  • Key Principles for teaching Thematic Studies at GCSE

      GCSE Guidance
    For many teachers the thematic study is the most new and most troubling unit of the new GCSE specifications. By following this link, you will be connected to an article that appears on www.thinkinghistory.co.uk.  This free website for teachers is maintained by Ian Dawson.  In this article Ian works with...
    Key Principles for teaching Thematic Studies at GCSE

  • Recorded webinar series: Jane Austen and Georgian England

      Multipage Article
    Join us for a journey through Georgian history, literature and society – all from the comfort of your own home. Celebrating the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth, this rich, interdisciplinary webinar series from the Historical Association delves into the vibrant world of the Georgians through the lens of one of...
    Recorded webinar series: Jane Austen and Georgian England

  • Subject Leader Development Programme

      Autumn 2025 cohort
    Welcome to the Historical Association's online course for developing subject leadership in history teaching. Led by a team of 6 experienced subject leaders, including Hugh Richards, Sharon Aninakwa, Ruth Lingard, David Hibbert, Elizabeth Carr and Catherine Priggs, this course will equip history leaders fully for the demands of the role and...
    Subject Leader Development Programme

  • The Great Debate 2025: Speeches

      Multipage Article
    The final was held at the Vicar’s Hall at Windsor Castle on 29 March 2025, and attended by 20 finalists from across the UK. This year, each finalist needed to have taken part in a regional competition and one of three semi-final stages. The competition question for this year was: How...
    The Great Debate 2025: Speeches

  • Teacher Fellowship programme: The Caribbean, Monarchy and Legacies of Empire

      Teacher Fellowship programme 2025
    Although twelve Caribbean colonies gained independence during Elizabeth II's reign, only four opted to become republics (most recently Barbados, in 2021) and eight retain the British monarch as head of state to this day. Emphasising Caribbean sources and perspectives, this Teacher Fellowship programme examines the role of the British monarchy in the...
    Teacher Fellowship programme: The Caribbean, Monarchy and Legacies of Empire

  • Subject Leader Development Programme

      Summer 2025 cohort
    Welcome to the Historical Association's online course for developing subject leadership in history teaching. Led by a team of 6 experienced subject leaders, including Hugh Richards, Sharon Aninakwa, Ruth Lingard, David Hibbert, Elizabeth Carr and Catherine Priggs, this course will equip history leaders fully for the demands of the role and...
    Subject Leader Development Programme

  • Teacher Fellowship programme: Henry on Tour: Teaching the royal progresses of Henry VIII

      Teacher Fellowship programme 2025
    With an emphasis on sustained professional development, the HA Teacher Fellowship programme aims to bring teachers up to date with the latest historical research and how to apply this in their teaching. We are delighted to be running this funded Teacher Fellowship programme in partnership with the AHRC-funded Henry on...
    Teacher Fellowship programme: Henry on Tour: Teaching the royal progresses of Henry VIII

  • Podcasts: Recent scholarship updates at speed

      Multipage Article
    The HA has teamed up with the University of York Institute for the Public Understanding of the Past to provide scholarship updates for teachers. In this module you will find a collection of podcasts on different topics that complement the school curriculum. They are designed to provide teachers with the up-to-date specific...
    Podcasts: Recent scholarship updates at speed

  • The Great Debate 2024: Speeches

      Multipage Article
    The final was held at the Vicars' Hall at Windsor Castle on 23 March 2024 and attended by 22 finalists from across the UK. This year each finalist needed to have taken part in a regional competition and one of three semi-final stages.   The competition question for this year was:...
    The Great Debate 2024: Speeches

  • Addressing Health: Sickness and social reform in the Victorian and Edwardian period

      Mini Teacher Fellowship with the Addressing Health project
    This special funded CPD programme ran in partnership with the Wellcome Trust Collaborative Research project, Addressing Health: Morbidity and Mortality in the Victorian and Edwardian Post Office. The project explores the relationships between work and health in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries through the lens of thousands of Post Office employees....
    Addressing Health: Sickness and social reform in the Victorian and Edwardian period

  • Recorded webinar series: Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the UN Convention on Genocide

      Multipage Article
    9 December 2023 was the 75th anniversary of the passing of the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (known as the UN Convention on Genocide). The convention was a clear statement by the international community that crimes of that nature should never happen...
    Recorded webinar series: Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the UN Convention on Genocide

  • Make a bespoke CPD or consultancy request

      Multipage Article
    At the Historical Association, we offer a wide range of subject-specific CPD opportunities at a range of prices to suit every budget. However, if you require history CPD that is tailored directly to your needs in school or you are looking for consultancy, we also offer bespoke training and consultancy...
    Make a bespoke CPD or consultancy request

  • The Great Debate 2023: Speeches

      Multipage Article
    The 2023 Great Debate final was held on 25 March at the Vicars' Hall, Windsor Castle. The question for young people to address was:  “Why does history matter to me?” Across the course of the day the judges and audience listened to talks on the personal experiences of finalists’ relatives in the...
    The Great Debate 2023: Speeches

  • The Dawson Lectures

      Multipage Article
    In 2021, Ian Dawson suggested there should be a place and a way for us to honour and respect those who have gone above and beyond to help support, nurture and promote those involved with teaching, as well as producing resources and guidance that can assist teachers with developing their...
    The Dawson Lectures

  • Collaborations between Higher Education Institutions and Schools

      Recorded interviews
    The following series of recorded interviews and a webinar are focused on the variety of ways in which HEI historians, working at a diverse range of institutions, have collaborated with local school history teachers and their pupils. The diverse range of approaches discussed in the interviews highlight that there is...
    Collaborations between Higher Education Institutions and Schools