Helen Carr

Subject lottery for ITE bursaries: please write to your MP

Yet again DfE have failed to respond to the need for a subsistence level bursary for all #ITT training teachers. Prospective applicants are facing financial barriers to entry to the profression. JOIN OUR CAMPAIGN
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We are at T-5 and there are a few tickets left for Teaching History in a 'Post-Truth' World. Tickets are just £15 and, in addition to hearing from the wonderful Jeremy Hayward and @corinnefowler.bsky.social, you also get entry to the BCLM (though you will have to pay for your own fish and chips!)

Just 10 days to go before this fantastic event at the Black Country Living Museum. Places are filling up, but we still have a few tickets left! Make sure you secure yours before they are all gone:
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MHF Conference 2025: Teaching history in a ‘post-truth’ world Join us at the Midlands History Forum 2025 Annual Conference for a day of engaging discussions and networking with fellow history enthusiast

Calling all primary & secondary history teachers - it’s Midlands History Forum Annual Conference time again! Come and join us at the Black Country Living Museum on Saturday 11th Oct to hear the fabulous @corinnefowler.bsky.social and the wonderful Jeremy Hayward!
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Not that this is even remotely the biggest issue with this, but the resource also states that it is used for teaching anti-racism, not history...

"These are not one word judgments"

This is really quite depressing - maybe I am naive or blinkered, but I cannot understand why you would choose not to introduce this.

Perhaps my favourite day in the teaching calendar: Robin Hood Prince of Thieves day, in which I get to share my favourite historical documentary with my trainees and then sadly explain why they can't use it to teach medieval history. Or English geography.

At least I didn't use a spoon.

Phew! See you tomorrow :-)

Teacher training inspections 'postponed until January 2026' Ofsted inspections initial teacher training providers are set to be paused for this academic year, Schools Week understands.

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes... All hope is not lost, even if the pace is a little glacial.

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@htenuk.bsky.social members

Please check your email TODAY for a communication about our half day conference (History teacher educators as researchers) this Wednesday 27th November. This email contains the login details for the conference

The email is from our new HTENUK email.

Only 5 days left to get your tickets for the launch of our spectacular Yorkshire History Forum! Tickets from as low as £10! store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata... #historyteacher #historyeducation #edusky #yorkshire

Resharing this for new followers. Please do have a read of these articles about the history of a Muslim school in London and about the frankly absurd decisions made by the Michaela School about prayer.

Same - I expected this to be lower down the priority list.

Seems like some sort of move towards sanity and positive that the DfE has actually responded to feedback.

‘Henry VIII is a serial killer and abuser’: why is Britain still so obsessed with the Tudors? England has long adopted the version of events informed by the Victorians’ biases and neuroses. But what is behind the flood of 21st-century retellings, including the new TV series The Mirror and the ...

This is why I get REALLY annoyed when people choose him as a guest for their dream dinner party.
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If you are an @htenuk.bsky.social member who has changed role since last academic year, please update your contact details to ensure we have the correct email address on our membership list. Please email:

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No need to contact us if everything has stayed the same!

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@htenuk.bsky.social Committee members, this is a little pre-half term reminder that we have an HTEN Committee Meeting on Tuesday November 5, 2024, 09:30 AM.

An email should be on its way soon.

We are very excited about our first conference of the 2024.25 academic year which will be held on Wednesday 27th November. Emails will be dropping into members' inboxes shortly (look out for our new outlook email address in case it lands in your junkmail) with log in details.

Same! I mentioned it to my PGCE group recently, comparing it to the ultimate Robin Hood (Prince of Thieves, obvs), and none of them had heard of it! I know this shouldn't be shocking but it is.

Incredible keynotes from UCL's Alison Kitson and @danlyndon.bsky.social of @1972shp.bsky.social at the Midlands History Forum Conference this morning. We are delighted that so many people made the journey to the Black Country Living Museum this morning for what is turning out to be a fantastic day.

Agree! It's a bit weird given that the teacher quoted in the article seems to have used the morning for life admin and self-care rather than sleeping.

Day 8 of term and I'm having a crisp sandwich for lunch.

I'm not even sorry.

Tickets are selling fast - make sure you get yours! Not only does a ticket get you an excellent line up of speakers, you also get entry to the fabulous Black Country Living Museum (usually £25.95)!

The changing climate: making history relevant Join us at the Black Country Living Museum for a conference of workshops and keynote speakers for history educators.

Calling all primary & secondary history teachers - it’s Midlands History Forum Annual Conference time again! Come and join us at the Black Country Living Museum on Saturday, 5th October 🙂
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This has left me floored with sadness, it is an immeasurable loss. Helen did so much for so many of us in the history education community (and of course beyond it) and it's hard to imagine it without her. She was, as one of my students said recently, a "celebrity" and will be missed so very much.

Survive and thrive in your initial teacher education Calling all those beginning their initial teacher education! In this session you’ll hear from and be able to ask questions to both teacher educators and those who have just completed their initial tea...

Are you involved in #historyteacher #TeacherEducation working with an #ITT #ITE #PGCE #SCITT beginning history teacher this year? Please point them towards this FREE Historical Association webinar exploring how they can thrive during their training!
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Cat in jumpsuit, as promised.

Michaela School prayer ban: allowing for religious diversity in education is a tradition in England Secularism in England is often culturally and historically Christian.

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The school Cat Stevens built: how Conservative politicians opposed funding for Muslim schools in England Archival documents show that in the 1980s, British education officials refused to engage with Muslim communities about funding faith-based schooling.

I've been a bit of a lurker since I joined here a couple of weeks ago. I'm going to start with two posts shamelessly promoting a couple of articles I have written about religion and schooling. My third post will, in contrast, be a picture of a cat in a jumpsuit.
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