Rethinking Transnational and Devolved (Hi)stories: German-Speaking Refugees from National Socialism in Wales Part 1: Refugees’ Work, Visas, and Lives in Wales This is the first in a three-part series of blog posts on the migration history of Wales. In the first, I will set the scene, outlining the conditions under which German-speaking refugees lived and worked in Wales during the Second World War. In the second and … Continue reading Rethinking Transnational and Devolved (Hi)stories: German-Speaking Refugees from National Socialism in Wales

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In the first blog post, Andrea Hammel outlines the conditions under which German-speaking refugees lived and worked in Wales during the Second World War. In the second and third, she focuses on the experiences of two specific sub-groups: artists and children.
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Now on the GHIL #Blog:

A three-part series on the migration history of Wales by Andrea Hammel (@andreahammel.bsky.social)!
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'National emergency' over worsening SEND crisis The special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system, already known to be in deep trouble, now faces ‘a worsening crisis’ which, say experts, puts the UK on the brink of a national emergency.

A new Child of the North report finds that the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system is facing a worsening crisis that is putting the UK on the brink of national emergency.

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Graphic with the logo of Healthwatch and concentric, partially overlapping circles in pink and yellow. An included testimonial discusses the long waiting lists for ADHD assessment for children, highlighting a personal story about diagnosis and support necessity.

Parents have told us about the challenges they face in getting the right support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Read our blog to find out about how families are left struggling to get the care their children deserve. https://bit.ly/3Lnx2KN

Last week, demonstrations organised by SEND Sanctuary were held outside town halls across the country. Shoes were left as part of a protest about "failed or forgotten" children with special educational needs and disabilities. 🧵

My PhD looked at postwar German camps for refugees and expellees, I absolutely loved my archive visits & interviewing eyewitnesses/former residents. My experience as a history student would have been far less rich without the broadening of horizons which languages bring.

I did smatterings of Medieval history - Medieval Europe, intellectuals, C12th unis - during my undergrad having zilch knowledge of Latin, but one of my best memories of my yr abroad was a course based in the archive, looking at orig C15th sources on German witch trials.

Really terrible news from the University of Nottingham. The idea you can have a comprehensive university without language and music is absurd. Higher education serves society and you can't have a society with imagination and purpose if the people in charge decide creativity is worth nothing.

Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham In a statement the institution also says it is

Well this is awful news: tinyurl.com/yr65mjkx
'All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham.'

Nottingham friends: please be assured that we will join you in protesting against this decision in the strongest possible terms. Solidarity.

Also means British scholars of the future will be restricted to English language topics & sources, as they just won’t be able to access so much in the original and research will be much poorer as a result….

Absolutely hideous. MFL is now in an ever downward spiral - its course was set when MFL stopped being compulsory at GCSE in 2004, so now is an obvious choice for cuts when HEIs are in the shit. Completely tragic. My History w/ German course (at Bristol) was amazing and fewer will get this chance…

Young boy who has Down's syndrome is wearing glasses and holding a back-pack. He has light hair, wears a striped top and is looking at the camera.

For any parents, carers and educators, please give this handy education article a read - all about 'Becoming school ready – transition from reception to year 1.' 📝

You can read the full article here on this topic: https://loom.ly/RjDecrM

Quote from Rosie Glaster, "Organisations asked to Get Britain Working should embed employment outcomes across system partners, fund the creation of partnerships and networks to share effective practice, and work to align and build trust on the consistency of service user experience. This will require ongoing investment, not just to establish these systems, but also to adapt and sustain them."

To mark National Employability Day 2025, Rosie Gloster and Jonny Buzzeo consider the government's Get Britian Working plans, and detail the key lessons from previous efforts to improve employment rates which can be used most effectively to inform this initiative: bit.ly/3G1Lhmh

University management teams when consultancy firms give them the same advice they've given everyone else:

Picture of Keir Starmer in the Cabinet Room. Title of article and list of contributors as in the main post.

Historians of Labour and class on the Starmer Labour Government in Historical Perspective.
Open access roundtable discussion in Labour History Review with Peter Gurney, Laura Beers (@fieryparticle.bsky.social), Laurence Black (@lawrenceblack.bsky.social) Martin Wright
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The New Left In this new and free-access Virtual Special Issue, Andrew Whitehead brings together almost 50 years of writing and reflection on the New Left

We are delighted to announce a new Virtual Special Issue on The New Left.

This collection of 22 articles & podcasts is free-to-access - with work on May 68, the SCUM manifesto, Spies for Peace, Women's Liberation, the ANC, the Hungarian Uprising & more.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/virtual-issu...