ESRC School Meals 🍽

Hunger, Health and Hope: A History of School Meals in Britain, IN-PERSON Royal Historical Society public lecture at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Institute of Education, UCL

Excited to give the @royalhistsoc.org's public lecture this December: 'Hunger, Health and Hope: A History of School Meals in Britain' @sheffielduni.bsky.social @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social #histed

📅 Tuesday 10 December, 6pm
🎟️ Free, all welcome. Register here
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hunger-hea...

Towards an Emotional and Experiential History of Modern Education: Children’s Essays on the Cinema Around the First World War This article probes the potential of emotional and experiential histories of education. London children’s school essays on their experiences in the First World War, their stories, their dreams and ...

New open access article, based on my keynote at the HES conference in Sheffield : Towards an Emotional and Experiential History of Modern Education: Children’s Essays on the Cinema Around the First World War www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @hexhistory.bsky.social

It has been a lovely week at @ische-news.bsky.social #ISCHE46im Lille. Thought-provoking panels, catching up with old friends and sharing results of the @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social project! #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @ichre-ioe.bsky.social

Welcome to our June 2025 newsletter, the final one of the funded project! This month, we look at our end-of-project conference held at Friends House in London on 19 June and our panel at #ISCHE2025. @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ichre-ioe.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social #histed

Our Annual Conference this November is dedicated to Joyce Goodman.

Her co-authored paper with Sue Anderson-Faithful, 'Turning and twisting histories of women’s education: matters of strategy', resonates strongly with our conference theme.

Read: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#histed #edusky

Submit a Blog Post - History of Education Society Fancy writing something for our blog? We would love to hear from you! We are looking for blog posts of 500-1200 words on any topic or theme related to the history of education.

📣 Call for Blog Posts!

We're always looking for researchers in history of education to write a blog for our website. We accept entries from all across the world!

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#histed #history #edusky

🗣️ 'Food isn't just about hunger, it's about equality, it's about dignity, and the right to learn'

After news #FreeSchoolMeals are being extended we explore what impact the policy could have and what it means for those not included.

🎧 Listen in full: shorturl.at/AtkCm
@trustforlondon.bsky.social

This ESRC project on the UK's school meal service is really fascinating work on a key aspect of UK education

To try and capture some of the key themes and ideas discussed at our end-of-project conference last Thursday, we worked with Jules from Illustrated Live who produced this great live illustration for us! #histed @ioe.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social

And thank you to @drjuliabish.bsky.social who did the lion's share of the organisation!

We had a great time at our end-of-project conference today in London! Thanks to everyone for coming and to Sharon Hodgson MP for talking to us about the current policy landscape on school meals. #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social

Looking forward to our end-of-project conference tomorrow in London. Conference packs and programmes ready to go!
#histed #schoolmeals @ioe.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social

School meals being served to children

🥳 Great news that #FreeSchoolMeals are being extended to all families in England receiving Universal Credit!

Around 500,000 children will benefit from today's announcement - we'd love the government to consider auto-enrolment as part of the roll out.

Read more: bit.ly/4ksjevh

🗣️ 'It's such an exciting step the government have taken - recognising that #FreeSchoolMeals are literally a lifeline for very many families'

Our Executive Director Anna Taylor on the seven-year campaign that received a major boost this week!

🎧 Listen in full: bit.ly/3FIs5d9

🗣️ 'It's about giving every child the best start in life'

Chef and anti-poverty campaigner Tom Kerridge says the government's commitment to extending #FreeSchoolMeals will be a game changer!

Learn more: bit.ly/4ksjevh

School food. Picture: Impact on Urban Health

🏫 The government commitment to expanding #FreeSchoolMeals has opened up new opportunities to improve school food!

Some of these will be critical to ensuring the full benefits reach the estimated half a million children affected.

Read more: bit.ly/4kAvmdJ
#SpendingReview

Great to read about the excellent presentations by my colleagues this month. And a reminder to join @sharonhodgsonmp.bsky.social, the project team and colleagues in London on 19 June for our free end-of-project conference (booking link in the newsletter!).

Welcome to our May newsletter! Our team gave presentations in Stockholm at #NEHC25, in China, and we look ahead to our end-of-project conference on 19 June in London as well as a number of other talks! #histed @histedsocuk.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ichre-ioe.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social

Really useful workshop on *food banks in schools* today funded by @sheffielduni.bsky.social. Such interesting research in this space across educational provision @trusselluk.bsky.social @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social @jfledderjohann.bsky.social @emmawainwright.bsky.social @alicebradbury.bsky.social

Great to be here at #NEHC2025! Here to talk about the @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social project as well as knowledge networks in 19thC @histedsocuk.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social #histed

Welcome to our April 2025 newsletter! Find out more about what the team has been up to including the wonderful Food Museum launch, talking to the BBC Food Programme, and lots more! #histed @ichre-ioe.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social

The Food Programme - School Dinners - Past, Present and Future - BBC Sounds Sheila Dillon investigates how school food has evolved and how it inspires what we eat now

Excellent contributions from @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social @heatherlwellis.bsky.social @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social and many others to this timely programme!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Tickets are disappearing like 'hot cakes' (hot meals?)! Book early to avoid disappointment

Join us for our free 1-day end-of-project conference on 19th June at Friends House, London! We'll share our key findings & recommendations and discuss all things #schoolmeals with some great people including @sharonhodgsonmp.bsky.social!
#histed
Register here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-school...

BBC Radio 4 - The Food Programme, School Dinners - Past, Present and Future Sheila Dillon investigates how school food has evolved and how it inspires what we eat now

📢 Today’s episode of BBC Radio 4’s The Food Programme features our ESRC-funded research on past, present & future of school meals, incl an interview with @heatherlwellis.bsky.social & more on the new @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social exhibition! @sheffielduni.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Enjoyed sharing @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social research at the HEX seminar yesterday @tampereupress.bsky.social 'Oral Histories & Communities of Experience in the UK School Meals Service.' Thanks to @stephanieolsen.bsky.social for chairing!
#histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social

Dr Heather Ellis (@heatherlwellis.bsky.social) Talking to BBC radio stations today about our @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social research & partnership with @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social on a new #schooldinners exhibition! People sharing great memories of their school meals in Newcastle, York, Cambridge, Hereford, Berkshire, Nottingham, Merseyside #histed

Serving up a spoonful of nostalgia 🥄

Gary McCulloch's @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social project on the history of the School Meals Service contributed to this exhibition, featured in Waitrose Magazine: www.weekend-online.com/issue...

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Brilliant news from our friends at @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social !

The School Dinners exhibition featuring our research at the @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social has been featured in the Waitrose Weekend Magazine! #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsy.social
www.weekend-online.com/issue741/

Excited to be starting a period as a Visiting Researcher at HEX, Centre of Excellence in the History of Experiences, Tampere University.

Looking forward to sharing @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social research on the history of #schoolmeals #histed
@sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social