It's that time of year when people start to think about applying for #ITT #teacher training and so, having had a couple of conversations of this nature already this week, this means it is also time to reshare this blog. #TeacherRecuitment uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2023/02/28/u...

For c.10years I've supervised #PGCE students who elect to explore representation of women in #history curriculum for their MA research project. Each year the same findings - 50% of the population remains underrepresented (even unacknowledged). This report is going straight on the reading list.

Currently reading 'When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit', by the inimitable Judith Kerr, with my 8-year-old. They watch Newsround every day at school, and this book is proving an excellent vehicle for providing a 'safe space' where they can ask the questions they have about their own world and time. 1/2

Marking starting points assignments for my #ITT beginning #historyteacher s. Clear themes emerging as to what made them fall in love with #history: 1. A great history teacher who brought the subject to life through creative pedagogies &/or genuine historical enquiry revealing the discipline. 1/

This essay is yet another example of a historian writing about historical thinking (or what they call historical sensibility) as if it's a new idea, while ignoring 50+ years of scholarly literature in history education focused on conceptualizing and theorizing historical thinking.

Please encourage your #ITT beginning teachers to sign up for an attend this webinar.

Good to be out on campus for a tour thinking about the development of the landscape we now know as University Park, considering how we use local landscapes to bring environment and climate histories into the curriculum. #historyteacher

Great to see so many people at @uonsoe.bsky.social #SIG exploring the English Countryside from 1800 with Dr Sarah Holland @uonhumanities.bsky.social & our Manuscripts and Special Collections team, in the Weston Gallery at Lakeside Arts. How can we bring the local environment into the classroom?

Heading out to our SIG tonight? You might want to bring a brolly! ☔☔☔

It is vital that #historyteacher s continue to make the case that history is an evolving discipline - as we apply new lenses, reconsider (or even discover) source material to derive new interpretations. 👏Quotes from William Doyle and David Andreas in recent @histassoc.bsky.social HA news.

Starting your teacher training? Welcome! The HA is more than a resource – we’re your professional home. From your first lesson to leadership, we’re here with: Classroom resources CPD & webinars A supportive community Join as a trainee teacher member today. #HATrainees #HistoryTeachers #HAcommunity

#UKTeaching #UKEd #historyteacher #HistoryEducation #TeacherMentoring #EduSky

#UKTeaching #UKEd #historyteacher #HistoryEducation #TeacherMentoring #EduSky

The world is a frightening & hostile place for many of our children & young people atm. #Teachers need to plan for how they can/will respond to the events we are seeing unfolding on our streets. Here's a repost from last year which may help. uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2024/08/15/r...

It is 13th September and I've just been Whamaggeddoned in the garden centre. 😱 Unacceptable

Wow what a week the @uonsoe.bsky.social #ITT #historyteacher s have had as we've begun our journey towards becoming a teacher together. We've thought about our preconceptions around effective history teaching, influences on the curriculum, role of textbooks and examinations...1/5

Wow what a week the @uonsoe.bsky.social #ITT #historyteacher s have had as we've begun our journey towards becoming a teacher together. We've thought about our preconceptions around effective history teaching, influences on the curriculum, role of textbooks and examinations...1/5

Join @htenuk.bsky.social for our November half-day online conference as we grapple with important questions in history educational research, teacher preparation, teacher professional development and teaching in schools. #historyteacher #TeacherEducation #TeacherMentoring #HistoryEducation

Time to Talk is back. Get the date in your diaries. Links to follow. #historyteacher #TeacherEducation #HistoryEducation #TeacherMentoring

Exciting news for @htenuk.bsky.social members- SAVE THE DATE! #historyteacher #HistoryEducation #TeacherMentoring #TeacherEducator

#EastMids #historyteacher colleagues, please make sure you've signed up for our next @uonsoe.bsky.social #SIG which is going to be a little bit different from usual as we're based over on University Park and will be going on a short history walking tour too. www.nottingham.ac.uk/education/ev...

What do we need #ITT #preservice beginning #teachers to understand about professionalism? uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2024/09/18/w... #TeacherMentoring #TeacherEducation

Just been told you're going to be an #ITT #ITE #preservice or #ECT #historyteacher #mentor? This book will help guide you through the process and support you to do the job with a subject-specific focus throughout. amzn.eu/d/3d2PvmY #TeacherEducation #HistoryEducation

Trailed at the end of last term, I'm pleased to remind all #EastMids #historyteacher s that our next @uonsoe.bsky.social History Subject Interest Group #SIG is on Wednesday 17th September at 5pm. Please sign up here to let us know you are coming: www.nottingham.ac.uk/education/ev...

This is a great thread for #historyteacher s designing enquiries focused on environmental/ climate histories. Climate anxiety among pupils is real. Taking an approach that explores our relationship with the environment through positive change can provide a vital sense of agency. 1/ #HistoryEducation

Trailed at the end of last term, I'm pleased to remind all #EastMids #historyteacher s that our next @uonsoe.bsky.social History Subject Interest Group #SIG is on Wednesday 17th September at 5pm. Please sign up here to let us know you are coming: www.nottingham.ac.uk/education/ev...

Many of us involved in #historyteacher #TeacherEducation have been keen to see subject, & distinctive nature of our discipline, re-centred in the recent focus on instructional coaching & core-practices in schools. It was brilliant, therefore, to read 'Secondary History in Action'. 1/

Day 2 of return to school and youngest child has spilt chicken curry all down their brand new sparkly white school shirt. 😩

A really thoughtful piece from @bennewmark.bsky.social here on the complexities of SEND diagnosis and the importance of seeing the person at the heart of it all. bennewmark.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/t...

It's just reminded me of this actually: uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2019/09/15/o... #ITT #TeacherMentoring #TeacherEducation

Our begininng #historyteacher s are currently engaging with introductory material in a virtual space. I've received several email questions prompted by their reading. I applaud their curiosity & courage to question & open a discussion. It is how we learn & it makes me excited for the year ahead!

This is great - especially the bit about ad libbing and not needing to be word perfect! Feels like a good complement to: uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2025/08/13/y...

#CakeyWednesday can mean only one thing - the start of @uonsoe.bsky.social #PGCE #ITT year and the welcoming of a new fab bunch of #historyteacher s to the profession. #TeacherEducation #HistoryEducation #TeacherMentoring #EduSky

Know someone gearing up to start their teacher training this week? Share this with them. uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2025/08/13/y... #ITT #ITE #PGCE #SCITT #PreserviceTeacher #TeacherEducation #TeacherMentoring

Are you #mentoring an #ITT #ECT #historyteacher this coming year? @histassoc.bsky.social have released the webinar series @lauralondo1017.bsky.social & I recorded as on demand. If you're an HA member you can try our FREE Move Me On before delving into the rest. www.history.org.uk/secondary/ca...

Are you #mentoring an #ITT #ECT #historyteacher this coming year? @histassoc.bsky.social have released the webinar series @lauralondo1017.bsky.social & I recorded as on demand. If you're an HA member you can try our FREE Move Me On before delving into the rest. www.history.org.uk/secondary/ca...

Again my thoughts today are with sixth form staff who will have been in school yesterday making admissions decisions & are supporting & counselling students in their next steps decisions today. You guys are awesome (& have such an interrupted summer holiday). Thank you.

Preparing to welcome a new #ECT into your department (or any new #teacher colleague for that matter)? If you're heading into school over next couple of weeks, think about how you can support them in making a positive start in their new role. uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2019/08/12/n...

Know someone about to start Teacher Training #ITT #ITE #PGCE #preservice #teaching? It's likely they are starting to feel the nerves. Nudge them to give this a read. uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2025/08/13/y...

Know someone about to start Teacher Training #ITT #ITE #PGCE #preservice #teaching? It's likely they are starting to feel the nerves. Nudge them to give this a read. uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2025/08/13/y...

Preparing to welcome a new #ECT into your department (or any new #teacher colleague for that matter)? If you're heading into school over next couple of weeks, think about how you can support them in making a positive start in their new role. uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2019/08/12/n...

📢 Calling all #ITT #iTE #PGCE #SCITT #TeacherEducation colleagues Please tell your new #historyteacher beginning teachers about a FREE @histassoc.bsky.social webinar on 1st October. They need to register. Pop it in welcome presentations now before you forget! www.history.org.uk/events/calen...

🚨NEW BLOG🚨 One for those about to start #TeacherTraining #ITT #ITE #PGCE #SCITT and #ECT #teaching Banish that imposter syndrome. You can do this. uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2025/08/13/y...

Thinking tonight of sixth form colleagues & students awaiting results tomorrow. 13 years since I was HoS, I still remember clearly the data crunching exhaustion of Wednesday & looking forward to celebrating with students & anxiously preparing to counsel & support those who needed it on Thursday.

🚨NEW BLOG🚨 One for those about to start #TeacherTraining #ITT #ITE #PGCE #SCITT and #ECT #teaching Banish that imposter syndrome. You can do this. uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2025/08/13/y...

A better headline for this story would be 'Kind husband prioritises wife's happiness'. Despite the suggestion of the headline, there is zero outrage in the article itself, just reasonable people making reasonable decisions. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Anecdotal impact of good public health policy - on school run I used to see c.15-25 young people vaping while walking to secondary school/huddled in a group near school. Today? ONE. For the past couple of weeks between zero and two a day. Wondering if impact is being felt IN schools too?

It has been good to catch up with colleagues at the HTEN Time To Talk sessions over the past week. Keep an eye out for our new 2025/26 programme of activity in September. Between now and then, @htenuk.bsky.social wish you a restful summer period. We are now (mainly) out of office!

Every night I toil to make my family home cooked food from fresh ingredients. Tonight I opened a few freezer packets and prepared fish fingers, chips & peas. "Ooh, thanks Mum. This is the best dinner we've had for ages!" 😩

#Secondary #historyteacher #TeacherEducation #TeacherMentoring colleagues, please do join us for our time to talk this week. #UKTeaching #EduSky