August 13, 2025

Have you read A Little Guide for Teachers: Diversity in Schools by @benniekara.bsky.social? It is a brilliant read for all teachers, phase and curriculum leaders. She has 120 reviews and they are 76% are 5 star! Add your thoughts here: www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Guide...

I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts. The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative. Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.

@cathfletcher.bsky.social just listened to this again podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h... Whilst in Florence, thanks for the tip of going down as well as up!

Unforgiveable by Jimmy Mcgovern is, as you would imagine, a difficult and gripping watch. It explores the devastating aftermath of an act of abuse perpetrated by a member of the family. On iplayer now.

The Prime Minister must act with immediate airdrops of much-needed aid into Gaza and get other countries to do the same. It is simply inhumane that Gaza faces starvation due to Israel’s aid blockade. Words alone won’t save lives.

And I’m done!

@theguardian.com not all schools will be finished!!! www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Come and work with us! It’s a fab university which is absolutely committed to its civic duties. Also- we are a fab team!

He’s just stating the facts…

July 18, 2025

@teachertapp.bsky.social what do I say if I’ve already shared it with all the people I know before the new feature!

July 17, 2025

More from the Oshwal Centre. #TeamRE #Jainism #ReligiousStudies

When an unsung Indian helped Austrian Jews escape the Nazis

Brilliant workshop by @petejackson.bsky.social flying the flag for OCR B GCSE history. #shp25

@petejackson.bsky.social explaining the need to use historical stories that are rooted from well researched historical evidence, otherwise they just become stories, myths, fables. #SHP25

OCR is flipping awesome, every history department should do it. #historyteacher @petejackson.bsky.social #SHP25

An honour to finally be able to stand up and launch The Practical Guide to Teaching History to the history teaching community at #SHP25! Thank you to @joshpreyegarry.bsky.social and @mrmayhew.bsky.social Thank you to Matt Stanford and @corinnegoullee.bsky.social for getting us to this place

Thank you @petejackson.bsky.social @jacquiramsden.bsky.social for your sessions. #SHP25

Thank you @danlyndon.bsky.social @1972shp.bsky.social Really enjoyed #SHP25 giving me enough ideas to work on!

At the end of a long academic year, what do #EastMids #historyteacher colleagues need? ADVANCED notice of another fab #CPD opportunity with @uonsoe.bsky.social #SIG & @uonhumanities.bsky.social 's Dr Sarah Holland. Get the 17th September in your diaries.📅 Booking info to follow. 😃

“I don’t think people have any idea of how hard it is for trans people. Just listen to their stories. Listen — not tell them. Everyone is unique. Make them feel included because you really don’t know.” - Billie Jean King #NOH8

🇫🇷 President Macron: "But I have to say the European Union was stronger with you and you were stronger with the European Union."

I think Ketanji Brown Jackson's dissents are an important exception to the "Supreme Court dissents don't matter" rule of thumb, because she is using them not to argue with the conservative justices, but to explain to the public that the conservative justices are liars and in the tank for Trump

on.ft.com/44Cfgto Why carmakers need to bring back buttons A thousand times this.

Just linked Pam Canning and Jack Brown's amazing looking unit on the Caribbean in the 1920s on the Curriculum PATHS Sharing Hub. Do check it out! #historyteacher padlet.com/pamcanning/y...

🆕 VACANCY at The East Manchester Academy - CARETAKER 👉 mynewterm.com/jobs/144494/... Closes 16/7/25, 12pm #ukedchat #edchat #northwest #jobs #manchester #edutwitter #recruitment #hiring #jobsinschools #supportstaff #supportstaffjobs #facilities #caretaker #siteteam

Today @teachertapp.bsky.social and School Dash publish an update to their teacher labour market report, showing showing job adverts down 27% on 18/19 and -36% on last year.

New- chapter 15 of my exploration of the Redmayn family c.1355-1426: How did the Redmayns experience the preparations for war 1414-1415? Recruiting soldiers, making lists, meeting friends at parliament .. my grandmother helps too - cross-referencing 1415 & 1914 thinkinghistory.co.uk/MedievalFami...

Does anyone know of a university academic/historian who could review a textbook chapter on Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge? Struggling to find someone. Thanks!

As I said in my lecture on Weds eve, receiving the Medlicott medal for services to history has been deeply special for me, not least because it allows me to celebrate and promote the importance of subject communities. We would be nowhere without @histassoc.bsky.social. Thank you HA. You're the best.

We're thinking about the points raised here: curricularpasts.wordpress.com/2023/03/05/1... And how we might meaningfully work to meet the expectations of our school leaders while maintaining the integrity of our subject. 2/4

And here's the second blog - a bit of reassurance that it's ok to not have it all sewn up at the end of the #ITT year: uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2020/08/10/d... #ECT 7/7

And as always, I ended with the inevitable "I've written a blog on that" (only this time there are 2 of them). Here's the first: uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2019/07/09/b... #ECT 6/

Just a few days left to get your ticket to the very best #historyteacher summer event! Glastonbury is done but history teacher Glastonbury is about to begin.

So very privileged to be hearing from Steph Pratt for our opening keynote on why teaching Indigenous American histories is so important. Beginning with Steph’s own family history. #TIHPS #SHPUnderstanding #historyteacher

Really excited to have our first screening of the “Why Indigenous American histories matter” so much. #historyteacher Discussing the deeply intertwined histories of Britain and the Americas as well as focusing on issues of contemporary justice!

What a brilliant day with so many enthusiastic educators looking at how we do a better job of Teaching Indigenous Histories and Perspectives in Schools. Watch this space for resources and more details soon. Thanks so much to @carolinepennock.bsky.social for making this happen! #historyteacher

Another link to earlier work on emotions which may relate to the SHP Keynote is an article in section 2 of @histassoc.bsky.social Exploring and Teaching Medieval History 'Were medieval people ever kind? Why teach about attitudes and emotions?' - open access at www.history.org.uk/secondary/re...

Merch for our Teaching Indigenous Histories and Perspectives in Schools conference on Saturday! Can’t wait to meet everyone. 😊 If you can’t make it, resources and future events will soon be up on our website. Do let me know if you’d like to join our mailing list! www.sheffield.ac.uk/hpdh/researc...

Great job opportunity!

🚨Job alert! Due to an internal promotion we are hiring a part-time History teacher @HuntingtonYork Please share this with anyone you know looking for a job, as encourage them to contact me to talk it over! Any and all reposting very much appreciated... www.huntingtonschool.co.uk/page/?title=...

If you want to understand the background to the conflict in Iran, check out our @empirepoduk.bsky.social series on the history of Iran & the Iranian Revolution. From the rise of Cyrus... podcasts.apple.com/az/podcast/9... ... to the Fall of the Shah: podcasts.apple.com/az/podcast/1...

After being a double RI school for several years, I am very pleased to say that our Ofsted report was published today and we are Good in all areas! What a relief. Happy Friday!

Today is the last day to sign up for our Teaching Indigenous Histories and Perspectives in Schools conference next Saturday! onlineshop.shef.ac.uk/conferences-... It's only £10 including catering and we have travel bursaries available. Do join our project and be part of our teaching community!

This is such a good story for #EastMids #Derbyshire #historyteacher s to use as a hook into an enquiry. BBC News - Saved Alan Turing papers sold at auction in Etwall for £465k - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Have seen the Policy Exchange "Lessons from the Past" report pop up a bit recently (in rel to Curric review & depts looking at their curriculua). Thought it was time I had a look.. Quick ver: some useful but not novel findings in a problematic package full of contradictions. #historyteacher 🧵 /1

If you've seen this report please engage with this analysis. The methodology & ethical basis are questionable & many assertions are supported largely by decontextualised 'evidence'. Phrases such as "this is likely to..." (used c.30x) do a lot of heavy lifting.

#primaryteacher s and #historyteacher s, if you would like to join us in calling for the reintroduction of a minimum bursary for ALL #ITT students, then you can find more information on writing to your MP here: www.history.org.uk/ha-news/news... @histassoc.bsky.social #HistoryEducation