We're hiring! 🤝 We are looking for an experienced Community Engagement Officer to lead on the development and delivery of engagement activities for the Coast-to-Coast Nature Trail Project. More 👇 https://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/park-authority/vacancies/ #YorkshireDales #Jobs

BALH are recruiting! Are you passionate about Local History? Join our team as a freelance Projects Manager! Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/projects-man... #WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

✨Speech/less in the Early Modern World✨ Research Workshop, 23-24 April 2026 Emmanuel College, Cambridge Places limited. Please register as an attendee by 12 April: forms.gle/k9Xnz4gVFhe2Syez9 Thank you event sponsors! @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social @socialhistsoc.bsky.social

📢 Great news for South West writers... Applications are now open for our 2026 Ronald Duncan Stipends! 🎉 If exploring archives sparks ideas for your writing, this might be the opportunity for you 📖 ✍️ For more info and to apply, please visit our LibGuide ⬇️ #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #Archives

📣Bookings now open! 👉Celebrating 50 years of the Social History Society with our 'Festival of Social History' @ihr.bsky.social Panels, zine-making stall, tours, lunch, a roundtable, & keynote by Naomi Tadmor 📅 24 Apr 2026 💷 from £10 for members All welcome! socialhistory.org.uk/events/festi...

We are currently recruiting for two roles at our Wakefield office, West Yorkshire History Centre. We are recruiting for a full time Archivist and a full time Archive Assistant position. Please find more details for both these posts on our website: www.wyjs.org.uk/work-for-us/

📣 New opportunity for early-career scholars! We’ve partnered with the Women’s History Association of Ireland (@whaireland.bsky.social) to award £500 for the best first monograph in women’s/gender history ❗Deadline: 31 July 2026 Find out more & apply: womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-histo...

🚨 SAVE UPTON HEATH 🚨 Dorset Wildlife Trust is urgently raising funds to protect vital internationally important heathland at risk. ⚠️ Home to rare species such as smooth snake and Dartford warbler, this special place could be lost. Donate and share 💚👉 bit.ly/4mbKIqQ ~ Jack

A reminder that I'm speaking at Conway Hall on Sunday 19 April. Book your tickets here: www.conwayhall.org.uk/whats-on/eve...

Are you a new archivist or records manager working in the north of England? Do you want to meet other like-minded archivists or records managers to network and share ideas? Why not come along to our networking event at University of Liverpool: 6 May, 18:00 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ara-sfnp-t...

Very pleased to announce that BT Group Archives and UCL Department of Information Studies have a fully-funded PhD on offer. It's a really exciting one: to investigate how new computational methods can be used to get the most out of a digitised audiovisual collection. www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Grants of up to £2,500 are available for research projects, courses or activities related to #HistNursing and #Midwifery, for the duration of up to one year. Closes: 5pm on 13 May @rcnhistory.bsky.social @rcnfoundation.bsky.social rcnfoundation.rcn.org.uk/Grants-and-f...

Are you a student with an interest in the history of German refugees in the 1930s and 1940s? EHRI-UK is offering a student placement with the terrific team at @hartleyspecialc.bsky.social curating a refugee archive. For more information on eligibility visit www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-plac...

It’s nearly time for our national diary day! Every 12th May we ask people to write down what they got up to. This year we’re also really interested in experiences of nature and wellbeing, as well as what else you get up to on the day! #diary #journal #nature #skystorians #write #Archive

Join our impact seminar on Wednesday 29 April (1 – 2.30pm) to hear how three different archives have approached engaging with community groups and collaborating with volunteers! Book today to avoid disappointment: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/impact-sem...

FREE preservation site visits for cathedrals! The Spring 2026 application round is now open; apply for a visit from our expert Collections Care team, to advise on a range of preservation issues. Details at www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/cathedral-li...

We’re welcoming applicants for a fully funded history PhD project researching the first 100 years of the UK's Public Record Office, ahead of its bicentenary in 2038. Find out more and apply here by Friday 8 May: phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2475... (1/2)

Lincoln Cathedral, in partnership with the Lincoln Record Society, is seeking a Librarian to lead the management and development of its historic library collections #LISJobs #libraries https://informationprofessionaljobs.com/jobs/librarian-lincoln/2888-1/

I'm looking for suggestions of museum/heritage education consultants for a small project, ideally south-west based. Any ideas or recommendations greatly received!

Applications are now open for our 2026/7 MA Holocaust Studies programme. You can also apply for the following scholarships: -David Cesarani, Kobler Scholarship 2026 -Dinah and Jessica Nichols Scholarship 2026 Find out more: buff.ly/z2xoCGh

#MoseleySociety wish to appoint an Archivist to re-catalogue their collections. If you are interested please email them at [email protected] for further details #LibraryofBham @themoseleysociety.bsky.social

Gorgeous Bronze Age 'dress fastener' needs our help so that it can be bought by Potteries Museum in Stoke. If we can't, it will be handed back to finder/landowner & likely sold at auction... 😭 Donate here: www.justgiving.com/charity/pmag... www.stokemuseums.org.uk/pmag/the-ell... #Archaeology 🏺

One of the country's finest libraries of books on town planning and housing policy - the Harry Simpson Memorial Library, currently located in Wisbech - is at risk of being pulped. Please publicise and support the campaign to save it. davemnt.wordpress.com/2026/03/26/a...

Job klaxon, belatedly! Churchill College Cambridge is looking for someone to catalogue the papers of Harriet Harman: vacancies.chu.cam.ac.uk/v_2026_03_po.... Apologies, the time is tight as I've only just seen this: you've got till the end of the week...

🎉Great news for South West writers 🎉 Applications are now open for our 2026 Ronald Duncan Stipends. If exploring archives sparks ideas for your writing, this might be the opportunity for you 📖 ✍️ Info & Apply: libguides.exeter.ac.uk/archives/Dun... #WritingCommunity #amwriting

Signal boosting this one - the deadline is 10th April so you still have time to get an application in if you're interested!

Applications close soon for an extraordinary PhD placement opportunity supporting the development and curation of our major exhibition on the Norman Conquest. Apply by Monday 6 April. Find out more here: link.bl.uk/dnv

Inspired by archives #archives #botany #plants #teaching Cambridge offers botany course that inspired Darwin after rare archive uncovered www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Incongruous juxtaposition on the Literature shelves in our local library, but pleased to see one of the books favoured by the librarians there is Notebook by Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social

FREE creative workshops in Kew Gardens Archives, for participants of Asian, African and Caribbean heritage. Explore records about fruit, forestry and plant collection - plus the chance to co-curate an exhibition! Apply by 12/4/26 here forms.office.com/e/mdVXh3icAZ #archives #PublicEngagement

Please reach out to [email protected] by Monday 30 March if you'd like to submit images from your archive for this exciting new digital toolkit!👇

Join us on 15 April (1pm) for the latest online event in our series on engaging with difficult records. This session explores the complexities of working with records related to medical scandals, terrorism, and personal trauma. Book your free place here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-wi...

📢Job alert! We’re looking for 3 new full-time graduate trainee Archives & Special Collections Assistants to join our innovative, user-focused engagement team. See more details and apply: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/archives... 🗓️Closing date: 16 April 2026

And one in Theology and Religious Studies! www.canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/f... - deadline 22 May

We have a PhD studentship available in History or Archaeology at CCCU www.canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/f... - deadline 22 May. #skystorians 1/

Would you or one of your service users/stakeholders relish the opportunity to join an ambitious, friendly network, helping to shape the future direction of #ArchivesWM, supporting #archive services across the West Midlands? The Board has 3 trustee vacancies from September 2026 - to learn more 👇

Join our team as an Engagement Officer, helping to deliver our vibrant programme of events, education and outreach! Application deadline is 19 April, or get in touch with us at [email protected] if you wish to discuss the role. buff.ly/pzep2It

We are delighted to be able to offer small grants to support exciting research!

We are hiring an Assistant Librarian (Training). They will be responsible for designing, organising and delivering the Library training output for members and library staff (with appropriate support). See more about the job and how to apply on the website: www.innertemple.org.uk/news/asstlib...

Job opportunity with manuscripts and early printed books! Librarian at Lincoln Cathedral – Cathedral Library £43,722 - Full time applicaiton DL: 14 April 2026 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQX901/l...

REMINDER Small Grant Scheme is OPEN📣 3 weeks remaining! Offering #grants up to £10,000 GBP for organisations that want to increase public access and engagement with maritime history and/or their collections. Find out more 🔗 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/get-involved...

Today we launch a call for the Society's next round of 'Public History Grants' and 'Conference Panel Grants', 2026-27: bit.ly/4lNt8ck Public History Grants support collaborative projects by historians working in / outside HE; Panel Grants enable conference attendance on a shared theme #Skystorians

📣 Opportunity: Oral History PhD Research Project w/t Imperial War Museums & University of Strathclyde. An #oralhistory of women paramilitaries during ‘The Troubles’ in Ireland and Britain. For more information visit: www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/... #Postgraduate #NorthernIreland #TheTroubles

This looks like a great PhD topic with funding - working with Adam Crymble (UCL) and the V&A - Invisible Hands: Migrant Labour and British Craft in the 18th Century www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Support the development of our major exhibition on the Norman Conquest through this extraordinary PhD placement opportunity. Available to students currently registered at a UK HEI, three full-time, six-month placements. Applications open until Monday 6 April. Find out more: link.bl.uk/dnv

A reminder that this vacancy is closing on Monday. Please forward to anyone who might be interested!

We are hiring! 🎉 We are seeking to appoint to our History Service Manager role on a permanent basis following an upcoming retirement. For further details, please see the following link: careers.oxfordshire.gov.uk/jobs/job/His... Closing date: Monday 23rd March Interview date: Friday 1st May

The bursary of £1,700 will be awarded to a mid-career historian working on 17th-century British history who wishes to make use of the IHR’s library collections. #Skystorians