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My latest post that offers a practical response to LLMs and educational use.
@freereed59.net
- prompted by your question.
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28 days ago
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Alex Ford
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Very much so. And something we codified in the Curriculum PATHS Principles also. A key question for all school history is whether or not we are empowering young people to understand themselves, their communities and the wider world both for now and in the future.
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Dan Lyndon-Cohen
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Over the next few weeks we will be showcasing our workshops that specifically address CAR, focusing on disciplinary, diversity, and local history. Our Early Bird tickets end on May 1, so grab em while you can from SHP Summer Conference 2026
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SHP Summer Conference 2026 | Leeds Trinity University Online Store
SHP Summer Conference 2026 Standard ticket - Early Bird (until May 1st) With accommodation: Fri-Sun  £300 With accommodation: Fri-Sat  £
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Dan Lyndon-Cohen
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And the crown in the SHP Jewel is the summer conference,
@leedstrinity.bsky.social
since the '80s. This year we will be hosting 46 workshops for pri & sec teachers of history, 2 superb keynote and a roundtable on History and Interdisciplinarity (
www.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk/summerconf/
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Schools History Project - History Matters
https://www.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk
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How the Schools History Project can help schools prepare for CAR: If you ever wondered why so many schools teach historical enquiries, use sources & interpretations, or depth and thematic studies or local history or diverse histories, the answer is that they were all pioneered by SHP +
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4 days ago
Calling teachers of the American West GCSE Unit! I am doing some research into the metanarratvies pupils develop abouut Indignous peoples and C19th US expansion. If you can help out by filling in this survey I'd be hugely grateful. It should take about 15 mins.
york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Alex Ford
10 days ago
Hi lovely people. I am hoping to get some teachers of GCSE American West units to complete a short survey. It will help with my PhD research into pupil metanarratives about Indigenous peoples and C19th US expansion. You can access the survey here:
york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#historyteacher
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Margot Finn
12 days ago
Full-funded (home or international) collaborative PhD studentship (Kew and Royal Holloway, University of London) available. Deadline 8 May. Topic: ‘Just acquisitions? Law and ethics over time in Kew’s overseas plant collecting history’
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Full details of the conference available on our website
www.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk/summerconf/
and Early Bird Tickets still available:
store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata...
with reductions for Trainees / ECTs / Primary teachers of history available:
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SHP Summer Conference, July 10-12 2026 Leeds Trinity University - Schools History Project
This summer we will be hosting a 3-day conference with 46 workshops for primary and secondary history teachers as well as 3 keynotes, a fringe session and opportunities to meet the exam boards. New fo...
https://www.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk/summerconf/
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Dan Lyndon-Cohen
25 days ago
It was awesome, thanks so much
@arthurjchapman.bsky.social
for introducing me to
@marnieh-w.bsky.social
and we are very excited about the keynote in July. Early Bird tickets now available from SHP Summer Conference 2026 | Leeds Trinity University Online Store
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SHP Summer Conference 2026 | Leeds Trinity University Online Store
SHP Summer Conference 2026 Standard ticket - Early Bird (until May 1st) With accommodation: Fri-Sun  £300 With accommodation: Fri-Sat  £
https://share.google/tcvJVj2xIi1rJ8Fy7
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ArthurJChapman
26 days ago
What a great event
@danlyndon.bsky.social
hosted yesterday for
@1972shp.bsky.social
at Park View School with
@marnieh-w.bsky.social
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ArthurJChapman
26 days ago
Looking forward to the
@1972shp.bsky.social
conference in July, when
@marnieh-w.bsky.social
will be giving a keynote. Thanks to
@danlyndon.bsky.social
and Park View for hosting and to the presenters and audience for the sharing & discussion. A truly inspiring event! 4
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ArthurJChapman
about 1 month ago
Come and work with us
@ioe.bsky.social
- the World's Number 1 Education Faculty in the QSS world education rankings for the 13th year in a row this year - in our world leading Centre for Holocaust Education?
@uclholocaust.bsky.social
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
#historyeducation
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Katie Dancey-Downs
29 days ago
In case you missed it, we published an update on the Manchester school library story
@indexoncensorship.org
Including plenty of completely outrageous details.
www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/grea...
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Greater Manchester school library censorship: who is accountable? - Index on Censorship
Now that Lowry Academy has been publicly named, Index has written a follow-up to last week's book banning story
https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/greater-manchester-school-library-censorship-who-is-accountable/
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Margot Finn
28 days ago
Read this. It’s not just germane to schools.
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My latest post that offers a practical response to LLMs and educational use.
@freereed59.net
- prompted by your question.
open.substack.com/pub/nickdenn...
28 days ago
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Dan Lyndon-Cohen
about 1 month ago
Final chance to book a place at SHP's 'How to Build a Robot' workshop, with Marnie Hughes-Warrington AND we have a signed copy of her book, Artificial Historians, for the first person to email
[email protected]
to register for a place to join us at Park View School on Monday at 11am!
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Department of Education, University of Oxford
about 1 month ago
Are you a state school teacher interested in one of our part time courses who went to school in Wales? We have two full home fees scholarships for current teachers who attended either a state school in Wales or one of the Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools. 🔗Find the details here:
shorturl.at/LrR9b
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Looking forward to being part of the conversation!
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about 1 month ago
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Dan Lyndon-Cohen
about 1 month ago
Last chance to book a place at the SHP workshop 'How to build a robot historian' (still loads of places for the livestream). Teacher presentations about how to train AI for the KS1-KS5 history classroom alongside Marnie Hughes-Warrington's keynote. Email
[email protected]
to register
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Ali Messer
about 1 month ago
'The very thing that makes the teacher irreplaceable in the institutional version of curriculum theorising is the very thing being given away in the hybrid version.'
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Everything you know about curriculum is right, and that's the problem. The ‘knowledge turn’ made the curriculum appear stable, but AI is pulling it apart. My latest blog post referencing my guest lecture at The University of Buckingham Faculty of Education.
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Everything You Know About Curriculum Is Right, and That’s the Problem
The 'knowledge turn' made the curriculum appear stable, but AI is pulling it apart. Discover why schools must shift from curriculum design to epistemic orientation.
https://open.substack.com/pub/nickdennisnrd/p/everything-you-know-about-curriculum?r=208mio&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
about 1 month ago
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Really enjoyed this morning's session with the University of Buckingham Faculty of Education’s MEd students discussing what we mean by 'curriculum' and how the 'knowledge turn' has become the default position (and what this now means). Thanks to Bethany Kelly for the invitation!
about 1 month ago
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Department of Education, University of Oxford
about 1 month ago
📢 Registration open: STORIEs Conference 2026 The online Students’ Ongoing Research in Education Studies Conference will take place on 10 April Presentations will be on the theme: "Power, Equity and Hope: Education Amid Shifting Inequalities" Register to attend ➡️ https://bit.ly/40wM7OB
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Gemma H
about 1 month ago
Fascinating blog from
@nickdennis.bsky.social
on AI in education here:
nickdennisnrd.substack.com/p/who-decide...
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Who Decides What AI Means for Education?
A question for senior leaders in schools: when your school signed its last AI platform contract, did anyone ask who would own the data you and your colleagues generate?
https://nickdennisnrd.substack.com/p/who-decides-what-ai-means-for-education?publication_id=3366720&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=4cnrm1&utm_medium=email
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Ali Messer
about 1 month ago
'Simply put, the challenge is not that AI transforms education, but that AI transforms education while we argue about ChatGPT and homework, and the most important decisions get made by people who have never had the privilege of teaching a class.'
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stone cold steve autism
about 1 month ago
Excellent post
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Department of Education, University of Oxford
about 1 month ago
Are you a teacher of modern languages? 💭 Join us for a hybrid event where you’ll have a chance to share your expertise and research-informed ideas 🧠 The Oxfordshire Association for Language Learning Conference will take place on 27 March, 1pm – 5pm. Sign up here ➡️https://bit.ly/4qJkYDn
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about 2 months ago
SHP Curriculum PATHS Spring Update: What's happening with the National Curriculum for History and how can we shape things going forwards? Some thoughts on why communities like ours are more important now than ever
#historyteacher
#CPATHS
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Curriculum PATHS Spring 2026 Update: The New National Curriculum and the Role of Curriculum PATHS - SHP Curriculum PATHS Blog
Well, it feels like spring has well and truly sprung over the last week. It’s a strange juxtaposition to be enjoying the emerging snowdrops and daffodils given the state of the world at the moment, bu...
https://curriculumpaths.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk/2026/03/11/curriculum-paths-spring-2026-update-the-new-national-curriculum-and-the-role-of-curriculum-paths/
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Who decides what AI means for education? My new blog post covering the teaching profession, data extraction and questions for school leaders.
nickdennisnrd.substack.com/publish/post...
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Who Decides What AI Means for Education?
A question for senior leaders in schools: when your school signed its last AI platform contract, did anyone ask who would own the data you and your colleagues generate?
https://nickdennisnrd.substack.com/publish/post/190816760?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
about 1 month ago
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Just over a week ago, I was part of the Department for Education roundtable on the History national curriculum review. I have some questions supported by the work of Stuart Hall.
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The DfE, curriculum reform and asking the right questions
Just over a week ago, I was invited to take part in a Department for Education roundtable on the proposed curriculum changes in History, with a view to reforming GCSE qualifications too.
https://nickdennisnrd.substack.com/p/the-dfe-curriculum-reform-and-asking
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
Just a few places left for our in-person workshop with Marnie Hughes-Warrington (but unlimited space on the livestream!) on Monday March 30th. It's a superb opportunity to explore how History teachers can use their disciplinary expertise 2 train AI models and make them work better for our students.
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Seeing a pair of Kingfisher birds is an absolute highlight.
about 2 months ago
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ArthurJChapman
about 2 months ago
Join the IOE History Ed SIG 4 this open seminar with Professor Marc-André Éthier, exploring Bringing History 2 Life: Teaching Fact & Fiction, Face-2-face & online - on the 19th March 5-6.30pm GMT. Further information & registration are @ this link:
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/hie-sig/?p=1...
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New blog post: The Anxious and Leaderless Generation. Some thoughts on the recent
@theguardian.com
piece on AI, classrooms and the absence of strategy.
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The Anxious and Leaderless Generation
The Guardian essay by Peter C Baker, a former trainee English teacher, presents itself as a contest between AI rejectionists and AI cheerleaders.
https://nickdennisnrd.substack.com/p/the-anxious-and-leaderless-generation
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
Final chance to register for the Schools History Project's fascinating webinar on Gardening and Medicine with presentations for both primary and secondary teachers of history. Email
[email protected]
before 12 noon on Sunday March 1.
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Curriculum, Authority and the Stories We Tell Again.
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Curriculum, Authority and the Stories We Tell Again
I found this TES piece on the open letter about the composition of the National Curriculum drafting groups interesting.
https://open.substack.com/pub/nickdennisnrd/p/curriculum-authority-and-the-stories?r=208mio&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
2 months ago
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2 months ago
2) March 30 11-13.30 in person workshop at Park View School Tottenham - HOW TO BUILD YOUR ROBOT HISTORIAN with Distinguished Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington AO who will lead a scalable development workshop to explore how we can make AI work for us in the History classroom ...
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Dan Lyndon-Cohen
3 months ago
@1972shp.bsky.social
's new webinar in our UNEARTHED series is a must for all teachers of the History of Medicine. Bring your students along to hear
@teachmedwomen.bsky.social
's Dr Natasha Hodgson discussing Medieval women, medicine & gardening ...
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3 months ago
Last round of workshop tasters for
#DTC26
. Today is for our primary colleagues, who have a real treat in store with
@msquinnhistory.bsky.social
's session on using Artefacts to teach Historical skills in the primary classroom. Tickets still available from
store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata...
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Developing Teachers Conference 2026 | Leeds Trinity University Online Store
Developing Teachers Conference 2026 January 31st 2026 standard ticket  £50 Trainee/ECT/Primary  £40 Any questions please contact us her
https://store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-catalogue/conferences-events/events/developing-teachers-conference-2026
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Dan Lyndon-Cohen
3 months ago
The final schedule for the SHP Developing Teachers' Conference is now live!
www.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk/devteach/
and we are excited to welcome you all on Jan 31. Tickets still available for one more week from
store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata...
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Dan Lyndon-Cohen
3 months ago
@missrcarter89.bsky.social
will draw on her extensive experience to help your students staying engaged and motivated in your lessons, especially as the exam season gets closer. Becky will have plenty of practical strategies to support.
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Dan Lyndon-Cohen
3 months ago
You just need to buy a ticket for the conference from
store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata...
and to inspire you here's another look at some of our secondary workshops: Firstly ECTs Josef Bland & Sam Day will help you to navigate the demands of maintaining your disciplinary focus. And ...
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New post. Human flourishing and environmental limits when thinking about AI in education.
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Human flourishing and environmental limits when thinking about AI in education.
As schools consider and deploy AI, much of the strategic discussion quite rightly focuses on pedagogy, professionalism and impact on pupils in lessons.
https://open.substack.com/pub/nickdennisnrd/p/human-flourishing-and-environmental?r=208mio&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
4 months ago
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4 months ago
Check out this banging schedule for the
@1972shp.bsky.social
Developing Teachers' Conference on January 31st! So much
#historyteacher
goodness. Tickets available from
store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata...
and you can win a copy of
#DTC25
keynote speaker, Shalina Patel's book The History Lessons
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4 months ago
Also not to be missed our some of our other workshops for the conference:
@lambhearttea.bsky.social
will be helping secondary history teachers to scaffold for success!
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4 months ago
Our keynote speaker for
#DTC26
is Dr Sarah Longair, from Lincoln Uni, who specialises in bringing material culture from the British Empire into the history classroom. Sarah has recently collaborated with SHP Yorkshire Regional Adviser
@sashasmith.bsky.social
on a range of brilliant resources.
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Dan Lyndon-Cohen
4 months ago
Happy New Year! And what a better way 2 start 2026 than a competition 2 win copies of
#DTC25
keynote speaker Shalina Patel's The History Lessons (
www.iconbooks.com/ib-title/the...
) 2 enter the draw you just need 2 buy a ticket for this years' conference from
store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata...
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The History Lessons – Icon Books
https://www.iconbooks.com/ib-title/the-history-lessons/
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Looking forward to reading this.
4 months ago
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Dan Lyndon-Cohen
5 months ago
And the first of our primary workshops comes from another outstanding practitioner
@mr-s-tiffany.bsky.social
who's going to be modelling historical thinking.
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Dan Lyndon-Cohen
5 months ago
Here's the first in a series of posts looking in detail at the workshops for the Schools History Project's Developing Teachers' Conference, Sat Jan 31st '26. Kicking us off is the SHP legend, Dale Banham, who'll be helping you to motivate your secondary history students
#DTC26
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