"Of the 991 history exam questions set in 2023, 357 featured a named individual, but only 31 were women – and nine of those were references to Elizabeth I or her reign." Dr Natasha R. Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University writes this week in The Conversation bit.ly/49ZqTiq

TMW's Natasha Hodgson @nrhodgson-hist.bsky.social on the absence of women in History GCSE and A Level exam papers in today's @uk.theconversation.com, what this means for students, and the need for curriculum and assessment reform @departmentforedu.bsky.social

Recent research carried out by the Teaching Medieval Women group supported by NTU, shows that women are critically underrepresented in History assessments in English secondary schools at GCSE and A-Level: theconversation.com/women-are-st...

Earlier this year, @nrhodgson-hist.bsky.social - one of the authorial team on this new report - wrote for the Royal Historical Society on this subject bit.ly/4nNLsSn and her important work for @teachmedwomen.bsky.social #Skystorians

TES article on our ESIS report after Natasha and I were interviewed, and featuring great examples of curricula change from history teachers across the country. www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

This report is entirely valid, and I welcome it. However, glancing at the Key Stage 3 curriculum, I can see how it's happened -- there's little emphasis on social history or non-political biography www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Important research out today based on a national survey of on the teaching of women in History at schools in England @beckyfrancis.bsky.social @mrjamesob.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org @ihrlibrary.bsky.social @histassoc.bsky.social

'Even when women were mentioned, the report found they were more often victims than protagonists, with the women murdered by Jack the Ripper more likely to be taught in lessons than the female code breakers at Bletchley Park during the second world war 1/2

Immensely proud to be part of the incredible team who authored this report! The 'Great History Heist' presents results from a national survey of the teaching of women in History at KS3, and suggests pathways for improving the systemic barriers affecting representation in the classroom.

Armenia Is About To Put Its Ancient Manuscripts Online For Free By Amos Chapple www.rferl.org/a/armenia-ma... Armenia at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje... #Books #History #OldManuscript

What Medieval Women Read www.medievalists.net/2025/04/what... #MedievalWomen

In our latest animated short for KS3 History students (and History peeps in general), @nrhodgson-hist.bsky.social and @ewoodacre.bsky.social explain 'Corporate Monarchy' (or how monarchs relied on those closest to them to help them rule), using the examples of Töregene Khatun and Eleni of Ethiopia.

Suoer new blog post and resources by teacher educator Steve Illingworth (University of Cumbria) on Teaching Medieval Women teachingmedievalwomen.org/on-teaching-... please share!

Last couple of spaces available, get in quick!

We still have spaces available for our upcoming CPD Day in Nottingham! Featuring talks from teachers and historians, including @nrhodgson-hist.bsky.social and @ewoodacre.bsky.social, on medieval women and how to bring them into the classroom, this is not one to be missed. bit.ly/TMW_Nottingh...

A queenly couple of days in London this week! Had a lovely CPD session talking about queen’s lands with my @teachmedwomen.bsky.social colleagues for the GDST on Friday followed by 1536 on stage today—a play where Anne Boleyn became an interesting plot device! 👸

We have many good things to give away and also to discuss on the @royalhistsoc.org stand at the 2025 @histassoc.bsky.social conference in Liverpool today and tomorrow. If you're attending, please come and say hello #HAconf25 #Skystorians

Then, at 4.15pm in Room 736, we have Natasha Hodgson and Debbie Bogard reflecting on CPD events held alongside the British Library's Medieval Women exhibition in 'Developing resources with libraries and archives: teaching medieval women at the British Library'. @nrhodgson-hist.bsky.social

TMW's next CPD day will be taking place on Monday 16 June 2025 at Nottingham Trent University. The day is aimed at secondary school History teachers and trainees interested in teaching medieval women. Register for free on Eventbrite: bit.ly/TMW_Nottingh... #teachers #historyteachers #skystorians

CFP deadline tomorrow! Do circulate to interested postgrads working on projects related to "Power and the People'...

NTU postgraduate conference cfp 2025! CFP deadline 2nd May, conference on 5th June. All welcome!

Women's and gender history is thriving in HE, but very little of this new work appears in schools history. Mid-way through the gov't's curriculum review, Natasha Hodgson considers the barriers to the take up of new work in schools, and how she seeks to overcome these bit.ly/4lf0Xm4 1/2 #Skystorians

Next online talk - 7 April 2025 - 'Melisende: or long and short division: Elite women managing war finance and strategy for the Crusades and the Crusader States'. Looking forward to the Queen's Resources workshop!

This weekend @1972shp.bsky.social/@danlyndon.bsky.social and TMW ran a CPD event at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social working with teachers and students on how to bring medieval women into the classroom. We were also treated to a mesmerising performance by @dulcimerkate.bsky.social #SHPTMW

Intrigued to find out more? Come and join us and the team from @teachmedwomen.bsky.social at the British Library Jan 18th. More details here www.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk/shpu/ and register for tickets (and free entry to the exhibition!) with [email protected]

Our #medieval lecture for 2025 will be given by Dr Natasha Hodgson (Nottingham Trent University) on the lives and travels of medieval women. Join us in person (London) or online on Friday 7 February at 6:30pm GMT. All welcome. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1112882945...