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Join the City Nature Challenge (26-29 April) and document plants and wildlife to enrich global biodiversity data.

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York City Nature Challenge 2024 @UniofYork

Smriti Safaya explains why she is leading York's inaugural entry into the #CityNatureChallenge in April, and how residents can get involved.

This global initiative motivates people to observe and record local #biodiversity .

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#historyteacher secondary history peeps -for a short time only you have free access to the environment edition of Historical Assoc Primary History. There are some fab stories in here!
history.org.uk/publications/r…

A #ThrowbackThursday post from Historical Assoc #OBHD - ideas for revision with Y11 history students: onebighistorydepartment.com/2022/03/15/sup…

There are 11 days left to submit an abstract to the ASA conference stream on 'Teaching and Learning African History'.

Jason Todd Priya Satia Facing History Historical Assoc Royal African Society Decolonial, Postcolonial, & Anticolonial Studies Decolonising Geography Anti-Apartheid Legacy Helen Snelson David Olusoga David Rawlings

New Historical Assoc #obhd blogpost from Abdul Mohamud Justice 2 History onebighistorydepartment.com/2024/04/12/5-y…

How will the new York and North Yorkshire Mayor address important issues within the Tourism and Culture sectors?

Come along to the Hustings on Thursday 25th April, from 6:30-8:00pm in the Merchant Adventurers Hall!

Book your free space here: buff.ly/4avdz2l

If you're an experienced, newly-appointed or aspiring History curriculum leader, the Historical Assoc Subject Leader Development Programme might be for you!

There is still space on the summer cohort, starting 25/4/24.

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Remembering John Chillag, who was in the small camp and I think just on the edge of the second photo. His testimony to so many years of school students was so important. Katie Hall

What is it about fads in education?! 🫣That bit in Life of Brian about 'His sandal... His gourd...' so skewers the way some people approach things that should instead be being returned to/reflected on and reconsidered, re-evaluated etc... in context!!!

I’ve put out a few tweets about oracy but I have genuine concerns & urge for balance, as follows:

Our first London blue plaque of the year is up! 🔵

Today Joan Robinson, one of the most influential economic thinkers of the 20th century and one of the first women to establish herself in the discipline, has been commemorated with a blue plaque. 🎉

Love this from the free York Minster library exhibition on 'From Byrd to Ballads'. It's a a chapbook 'The Cries of York' revealing the sounds that people heard walking through the city over 200 years ago. Thanks UoY Borthwick Institute for Archives Ruth Lingard Hugh Richards

New blog...

Education and the fallout from COVID – the canary in the mine?

A very different one. The current state of education (from my perspective).

It's not news for those that work in schools but pulls together everything that we're dealing with.

missdcoxblog.wordpress.com/2024/03/30/edu…

It really makes our day when we hear positive feedback about this book. So proud of all the collaborations with brilliant history teachers. Check out the book here amzn.eu/d/gGqi11D. LambHeartTea (she/her)

The views outside my office are amazing at this time of year. Huge thanks University of York estates! ♥️

And a wee reminder, in case it's needed, that the UK is part of the Council of Europe #historyteacher 😊

Teachers, your insights are crucial! Join the national survey by IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society & University of Oxford on how British Empire history is taught in English secondary schools. Your experience matters! Survey takes 15-35 mins, deadline ext April 30. Share widely! Link: redcap.idhs.ucl.ac.uk/surveys/?s=L33…