On 20 September 2024, Northumbria University and the Institute for Experiential and Skills Based Learning (IESBL) jointly hosted an event, ‘Experiential Learning in Disciplinary Contexts’, featuring case studies, insights and reflections from different subject areas. History UK contributed a session on ‘developments in experiential learning in history’, featuring different approaches as practiced by historians working in higher education. The session showed how the integration of authentic experiences and assessments into History modules gives students the opportunity to connect their knowledge and experience to societal debates, external organisations and audiences, and how it supports them in developing key employability skills and visualising themselves as professionals. Daniel Laqua opened the session by outlining some of the work and reflections that History UK has facilitated on this subject. In the main part of the session, Rachel Adcock and Kristen Brill drew on their experience of integrating various opportunities for ‘off-site’ experiential learning into the curriculum at Keele University, presenting case studies from their work with local heritage organisations including V&A Wedgwood, Tatton Park/National Trust, and a range of other organisations. Finally, Rebecca Wright presented insights from a new History module at Northumbria University, ‘Field Notes: Politics and Policy Making in Place’, which involves students visiting and working on four different local sites. The session was well attended and generated lots of discussion.