New To Teaching History 2024 (26-27 June 2024, 1-4pm on both days, MS Teams)

Participants in this interactive online workshop, sponsored by the Royal Historical Society and History UK, will develop their understanding of key issues relating to teaching History in higher education, from innovations in teaching and learning and curriculum design to teaching Continue reading New To Teaching History 2024 (26-27 June 2024, 1-4pm on both days, MS Teams)

Sharing research on social media: how do we engage public audiences online? A History Lab+ event

Sharing historical research on social media has become increasingly prevalent, particularly over the past two years with the shift of much scholarly life to online fora. Indeed, it is now something many historians are expected to undertake, either as individual researchers Continue reading Sharing research on social media: how do we engage public audiences online? A History Lab+ event

Research Resilience – Call for Contributions

History UK and The National Archives’ Higher Education Archive Programme (HEAP) are teaming up to explore how archivists and historians have adapted their research projects and ways of working as a result of closures and restrictions on access. We are Continue reading Research Resilience – Call for Contributions

Mental health and wellbeing in the history and heritage PhD community – three of three

In my previous post, the second in this series, I showcased some research into how social media is used by emerging and established academics, and used my own experiences to highlight how it does, or could, enhance the accessibility, for Continue reading Mental health and wellbeing in the history and heritage PhD community – three of three

Mental health and wellbeing in the history and heritage PhD community – two of three

Following on from my previous post, which summarised some of the scholarly work on the relationships between academia, social media, and mental health, in this post I’d like to look a little more at how emerging academics like myself might Continue reading Mental health and wellbeing in the history and heritage PhD community – two of three