History CPD

Emily Folorunsho, head of KS4 history, SLE and lead practitioner, shares her ideas on how to celebrate and engage with Black History Month with historical rigour.

Will Bailey-Watson is a PGCE History leader. Here he discusses how vital it is for students to see why their homework is important.

Will Bailey-Watson, a PGCE History Subject Lead, argues that there needs to be a clear purpose to history homework and provides a helpful summary for training and newly qualified history teachers.

James Crossland, Senior Lecturer in International History at Liverpool John Moores University, offers a much needed historical perspective on the contemporary problem of fake news, and explores its strategic use in Churchill’s wartime government.

John Foot, Professor of Modern Italian history at the University of Bristol, discusses the return of fascism in contemporary Italian politics, and provides a useful context for students studying its origins and role in WW2.

Dr Martha Vandrei, Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter, shares her observations about historical bias and the changing narratives of ‘history’ by exploring the retelling of Boudica’s story.