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Women’s education, to the power of Nine

May 1, 2019

By Philip Carter May 2019 sees the 150th anniversary of the first examination sat by women students at a British university. Here’s the story of the nine women who took up this challenge and the questions they faced. Over the week of 3 to 7 May 2019, the IHR...

One Person, Two Votes: Robert Lowe’s election as MP for the University of London

Dec 4, 2018

By Jon Parry On 13 November the IHR and History of Parliament hosted ‘One Person, Multiple Votes’, a panel discussion on the history of University seats in British politics, 1868-1950. The event marked the 150th anniversary of Robert Lowe’s election as the first...

Is history repeating itself? Timely new additions to the Bibliography of British and Irish History

Oct 23, 2018

By Simon Baker. It’s an oft-recited truism that history seems to repeat itself, but our understanding of the past does help us to put the present into much needed perspective. As we add more books and articles to the ever-expanding Bibliography of British...

Michael Gove’s Island Story – why history teachers are up in arms

May 20, 2013

Michael Gove’s Island Story – why history teachers are up in armsAndrew StoneSocialist History seminar13 May 2013Every now and then the Institute of Historical Research has a seminar that is not about research into History itself but about present day concerns and...

A Liberal Education for ‘Citizens’: The Case of the Working Men’s College (1854-1914 ca.)

Apr 11, 2013

Voluntary Action History14 January 2013Dr Marcella Sutcliffe (University of Cambridge)A Liberal Education for ‘Citizens’: The Case of the Working Men’s College (1854-1914 ca.) ‘Making them men with the culture to work together in fellowship as men’ This was one of the...

Women’s education, to the power of Nine

One Person, Two Votes: Robert Lowe’s election as MP for the University of London

Is history repeating itself? Timely new additions to the Bibliography of British and Irish History

Michael Gove’s Island Story – why history teachers are up in arms

A Liberal Education for ‘Citizens’: The Case of the Working Men’s College (1854-1914 ca.)

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