And as for ESIS History… exciting things are coming for Women’s History Month. So check out our full research report:

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Happy International Women’s Day and a huge thank you to all the wonderful women who champion, support, and uplift each other. I’m fortunate to know so many women who use their voice for the benefit of others, not least, the wonderful team at @endsexisminschools.bsky.social #IWD2026

It comes with a useful teaching tool that maps out examples of historical women for current curriculum recommended topics!

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End Sexism in School's extended The Great History Heist report is now online with further in-depth findings: drive.google.com/file/d/11czr...

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It's #InternationalWomensDay! Today is a day to commemorate and to celebrate women’s achievements but also to think about what more still can be done. Women remain underrepresented across school History curricula leading to enduring and potentially harmful misinterpretations of the past. #IWD2026

Super excited to be on the Gone Medieval podcast again, this time with Matt Lewis! Out today!

Introduction to Making Medieval Manuscripts (Practice Based) This course introduces students to the complicated and messy processes of production through which pre-modern manuscripts were created. It offers a mixture of talks and practical sessions that give…

The “messy” course returns to London’s palaeography summer school, 8-12 June. A chance to make your own medieval manuscript. Places are limited so book now (tell your friends)! #medievalsky taught by the amazing @saracharles.bsky.social @stevelawesarts.bsky.social 👇🎨🫟
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Publication alert 🎉! The new edition of the Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades is out today, and I am very proud to have authored the chapter on women! It was so nice to be asked to do this, as the first edition remains a well-thumbed essential on my bookshelf! global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Women are still absent from how history is taught and assessed in England Over a third of GCSE, AS and A-level exam papers in 2023 made no mention of women at all.

"Of the 991 history exam questions set in 2023, 357 featured a named individual, but only 31 were women – and nine of those were references to Elizabeth I or her reign."

Dr Natasha R. Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University writes this week in The Conversation bit.ly/49ZqTiq

TMW's Natasha Hodgson @nrhodgson-hist.bsky.social on the absence of women in History GCSE and A Level exam papers in today's @uk.theconversation.com, what this means for students, and the need for curriculum and assessment reform @departmentforedu.bsky.social

Women are still absent from how history is taught and assessed in England Over a third of GCSE, AS and A-level exam papers in 2023 made no mention of women at all.

Recent research carried out by the Teaching Medieval Women group supported by NTU, shows that women are critically underrepresented in History assessments in English secondary schools at GCSE and A-Level: theconversation.com/women-are-st...

Earlier this year, @nrhodgson-hist.bsky.social - one of the authorial team on this new report - wrote for the Royal Historical Society on this subject bit.ly/4nNLsSn and her important work for @teachmedwomen.bsky.social

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Why are women missing from school history? The extent to which history lessons ignore female figures has been revealed by new research. Here, teachers share the changes they are making to address this gender imbalance

TES article on our ESIS report after Natasha and I were interviewed, and featuring great examples of curricula change from history teachers across the country. www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

School history lessons minimise the role of women, report finds Campaigners say key stage 3 curriculum plays to misogny and teaches a ‘false version of the past’

This report is entirely valid, and I welcome it. However, glancing at the Key Stage 3 curriculum, I can see how it's happened -- there's little emphasis on social history or non-political biography
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Important research out today based on a national survey of on the teaching of women in History at schools in England @beckyfrancis.bsky.social @mrjamesob.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org @ihrlibrary.bsky.social @histassoc.bsky.social

School history lessons minimise the role of women, report finds Campaigners say key stage 3 curriculum plays to misogny and teaches a ‘false version of the past’

'Even when women were mentioned, the report found they were more often victims than protagonists, with the women murdered by Jack the Ripper more likely to be taught in lessons than the female code breakers at Bletchley Park during the second world war 1/2

Immensely proud to be part of the incredible team who authored this report! The 'Great History Heist' presents results from a national survey of the teaching of women in History at KS3, and suggests pathways for improving the systemic barriers affecting representation in the classroom.

Carved ivory binding, front cover in five sections of Echmiadzin Gospel, Virgin and Child with scenes from her life, 6th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matenadaran#/media/File:Echgospfrontcov.jpeg

Armenia Is About To Put Its Ancient Manuscripts Online For Free

By Amos Chapple

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Armenia at PG:
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#Books #History #OldManuscript

What Medieval Women Read - Medievalists.net Explore the private libraries of Marie de Berry and Jeanne d’Artois to discover what medieval women read. Their collections reveal the intellectual, devotional, and medical interests of noblewomen in…

What Medieval Women Read www.medievalists.net/2025/04/what... #MedievalWomen

Teaching Medieval Women: Corporate Monarchy YouTube video by Teaching Medieval Women

In our latest animated short for KS3 History students (and History peeps in general), @nrhodgson-hist.bsky.social and @ewoodacre.bsky.social explain 'Corporate Monarchy' (or how monarchs relied on those closest to them to help them rule), using the examples of Töregene Khatun and Eleni of Ethiopia.

Suoer new blog post and resources by teacher educator Steve Illingworth (University of Cumbria) on Teaching Medieval Women teachingmedievalwomen.org/on-teaching-... please share!

Last couple of spaces available, get in quick!

We still have spaces available for our upcoming CPD Day in Nottingham!

Featuring talks from teachers and historians, including @nrhodgson-hist.bsky.social and @ewoodacre.bsky.social, on medieval women and how to bring them into the classroom, this is not one to be missed.

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A queenly couple of days in London this week! Had a lovely CPD session talking about queen’s lands with my @teachmedwomen.bsky.social colleagues for the GDST on Friday followed by 1536 on stage today—a play where Anne Boleyn became an interesting plot device! 👸

Table of RHS merchandise at the HA conference

We have many good things to give away and also to discuss on the @royalhistsoc.org stand at the 2025 @histassoc.bsky.social conference in Liverpool today and tomorrow.

If you're attending, please come and say hello #HAconf25 #Skystorians

Then, at 4.15pm in Room 736, we have Natasha Hodgson and Debbie Bogard reflecting on CPD events held alongside the British Library's Medieval Women exhibition in 'Developing resources with libraries and archives: teaching medieval women at the British Library'.

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TMW's next CPD day will be taking place on Monday 16 June 2025 at Nottingham Trent University.
The day is aimed at secondary school History teachers and trainees interested in teaching medieval women.
Register for free on Eventbrite: bit.ly/TMW_Nottingh...
#teachers #historyteachers #skystorians

CFP deadline tomorrow! Do circulate to interested postgrads working on projects related to "Power and the People'...

call for postgrad papers at NTU theme power and the people, deadline 2nd May

NTU postgraduate conference cfp 2025! CFP deadline 2nd May, conference on 5th June. All welcome!

Opening page for Natasha Hodgson's new RHS blog post 'Finding Women's History in Schools - challenges for the curriculum review'.

Women's and gender history is thriving in HE, but very little of this new work appears in schools history.

Mid-way through the gov't's curriculum review, Natasha Hodgson considers the barriers to the take up of new work in schools, and how she seeks to overcome these bit.ly/4lf0Xm4 1/2 #Skystorians