Paul Salmons, Programme Director of the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education, leaves UCL at the end of November to establish an international consultancy service for Holocaust museums, educational projects, and study visits to authentic sites. This will include work as curator and pedagogue on the major international travelling exhibition Auschwitz: Not long ago. Not far […]
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The Centre is running a research project to evaluate the impact of the Centre’s CPD on students’ knowledge. If you have attended the Centre’s CPD courses and use the Centre’s lessons and resources in your Key Stage 3 teaching, then your students will be eligible to participate. All schools that participate will get a bespoke […]
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The start of the academic year provides an excellent opportunity to talk about Holocaust education in your school and in relation to your continued professional development, through Appraisal and the Performance Management system. The annual Appraisal conversations you may have with line management or senior leaders can enable you to have your Holocaust education work […]
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It was with enormous delight (and relief) to hear that the Centre’s good friend and advocate Ben Helfgott has finally been given a Knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Ben has influenced our work considerably. When we established the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education 10 years ago he was always on the end of the […]
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Today, Sir David Crausby MP visited Turton School to lend his support and find out more about the school’s participation in the 2017-18 Beacon School programme. Sir David, along with the Centre’s Tom Haward, met with the Headteacher and senior leaders, the programme’s lead teacher and a number of students – indeed interviewed by the […]
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On Wednesday 7th March, UCL Beacon School Torpoint Community College hosted a unique event for staff, which was attended by our staff, Chair of Governors and colleagues from several schools in Cornwall, entitled ‘Engaging Teachers with Survivor Testimony’. Mala Tribich MBE, accompanied by Ruth-Anne Lenga from UCL, spoke to staff about her experiences as a […]
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On January 25th UCL Centre for Holocaust Education colleagues joined together to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. Opening remarks by the Centre’s Ruth-Anne Lenga set the tone: ‘UCL’s Centre for Holocaust Education has been operating since 2008 and with 15 members of staff dedicated to helping teachers across the country improve the quality of Holocaust education in their schools, hardly a day […]
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