Questions and questioning are defining features of teaching and learning. The processes of asking and answering questions are the central dynamos of a classroom – organising and managing behaviours, driving activities, and enabling the construction of new knowledge and understanding. We all know that questioning is important. And, we all know that on certain occasions, […]
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World Poetry Day was declared by UNESCO – every 21 March – in 1999. It is a day to encourage people to read, write, teach, and publish poetry and to recognise the great cultural contribution poetry makes to human society. As the artform’s most visible moment, it showcases the ways in which poetry adds value […]
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Following the latest government advice and UCL directives, UCL Centre for Holocaust Educaion has suspended all face to face CPD courses for the remainder of this academic year. For the latest information regarding UCL policy please visit the UCL main website. The importance of everyone’s safety and wellbeing – our staff, our teacher alumni, course […]
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Six months ago, the Centre were delighted to welcome two new colleagues to the teaching team, Helen McCord and Corey Soper. Back then, as Head of External Relations and School partnerships, I took time out to sit with Helen and Corey and have a chat about how they came to join us and learn more […]
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As the Centre’s Executive Director, Professor Stuart remarks, ‘We live in increasingly troubled times. A sharp rise in, antisemitism, hate crime, Islamophobia, extremism and other acts of intolerance, prejudice and discrimination pose a real threat to our cherished democracy and civil society. This year’s HMD theme, ‘Stand Together’ is apposite because it offers a powerful […]
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The opening welcome by the Centre’s Director of Programmes, 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 goes past when we, the staff, are not fully conscious of […]
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Monday, 27th January is Holocaust Memorial Day and schools across the country will be marking the day in some way. The national focus of #HMD2020 is ‘Stand Together’– a theme which has great educational, civic and creative scope for students, staff and governors alike – and so, as we approach this important milestone the Centre […]
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Torpoint Community College is a semi-rural secondary school in South-East Cornwall and is a proud UCL Quality Mark Beacon School for Holocaust Education. Charlotte Lane is Lead Teacher for Holocaust Education at the college and is Head of History. She has been a teacher for 20 years in both the Creative Arts and History and […]
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@UCL_Holocaust: RT: Centre colleagues @hmccord78 @soper_mr sat down (prior to COVID-19 restrictions & cancellation of visits) to reflec… https://t.co/vlvkSEEmnq
@UCL_Holocaust: RT: In 2016 our student research found only 15.2% of respondents recognised Bergen-Belsen as connected to the Holocaust… https://t.co/YD7TW3IuDv
@UCL_Holocaust: RT: We recognise schools, teachers & SLT are wrestling unprecedented issues at school & at home, so we're extending the… https://t.co/j2dXB8OOtl