Professor Stuart Foster is ‘…privileged to be invited to today’s Anne Frank Trust House of Commons reception to honour Anne’s memory & commemorate her 90th birthday. Understanding her story & the context in which it unfolded continues to have huge significance & relevance today’
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“Visiting Poland and the Beacon School programme is the single most influential experience I’ve had while teaching. This programme has sparked a desire to teach the Holocaust in a more nuanced and effective way, which will last a lifetime as I continue to engage in research led practice“. – Jordan Hobbis, Studley High School Two weeks […]
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The school in which I work is an inner city multi-cultural institution with rapidly changing student and staff populations and as such requires meaningful educational experiences that can stand the test of time by developing the student’s ability to internalise reflective and contextual skills. As such, I was attracted to the sophisticated pedagogy of the […]
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My name is Charlotte Lane and I am the UCL Beacon School Lead Teacher at Torpoint Community College, Cornwall. Our college is a proud UCL Quality Mark Beacon School; we were awarded the UCL Quality Mark last year, after becoming a UCL Beacon School for Holocaust Education in 2016. Despite being a small semi-rural secondary […]
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I am a History teacher in a large, all-boys secondary school in South West London. It’s Friday, 3 May, 2019: 2.40pm. I’ve just taught a Year 9 class a lesson from our scheme of work on the Holocaust. It involved the students taking a look at personal stories of victims of the Nazi regime from […]
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The act of antisemitic terrorism which targeted Jewish people at prayer at a San Diego synagogue at the weekend was sickening and barbaric. This latest incident follows the despicable attack at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh last October. It is a horrific reality that Jews cannot go about their ordinary business, attend their synagogues, send their children to […]
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Join our teaching team! 1 x Full Time post and 1 x Part Time 0.6 (29.2 hpw). Both posts are available immediately, or from or 1 September 2019 and are funded for one year initially. Closing Date 16 May 2019 We are seeking two highly skilled, experienced members of staff to join the existing teaching team and to help deliver the targets set […]
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Help shape Holocaust education. In a few weeks we will be closing the Centre’s latest national survey to explore Holocaust education in English secondary schools. Our 2009 national research was ground breaking for developing the field of Holocaust education and informing our CPD courses. However, that research is now a decade old and we know […]
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Today, January 24th, UCL Centre for Holocaust Education colleagues joined together to mark Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD). The opening welcome 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, […]
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As we approach Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January, the Centre encourages teacher colleagues, friends and partners to take some time to reflect on the overarching theme of this year’s commemorations: ‘Torn from Home’. To this end, we are delighted to share a selection of writings which have been authored to mark Holocaust Memorial Day […]
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@UCL_Holocaust: RT: Year 8 students have been developing a timeline of the Holocaust today in Humanties. Year 7's, currently studying "… https://t.co/pAJ8KTxD0x
@UCL_Holocaust: RT: A fabulous day developing a timeline to the Holocaust with @AureusSchool pupils that made me so proud today.… https://t.co/7fIV6uXWs5
@UCL_Holocaust: RT: @Hist_Teach @15gkLayla @UCL_Holocaust Agreed. Superb resources!