Leave ‘26 = coastline coves, the sound of the sea, boating down estuaries, & cream teas…… #devon26

Proud aunty day….my eldest niece graduated from Swansea Uni today with a 1st class degree in marine biology! She commences her masters at Swansea in the autumn - what a superstar!!

Reflecting on my PGCE experience with the University of York ✨️

Such an amazing year at the University of York! So many wonderful people who I have met along the way and impacted my teaching - thanks to you all. Here's to many more years in history education, what a fab community #PGCE #historyeducation

Officially a PGCE graduate! Now onto first post in September 🙌🎓

🚨2019 REBLOG🚨 Gearing up to speak to my #ITT beginning teachers tomorrow about how they can continue to grow as #ECT s and beyond. The end of the #ITT #PGCE year is not the end of the process of becoming a great classroom practitioner. uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2019/07/09/b...

Building your house: Teaching in the Long Term

Photo by Scott Webb on Pexels.com At the start of the PGCE I use a recurring image with my students of a house under construction.  I set out that our aim during the ITE year is to dig and lay the …

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Another stupid Mahmood idea - getting “trained” members of the public to decide asylum cases - is ripped to shreds here by someone who knows what they’re talking about… Politicians have truly lost their minds on immigration. It’s making us a very wretched and angry place.

An absolutely classic tale, I venture no one can top this @apf102.bsky.social in the history education world…..

Victoria Crooks@victoriacrooks.bsky.social · last mo.

Today @uonsoe.bsky.social #historyteacher #PGCE #ITT beginning teachers completed their #ITaP s by concluding our work on learning beyond & outside the classroom. As usual, I introduced them to this horrifying school trip tale from @apf102.bsky.social Enjoy! threadreaderapp.com/thread/13540...

There is a triple impact here: 1. Now bursaries are almost gone TF tends to pull trainees away from other routes as they are funded. The trade off is much higher timetables, less subject specific input, and ultimately less robust ITE however you cut it. 2. The concept of “high potential” trainees

Alex Ford@apf102.bsky.social · last mo.

And just when you think the ITE madness has ended…. schoolsweek.co.uk/new-chapter-...

#OtD 25 Jun 1876 the Battle of the Little Bighorn began when Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes routed General Custer's army, killing Custer in the process. A full account of the battle is in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9753...

🚨NEW BLOG🚨 Written for my @uonsoe.bsky.social #mentor team. But also for all #ITT #ECT #teacher mentors everywhere. You are awesome. uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2026/06/26/m... #TeacherMentoring #TeacherEducation #EduBlogUK #UKTeaching #UKEd #EduSky

Mentoring beginning and early career teachers: A thank you to our mentors

Photo by Ann H on Pexels.com From the outside, teacher mentoring can look like a simple weekly meeting, a quick post-lesson conversation, or a shared planning session squeezed in before home time. …

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Adam Schwarz@adamjschwarz.bsky.social · last mo.

French Resistance fighter and historian Marc Bloch, murdered by the Gestapo in 1944, is inducted into Panthéon in Paris.

Oh that's a relief, I was really worried he wouldn't get in... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Prince George to attend Eton College from September

He will follow in the footsteps of his father, the Prince of Wales, who also attended the private school.

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This has me absolutely beaming. The committee voted for the anonymised shortlist to select the winner & it was an incredibly hard call to make. The nominees were all so impressive; their mentees/ tutors spoke so highly of them &their historyteacher #mentoring. Helen would have been thrilled. 😍

History Teacher Educators' Network@htenuk.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It is with pleasure we can announce ERIN JOSH, Northallerton School as the winner of the inaugral @htenuk.bsky.social Helen Snelson Mentoring Award. There is a beautiful serendipity in this as Erin is a mentor for @uoyeducation.bsky.social partnership. 1/ #historyteacher #TeacherMentoring

We are so so proud of one of our UoY mentors this evening - Erin Josh of Northallerton School & Sixth Form has won the inaugural Helen Snelson HTEN mentoring award! See the thread below for more details as to why, plus all the other incredible mentors who were nominated.

History Teacher Educators' Network@htenuk.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It is with pleasure we can announce ERIN JOSH, Northallerton School as the winner of the inaugral @htenuk.bsky.social Helen Snelson Mentoring Award. There is a beautiful serendipity in this as Erin is a mentor for @uoyeducation.bsky.social partnership. 1/ #historyteacher #TeacherMentoring

Standing ovation 👏 this evening for the legend who is James Noble-Rogers, about to retire from UCET after 21 years at the helm. But not before we got Andy H to conduct a special ‘this is your life’ drinks. Thank you James, for all you have done for the HEI ITE sector over many decades. #legend #ucet

Good luck to the 2025-26 UoYPGCE primary and secondary cohorts tomorrow as they go into placement schools across Yorkshire & Humberside. You’ve got this! #newteachergeneration #pgceUoYprimary #pgceUoYsecondary

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Victoria Crooks@victoriacrooks.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Many of us involved in #historyteacher #TeacherEducation have been keen to see subject, & distinctive nature of our discipline, re-centred in the recent focus on instructional coaching & core-practices in schools. It was brilliant, therefore, to read 'Secondary History in Action'. 1/

A huge welcome to our 2025-26 @universityofyork PGCE cohort! Virtual hello for secondary BTs this week, but the secondary team are looking forward to saying hello in person on Monday next week. Primary BTs already up & running!! Welcome aboard your PGCE journey at York!

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Important article getting at the heart of retention problems with ECTs. Push-pull factors clear. Lots of good for thought for schools, DfE, trusts, appropriate bodies and ITE providers. bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/PRNJER...

Caz Coronel: “Now, more than ever, we need kindness and compassion and a genuine effort to understand each other, even towards those with prejudice.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

‘I’ve been spat on’: gender non-conforming women tell of toilet abuse after UK’s supreme court ruling

Support groups report that women and non-binary people are increasingly being challenged in toilets and changing facilities – but others call it scaremongering

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"The ITT curriculum needs to be carefully designed & sequenced in order to maximise learning & retention: overloading the syllabus dilutes the impact of everything in it." A good piece from Yalinie Vigneswaran of @ambitioninstitute.bsky.social, @tesmagazine.bsky.social: www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

Overloading ITT isn’t the solution to society’s ills

We can’t solve every challenge in society by adding it into teacher training - but government-backed professional development would help teachers to play their part, says Yalinie Vigneswaran

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@uoyeducation.bsky.social a few photos of the PGCE Graduates (History, Geog, MFL) and PGCE staff celebrating at today’s graduation! #Graduation2025

Greg gets to meet Longboi at last…… #Graduation2025

Congratulations @lydiawigley.bsky.social - this is so well deserved, you’re going to be a fabulous history teacher! Stay in touch… #Graduation2025 #BrilliantTeachers

Lydia Wigley@lydiawigley.bsky.social · last yr.

Today I graduated from the @york.ac.uk 🎉 It has been such a lovely year and I am so excited for my next steps as an ECT! #PGCE #ECT #Graduation #Teacher #Education

Graduation day today for all Univ of York PGCE students! Some of the brightest gowns in town donned by the tutor team (incl. THAT ‘Barbie’ gown), but achievement so well earned for Team History making @ruthlingard & I very proud indeed.. Congratulations Team History! Ready to make a difference..

So I think the mighty Helen S would be smiling down on us today: our brilliant 24/25 historians completed their PGCE, & so we invited them to choose one of Helen’s history books as a celebration gift. Helen’s husband donated her history collection to the PGCE course, with this request. They had fun!

A great cause in memory of a brilliant educator, colleague and friend. Donate if you can, this fellowship will change some teachers’ pedagogy and curriculum for the good of their pupils…. #grthistorymatters #representation #HAfellowships

Support the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Teacher Fellowship Programme | In memory of Helen Snelson

The Historical Association is working to raise funds to establish a Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Teacher Fellowship Programme - a professional development initiative for teachers - in memory of Helen Sne...

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Join the brilliant, friendly, talented PGCE team at Univ of York! It’s a wonderful uni to work within, & a welcoming Dept of Education. We’re looking for an experienced and inspiring English lead tutor, who is ready to take the PGCE English course into its next chapter. What have you got to lose?

@htenuk.bsky.social would like to congratulate @counsellc.bsky.social on the award of an OBE in the King's birthday honours list. Christine's contribution to the #historyteacher #HistoryEducation and #curriculum has, and continues to be, incredibly significant. Congratulations Christine!