Tag Archives: archives
Archives Hub collection highlights – women in education at the IOE
This month the Archives Hub, a gateway to archive collections across the country, is featuring an article by our ex-colleague Kathryn H which highlights our resources on women in education. The Archives Hub enables researchers to search the contents of archives from over … Continue reading
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Tagged access, Amelia Fysh, archives, Archives Hub, Isabel Fry, Katherine Bathurst, NUWT, The White Family, women, women in education
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Study Afternoon – ‘Tools of the Trade: Historical Textbooks and other Teaching and Learning Resources’ Wednesday 6th February 2013
Our next study day, sponsored by the Friends of the Newsam Library and Archives, is on Wednesday 6th February 2013. The theme this year is teaching resources and there will be talks on a range subjects including the use of teaching … Continue reading
New collection guide available – Amelia Fysh proponent of inclusive education
We’ve just published a new guide on the archives of Amelia Fysh, a teacher working after the Second World War who developed inclusive education for children with disabilities at the nursery school she ran. The guide provides an overview of … Continue reading
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Tagged archives, inclusive education, IOE LibGuides, nursery education
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Trick or treat?
Anyone for some Kidney’s Shiraz? No, how about some Witches Froth then? If I had to pick one of the Halloween themed recipes from this 1978 Gloucester School calendar I think I’d play it safe and stick with the gingerbread! This … Continue reading
Life of a Westminster School boy – new blog available
Westminster School have just launched a new blog which serialises the Journal of a Westminster School Boy. It will be published daily over the course of this school year and is a transcription and partial digitization of the 1908-1909 diary of … Continue reading
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Tagged archives, history of education, London schools, school life, Westminster School
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National Union of Women Teachers – exhibition in Institute of Education foyer
If you’re visiting the Institute of Education, University of London anytime soon you’ll get to see the exhibition I’ve put up in the foyer space outside the library. The exhibition is to highlight my work cataloguing the records of the National … Continue reading
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Tagged archives, education, Equal Pay, exhibition, Institute of Education, National Union of Women Teachers, NUWT
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The Department of Education in Developing Countries: insights into change
Ooh, I’m a bad blogger. I really meant to give some updates on things I came across in the records of the Colonial Department, but realised the other day that I’ve almost finished with them now, but forgot to write anything. … Continue reading
Event: Remembering London Lives Friday 18th May
Remembering London Lives: Going to School in London London Metropolitan Archives, 40 Northampton Road, EC1R 0HB Friday 18 May 2012 10am-3.30pm FREE EVENT—PLEASE BOOK IN ADVANCE To book call: 020 7332 3851 or email ask.lma@cityoflondon.gov.uk Come along to this joint event … Continue reading
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Tagged archives, events, ILEA, Inner London Education Authority
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School Histories project packs no longer available in print
The demand for the teaching pack developed as part of our HLF funded School Histories project has been great and all the print copies have now been sent out. We won’t be getting anymore in print format, but it is … Continue reading
Posted in Special Collections
Tagged archives, school histories;, special collections
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Campaign! Make an impact
On Tuesday 20th March a training and networking day was held at the library about Campaign! Make an impact. The day was facilitated by Jan Pimblett, Principal Development Officer at the London Metropolitan Archives (LMA) and was attended by a wide … Continue reading
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