REF2029 and Open Access – what’s in, what’s out, and what comes next

by royalhistsoc | 16 Dec 2024 | Advocacy and Policy, General, REF2029

    On 11 December 2024, the steering group for REF2029 published its final Open Access policy relating to research outputs submitted for assessment. The policy follows an initial set of proposals and an accompanying consultation phase over the summer....

The Value of History: a new briefing from the Royal Historical Society

by royalhistsoc | 30 Oct 2024 | Advocacy and Policy, General

  This month the Royal Historical Society publishes ‘The Value of History in Higher Education and Society’. This briefing offers views on the state, and value, of history in the UK university sector. A vibrant discipline has traditionally indicated a flourishing...

STUDENT NUMBERS FOR HISTORY A-LEVELS, GCSEs, AND SCOTTISH ADVANCED HIGHER, HIGHER AND NATIONAL 5 EXAMS, 2024

by royalhistsoc | 28 Aug 2024 | Advocacy and Policy, General, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Teachers, Teaching Portal: Main Blog

    August is exam results season in the UK. In 2024, A-Level results, for students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, were released on 15 August. They followed the 2024 results for Scottish Higher, Advanced Higher and National 5 exams published on 6...

Preparing for REF 2029

by royalhistsoc | 12 Dec 2023 | Advocacy and Policy, General, REF2029

  Historians working in UK Higher Education will be very familiar with the ‘REF’ or Research Excellence Framework. REF is the means by which research, and the environment in which research takes place, is assessed across the higher education sector at seven-year...

Student numbers for History A-Levels and Scottish Highers, 2023

by royalhistsoc | 22 Aug 2023 | Advocacy and Policy, General, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Teachers

    The 2023 A-Level results, for students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, were released on 17 August 2023. They follow the 2023 results for Scottish Highers, published on 8 August. Both sets of data allow for observations on the uptake and relative...

Facing current challenges can be a vital part of our curriculum

by royalhistsoc | 27 Sep 2021 | Advocacy and Policy, General, Guest Posts

At a time of already great disruption, historians at Aston University this year faced the threat of departmental closure and redundancy. Public and private support for Aston historians led to the programme’s survival, though colleagues at Aston and historians...