How to Read Foreign-language Sources in 80 Days: Helping History Students Get the Most out of Translation Software

by rhsadministration | 20 Jul 2026 | Guest Posts, Teaching Fellowships, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Students, Teaching Portal: For Teachers

    In this post Dr Jasper Heinzen reflects on the design and implementation of his recent project, ‘How to Read Foreign-language Sources in 80 Days: Helping Students Get the Most out of Translation Software’. This project, run at the University...

Innovative approaches in teaching Welsh History

by rhsadministration | 27 Nov 2025 | General, Teaching Fellowships, Teaching Portal: For Teachers, Teaching Portal: Main Blog

    The profile of Welsh history is rising, with study in schools (focusing on Wales and the wider world) a mandatory part of the new Curriculum for Wales from 2022. At the same time, there are currently no dedicated forums to bring together those teaching...

Teaching Medieval Heritage Trails as a Creative Health Intervention

by rhsadministration | 07 Sep 2025 | General, Teaching Fellowships

  In this post, Karen Smyth shares her recent experience of introducing medieval heritage trails to students on a Medical Humanities MA pathway. In moving beyond the traditional discipline of History, what are the challenges and opportunities in teaching not only...

Piloting responsible and effective use of generative AI in undergraduate History Teaching

by helias | 16 Jul 2025 | General, Guest Posts, Teaching Fellowships, Teaching Portal: For Teachers, Teaching Portal: Main Blog

    How do UK history undergraduates routinely use generative AI in the classroom? In this post David Clayton, Henrice Altink and Esther Wilson (University of York) review the findings of their recent research project: ‘Piloting the responsible and...

History and Sustainability: Learning together with ICT students

by | 05 Sep 2024 | General, Guest Posts, Teaching Fellowships, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Teachers, Teaching Portal: Innovative Modules, Teaching Portal: Main Blog

    In this post, Laura Harrison describes her recent project at the University of the West of England to introduce History content to undergraduate courses in Information, Communications and Technology (ICT). As Laura notes, historians think long and hard...

New directions for History teaching: insights from the RHS Teaching fellowships 2023-24

by | 07 Aug 2024 | General, Teaching Fellowships, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Teachers, Teaching Portal: Innovative Modules

  Launched in 2023, the Royal Historical Society’s Jinty Nelson Teaching Fellowships support historians in UK Higher Education who wish to introduce new approaches to their teaching. Fellowships may also support those seeking to undertake a short study of...