Teaching the Tudors on a two-way street

by royalhistsoc | 25 May 2021 | Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Students, Teaching Portal: For Teachers

Dr John Cooper was runner-up in the 2020 RHS Jinty Nelson Award for Inspirational Teaching and Supervision in History. Here, he reflects on the importance of open dialogue in teaching: between undergraduate year groups, who’ve much to teach one another, and...

Data Protection and Historical Research: The Basics

by Katherine Foxhall | 12 Apr 2021 | RHS Publications, Teaching Portal: For Students, Teaching Portal: For Teachers

Recent data protection laws, implemented across Europe in 2018, have implications for academic researchers. The Royal Historical Society recently published a set of guidelines to help researchers navigate the legal requirements around data protection. Here, Dr...

Making sense of your research

by emgregory2020 | 14 Dec 2020 | Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Students

In this post, Dr Andrew Foster offers guidance to PhD research students about how to make sense of their research during the PhD process. His guidance offers to encourage students through the highs and lows of research, and poses a series of questions to support...

Funding and Fellowship Opportunities in Historical Studies

by emgregory2020 | 27 Nov 2020 | Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Students, Teaching Portal: Transitions in HE

There are many funding opportunities for history researchers to apply for in the UK and internationally, including research and travel grants, and library fellowships. Funding grants and fellowship opportunities are advertised across the year, although some have...

Archives and Research Libraries in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland

by emgregory2020 | 27 Nov 2020 | Teaching Portal: For Students, Teaching Portal: Online Resources

This is a list of archives and research libraries in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. The list is divided into sub-categories to make it easier to find which archives or libraries you are interested in visiting, including cathedral libraries, private...

Working in Archives

by emgregory2020 | 27 Nov 2020 | Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Students, Teaching Portal: Online Resources

In this post, Dr Mary Morrissey, Associate Professor in Early Modern English Literature at the University of Reading, offers advice to those who are beginning to work with historical archives. Mary explains how to locate archival information, understanding how...