Interpreting Ruins in the Country Estate: A Toolkit

by rhsadministration | 09 Jan 2026 | General, Guest Posts, Teaching Portal: For Students, Teaching Portal: For Teachers, Teaching Portal: Innovative Modules, Teaching Portal: Online Resources

    In this post Claire Kennan introduces ‘Interpreting Ruins in the Country Estate’ , a new toolkit for those concerned with the preservation, study and promotion of historical ruins. This new resource develops from a workshop, funded by the Royal...

New to Teaching History 2022: An Interactive Workshop, Part 4 – ‘Online Teaching in History’

by | 25 Sep 2022 | New to Teaching, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Teachers, Teaching Portal: Main Blog, Teaching Portal: Online Resources

In September 2022 the Royal Historical Society, in partnership with History UK, organised an interactive workshop hosted by Professor Jamie Wood (Lincoln). This workshop aimed to open discussions on the challenges and opportunities of teaching History at UK...

UKRI Open Access Policy for the Arts and Humanities: FAQs

by | 28 Mar 2022 | General, Guest Posts, RHS Publications, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Teachers, Teaching Portal: Online Resources, Teaching Portal: Transitions in HE

    In August 2021  UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) announced its future policy regarding Open Access publishing. UKRI is the overarching body responsible for government research strategy and funding for universities in the UK. It brings together the...

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

by | 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,...

Working in Archives

by | 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...

Finding historical sources for the first time

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

In this guest post, Dr Mary Morrissey, Associate Professor in Early Modern English Literature at the University of Reading, offers some starting points and advice to those who are using historical sources for the first time. She points the reader to some online...