Futures for the History Journal

by royalhistsoc | 12 Dec 2022 | General, Online Events, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Teachers, Teaching Portal: Main Blog, Teaching Portal: Transitions in HE, Transactions

    ABOUT THIS EVENT Journals have long been, and remain, central to the communication of historical research. As a publishing form, History journals have proved remarkably durable, with developments typically taking place within an established framework of...

Disability History Month 2022: reflections on recent research

by royalhistsoc | 05 Dec 2022 | General, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Teachers, Teaching Portal: Main Blog, Teaching Portal: Transitions in HE

  To mark this year’s Disability History Month (16 November-16 December), Beckie Rutherford considers three recent monographs that have significantly contributed to the field of disability history: charting experience in the Soviet Union, the coal industry...

Working with History outside HE: a Guide to Professions beyond Academia

by royalhistsoc | 24 Jul 2022 | General, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: Careers, Teaching Portal: For Students, Teaching Portal: Main Blog, Teaching Portal: Transitions in HE

    About this event ‘Working with History outside Higher Education: a Guide to Professions beyond Academia’ is is part in the Royal Historical Society’s series of online training events designed for early career historians. This session was held online in...

REF 2021: Reflections from the History sub-panel chairs

by royalhistsoc | 12 May 2022 | General, Guest Posts, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Teachers, Teaching Portal: Main Blog, Teaching Portal: Transitions in HE

    The Research Excellence Framework (REF), undertaken by the UK’s four HE funding bodies, provides a review and assessment of research in higher education. The results of the latest assessment (REF2021) were published on 12 May 2022. Here, Professors...

UKRI Open Access Policy for the Arts and Humanities: FAQs

by royalhistsoc | 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...

Applying and Interviewing for your First History Lectureship

by royalhistsoc | 15 Mar 2022 | Online Events, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: Careers, Teaching Portal: For Students, Teaching Portal: Main Blog, Teaching Portal: Transitions in HE

      About this event ‘Applying for your First Job: a Guide to Preparing and Interviewing for a History Teaching Post’ is part in the Royal Historical Society’s series of online training events designed for early career historians. This session was...