The Organising Committee for the FIEC/CA 2019 Conference would like to make 100 free tickets available to school children for the Silent Film screening to take place at the Bloomsbury Theatre on Saturday 6 July, 7.30 pm. The screening is suitable for over 12s and it is a great opportunity to get acquainted with four very rare films on [...]
We are pleased to announce that we are now able to open applications to teachers based outside London, PGCE students and teachers in independent schools. We will continue to accept applications until 5pm on Friday 17th May. To be considered, please read the briefing pack and answer only section 1 of the application form. Please [...]
By Dr Arlene Holmes-Henderson On Monday 1st April 2019, our partners at the Open University hosted their ACE event, in conjunction with the Student Hub Live team in the University’s studio in Milton Keynes. The event attracted a live audience from Redborne Upper School and hundreds of participants in the livestream, in UK schools and [...]
ACE and King's College London are delighted to host an exciting course which aims to provide an introduction to the topics studied during GCSE and A Level Classical Civilisation. The summer school is open to all teachers in secondary schools and sixth-form colleges, and will run from 22nd to 26th July at KCL. Topics covered will [...]
Recording the past Professor Hall and Dr Holmes-Henderson are most grateful to the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) whose funding enabled the ACE project to achieve so much for Classical Civilisation and Ancient History (CC/AH) in schools and colleges from May 2017 to February 2019. The AHRC grant period has just expired but, [...]
By Dr Mike Beer (Guest Contributor, Exeter College) From the 11th to the 15th July 2018, I had the great pleasure of being part of a small group of Classics teachers attending the Teachers’ Course at the British School at Athens. There were seven of us, we came from a variety of different educational contexts [...]
By Dr Arlene Holmes-Henderson On Monday 2nd July 2018, our partners at the University of Warwick hosted their ACE event, in conjunction with the Warwick Classics Network and Classics for All. The event attracted 200 students aged 14-18 and around 40 teachers from schools all over England including Essex, London, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Yorkshire, the West [...]
By Dr Arlene Holmes-Henderson The University of Roehampton Department of Humanities held their ACE event at Grove House on 21st June 2018. The Adam Room provided the ideal location for panels and lectures on Classics education, decorated as it is with Classical motifs and relief panels. The event attracted practising teachers from Surrey, Sussex, West [...]
By Dr Arlene Holmes-Henderson On 19th June 2018, King’s College London hosted a subject enrichment day for teachers of Classics. The theme for the day was the learning and teaching of Classics using archaeological sites and material culture. The event was superbly organised by Dr Emily Pillinger. The morning included a visit to London's Mithraeum and [...]
By Marcus Bell On the 18th April, ACE was invited to be a part of the Women’s Classical Committee’s Annual General Meeting. ACE’s Public Impact Researcher, Marcus Bell, represented the Project on a Panel focusing on Outreach as Activism. The day itself was a fantastic opportunity to reflect on how Classics can productively make a [...]