Since 2017, the Advocating Classics Education project has been based at King’s College London, whence it has been busy promoting the study of Classical Civilisation and Ancient History in schools and colleges. We are delighted to announce that we have now moved our base to Durham University and have launched Phase 4 of the project [...]
By Danny Pucknell, Lecturer in Classics, History and Politics As you approach the ultra-modern, glass-fronted Cardiff and Vale College, you would be forgiven for thinking that only that which is at the cutting edge of technology could be taught in a place which looks like this. However, in September 2019, Cardiff and Vale College introduced [...]
Dept of Classics & Ancient History University of Durham 38 North Bailey Durham DH1 3EU Open Letter to James Wharton, Chair, Office for Students; Professor Jean-Noël Ezingeard, Vice-Chancellor, University of Roehampton London; Michelle Donelan, Minister of State for Higher and Further Education Care about students’ futures? Don’t cut Classics at Roehampton. The Advocating [...]
By Justyna Ladosz, Museum Education and Outreach Coordinator, Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge Introduction: Since March 2020, ‘Everybody is a Classical Body?’ has been a work-in-progress at the Museum of Classical Archaeology at the University of Cambridge. The idea for the project was born from a conversation between the museum curator, Susanne Turner, Arlene [...]
Explore the Digital Sourcebooks Advocating Classics Education has partnered with National Museums Liverpool to create three interactive sourcebooks, linked to the OCR Classical Civilisation GCSE and A Level qualifications. These include Greek and Roman artefacts from Liverpool World Museum’s impressive collections. The interactive sourcebooks include learning activities, videos, simulations, 3D scans and close-ups of [...]
By Ersin Hussein, Swansea University When was the last time you engaged with a museum display, exhibition, or event? What shape did this take? Was it in-person or online? What was the experience like? What were the benefits and/or challenges? These are some of the questions that lie at the heart of this blog [...]
The Gilbert Murray Trust has £1000 to distribute, in grants of at least £100 each, to assist with the purchase of textbooks for the teaching of Classical Civilisation, at GCSE, A-level and equivalents, in non-fee-paying schools in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Applications are invited by 15 October 2021. They should be made by email [...]
By Jenny Messenger, Arlene Holmes-Henderson, Barbara Goff and Alexia Petsalis-Diomidis In July 2021, two of our ACE partner universities co-hosted the Inclusive Classics Initiative. Professor Barbara Goff (University of Reading) and Dr Alexia Petsalis-Diomidis (University of St Andrews) held the second online, international Inclusive Classics workshop. Bringing together multiple perspectives within the discipline, the workshop [...]
By Dr Arlene Holmes-Henderson On Monday 14th June 2021, the Classical Association (CA) hosted a virtual event for schoolteachers, designed to provide information, and dispel myths, about presenting at a CA conference as a teacher. Hosted by the CA’s Outreach Officer/Senior Research Fellow Dr Arlene Holmes-Henderson, a former schoolteacher herself, the event was a successful [...]
Dr Peter Swallow With follow-on funding from AHRC, phase 3 of the ACE project is well under way. We are busily working with our project partners across the UK to improve access to Classical Studies in museums and schools. With the Liverpool World Museum, we are producing digital source books based on their world-class collection [...]