Applied History and the Hull History Partnership

Applied History and the Hull History Partnership

Contextualising History paths to study and employment

Hull History Centre• Partnership and joint service: University of Hull and Hull

City Council• Merged user services, separate custodianship of

archives• Single audience development programme, based on

audiences• HHC education programme - key part of vision and

mission• University staff - role in supporting learning & teaching

Hull History Centre

Hull History Centre• HLF-funded education programme

• from primary to FE• Links with schools and individual teachers• Creation and delivery of resources / sessions

• University core activities (not HLF funded)• learning, teaching & research support for UG and

PG• skills development and work experience

Educational context in Hull• Commitment to improve educational attainment at

all levels and to widen participation in FE and HE• High proportion of local undergraduates at

University and Hull graduates staying in the region• Environment of creativity and collaboration• 99 schools with 36,000 pupils – 5,000 visited HHC• Hull Museum Education Model used to create

Archive Education service

Hull History Partnership - origins• Formed in 2009 by Dr Amanda Capern, Department of

History • Initial funding from HEA for “enhancing the learning

and teaching of History in Hull and the region.”• Second year of funding from Ferens Educational Trust• Funding provided admin supporthttp://www2.hull.ac.uk/fass/history/hull-history-partnership.aspxhttp://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/heahistory/research/gwi/hull_history/

Hull History Partnership

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Schools, colleges, teachers

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HHP 2010-11internships (with small stipend).

• Competitive application• Sept 2010 – June 2011 25-30 hours in total• Cataloguing; public history, outreach and

education; research assistance; user services; preservation/digitisation

• Pilot for internships within a module

Interns

HHP – interns 2010-11Internships

• Cataloguing: Martin Collins (civil rights campaigner) and Eric Lubbock/Lord Avebury

• Education session (cookery)• Research project (archives of women)• Education / outreach (Maister House)

HHP 2010-11Round table meeting, January 2011. Discussed• Transition from school to university• Student placements• Mentoring schemes for 6th formers

• Led to....

HHP – pre-UCAS day June 2011 Whole day - 10.15am – 4pm intensive/immersive• What to expect at University• sample lecture• how historians work: archives, sources, evidence• university libraries, • UCAS application – hints & tipsRepeated June 2012

HHP – Applied History module 2011-12

• Application of discipline of history• Process by which communities acquire popular memory• Knowledge of archives as legacy & evidenceo Transferable skills – archive/heritage stewardship, teaching,

research – through assessed internshipso Career planning & portfolio, mock interviewso Personal reflectiono Knowledge of skills & qualifications required.

Applied History module 2011-1218 2nd year students (oversubscribed)Internships in first semester• Archives: collections management & cataloguing• Teaching: creating resources & delivering session

to school• Research work: with client brief

HE students• Ebridge screenshot(s)

Teaching internships and placements 2010

3 students

Learning Journey on Maister House

Victorian Cookery Session

Teaching internships and placements 2011-12

•2 worked on Learning Journeys

•2 pairs worked on school sessions with local schools

•1 assisted with our sessions

HE students• Ebridge screenshot(s)

HE students• Ebridge screenshot(s)

HE students• Ebridge screenshot(s)

HHP – Applied History 2012-13• 12 students• Teaching strand delivered via placements in 7

schools organised through HHP administrator• Fourth strand – event planning – contributing

to...

HHP 2012-13: Show case day

Attended by university tutors, students from Applied History, history teachers, 6th formers, archivists, Education Officer

Aims• To allow college and university students to interact: pass

on and gain knowledge• An enjoyable taster of history and Applied History• Separate strands for pupils & students and teachers

&lecturers to encourage free speaking

HHP 2012-13: Show case day• What we did…

• historical hero stickers• Groups accordingly • Hull quiz • Palaeography

HHP 2012-13: Show case day• ‘[my] local history needs brushing

up’ HE• ‘Uni students are really nice’ FE• ‘[I liked] the interaction between

students’ HE/FE• ‘History not limiting, can work in

lots of areas’ FE• ‘Think I might like to go into history’

FE

Working with HE students• nn

Impact: Students and pupils

• Students: Provided PGCE, MA and GTP references; students successfully gained places; helped inform career choices and planning

• Pupils: “Thank you for yesterday. My students found it very useful. In fact they have asked me to organise some work experience for them delivering discrete history sessions to my younger GCSE students. So it really made them think about employability” Rachel Brown, Hull College

Impact: HHC• Lesson plan & resources on HHC website• Six archive catalogues• Enhanced reputation – in HE sector• BIS report on business-university collaborationhttps://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/32399/12-903-following-up-wilson-business-university-collaboration-next-steps.pdf

• Interest from other universities, eg Leicester

Lessons Learnt• Collaboration within a framework to provide

internships - more effective for students and more efficient use of resources for us

• Requires administrative support, for placements, events, etc

• Demand has outstripped capacity – need to find ways to make similar opportunities on wider scale

Lessons Learnt• Cemented relationships with schools • Combination of in-school and HHC placements

may work well• Improve confidence of students in safe

environment• Evidence and Evaluation

HHP – Future plans

2014• Challenge: creating sustainable education

programme post HLF• Applied History – year off (research leave)• ‘Long thin’ extra-curricular internships for 2nd

year students – widening cohort offered opportunity

HHP – Future plans

Other possibilities (ideas from 2008):• Other curriculum-related workshops and talks• Mentoring scheme / revision sessions for 6th

form students• History Prize awarded to a local school

student each year