We are looking for someone to join us as a full-time Lecturer (Teaching) in Holocaust education. Deadline for applications is Thursday 16 May. The postholder will contribute to the delivery of the Centre’s national programme of research-informed professional development for teachers. You will support the ongoing reconfiguration of its existing Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Programme, and actively contribute to the development of new educational initiatives. In addition, you will actively contribute to the interface between research and education ensuring Centre programmes have evid ..read more

Feature by Rebecca Hale, published in TES 30/04/2024   A survey by the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education aims to uncover how students are learning about the subject and provide guidance to teachers on tackling misinformation and misunderstandings. For more than 30 years, the Holocaust has been taught as part of the national curriculum in history, as well as being covered in other subjects, such as religious education, citizenship and English. It is a period of history that many people encounter from a young age, often while at primary school, as well as through books, television, films a ..read more

A seasonal message from Ruth-Anne Lenga, Associate Professor in the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education A week ago, my IOE laptop was on its last legs. It couldn’t maintain battery charge; the internal mouse had given up and the whole piece of kit looked battle worn. I ambled my way to the lower level of the IOE to find the small and inconspicuous IT office where hopefully I’d find some kind soul who could triage the situation. Either it could be resuscitated, or it was game over for the computer together with my unsaved data. Things were not looking good, but when I knocked the door, I was del ..read more

Marking World Autism Awareness Day – how can we ensure quality provision for, and experience of, Holocaust T&L is a right and accessible for all young people? Reflections by Centre’s Corey Soper and Beacon School alumni As today is World Autism Awareness Day, we wanted to celebrate the distinctive ways of thinking of Autistic pupils, and to offer some advice for best practice when working with your Autistic pupils and teaching about the Holocaust. As a Centre, we’re delighted to have worked with a number of alternative provision or specialist schools which specialise in working with autist ..read more

We’re delighted to announce that we have made several new and exciting changes to our website. You can find out more about these changes below. Please do let us know what you think of them; we would love to hear from you. Improved navigation To make it easier for you to find what you are looking for, we have altered navigation around the website. From today, you will find a single tab entitled ‘Teachers’ on the navigation panel at the top of your page. Clicking on this tab will take you to a landing page where will be able to select what it is you want to access or learn more about. The ‘wants ..read more

In challenging and difficult times it can be easy to despair. With so much global conflict and crisis, division and hate across our political or media discourse, online and within many of our communities, it can be hard to find reasons to be optimistic. Approaching Holocaust Memorial Day within such troubling times can be difficult, challenging, and uncomfortable – perhaps the day always should be, but never has it been more important for our schools leaders to create the space to mark the day. HMD is an opportunity to learn, commemorate and reflect, it is a chance to bring people together, in ..read more

by Rebecca Hale. Every year, on the 27th January, people come together to mark Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD). They participate in events to remember the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust and in other genocides. For many schools, HMD provides an important opportunity to teach students about the Holocaust, supporting them to reflect on its contemporary significance, and providing a space for young people to honour the memory of the victims. Indeed, in the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education’s most recent national study, 74.5% of teachers reported that their school marked HMD as part ..read more

by Ruth-Anne Lenga, Associate Professor, UCL Centre for Holocaust Education. Back in June 2023, this country lost one of its greatest humanitarians and achievers, Holocaust survivor and leader of the British Holocaust survivor community, Sir Ben Helfgott. After spending much of his childhood evading death at the hands of the Nazis, in the ghetto of his Polish hometown of Piotrkow, and the concentration camps of Buchenwald and Theresienstadt, he ended his long life peacefully, at the age of 93, after spending his post- war years honouring the memory of those who were not so lucky. He died in th ..read more

Ruth-Anne Lenga, Associate Professor and Programme Director UCL Centre for Holocaust Education (on secondment) reflects on this achievement.  The list of Dr Vanessa Ogden’s achievements is staggering. She is the founding CEO of Mulberry Schools Trust, and a National Leader in Education. In the process of her career, Vanessa has improved the quality of education in dozens of London’s inner-city schools, impacting profoundly on the lives of thousands of young people. She is an incredible advocate for women’s education. She won the prestigious Women of the Future Inspirational Educator Award ..read more

Preparing to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, the Centre’s Dr Andy Pearce was joined in conversation by Robert Rinder MBE, to reflect upon the theme ‘Fragility of Freedom’. In this shared audio to mark #HMD2024, Andy and Robert are joined by educationalist and specialist advisor/consultant, Mike Armiger, (which fleeting contribution by Nic Wetherall) to explore a range of themes: weaving something of Robert’s family heritage and experience regards the Holocaust, with some of the Centre’s materials, considering how research and challenging prevailing myths and misconceptions helped shaped ..read more