The Hull History Partnership

Originally formed in 2009, the initial aims of the Hull History Partnership were to promote and enhance the History teaching and learning experience across the Sixth Form and Higher Education sectors in Hull and the East Riding. The idea was to provide training routes to and opportunities for young people wishing to develop careers in History teaching, archives and heritage work, research in universities, and work on public and community History projects. The project aims to provide mentoring for sixth-form History students to facilitate their smooth transition to the expectations of university study and to support Hull University undergraduate students as they build their curriculum vitae for employment.

The Hull History Partnership is made up of a number of staff in the History Department, several staff of the Hull History Centre (Archives) and several participating History teachers from local schools and colleges. There have been a series of early projects that have primarily focused on providing internships for History undergraduate students at the Hull History Centre (six in 2009 and six in 2010).

History Interns and Mentors, the Class of 2010

In 2010 the Hull History Partnership was awarded a teaching development grant by the Higher Education Academy to further its work in enhancing the learning and teaching of History in Hull and the region. The partners are focusing their energies on the employability of History students at all levels from sixth form through to postgraduate. Future plans include:

• Embedding the undergraduate internship scheme in the curriculum of the History Department through the development of an Applied History module for students in the final year of their History degree;
• An AS Level work placement scheme for school and college pupils run by the History Department and designed to enhance individual History UCAS applications for university entrance;
• Lecture podcasts for use by schools, colleges and the local community.

News update

• A presentation on the Hull History Partnership was given to the History Subject Centre (Higher Education Academy) annual Learning and Teaching Conference on 4 April 2011. The Powerpoint slide show of that presentation is available on this website.
• The Hull History Partnership had its first meeting on 31 January 2011 with representatives present from the Department of History, the Hull History Centre and several regional schools and colleges. Arising from this, two initiatives are being pursued:

  o   a work placement scheme for AS Level students to enhance their UCAS applications starting 2011;

  o   mentoring and workshop schemes shared by UG and A2 level students
starting 2012.