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History Teacher Educators' Network
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HTEN UK represents those who work with and have responsibility for the professional education, development and training of beginning and serving history teachers.

Email: HTENUK@outlook.com

https://www.hten.org.uk


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Our starter pack will connect you to some members of our HTEN community. We will add to this as colleagues join Bluesky.

go.bsky.app/7CTVFdz

#historyeducation #historyteacher #TeacherMentoring #TeacherEducation
Not yet booked your ticket for the @htenuk.bsky.social Conference on 20th March? Don't miss out!

@htenuk.bsky.social supports all those involved in #historyteacher #HistoryEducation #TeacherEducation & Professional Development.

Contact htenuk@outlook.com for more information.
January 27, 2026 at 10:34 AM
We're excited to share the programme for @htenuk.bsky.social inperson conference on 20th March. Excellent line up and some challenging topics to help us as a #historyteacher #HistoryEducation #TeacherEducation community. Get in touch if you're not a member and would like to attend.

#HTENConf26
January 23, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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Just off to make my cuppa before we begin our Time to Talk. See you there!
Our next HTEN Time To Talk is on Wednesday 21st January 3:30pm. Why don't you join us for a cuppa in our virtual staff room?
January 21, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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#HistoryEducation superb opportunity to meet, learn, discuss
Booking is now OPEN for the HTEN conference via our Eventbrite. The booking link and programme has been sent to Members.

Attendance is free for members - if you would be interested in joining HTEN please contact us at htenuk@outlook.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Booking is now OPEN for the HTEN conference via our Eventbrite. The booking link and programme has been sent to Members.

Attendance is free for members - if you would be interested in joining HTEN please contact us at htenuk@outlook.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:55 AM
@htenuk.bsky.social members - please check your emails for 2 contacts from HTEN this morning including:

Time to Talk online link & General news and notices

BOOKING info for our IN-PERSON CONFERENCE on 20th March.
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January 20, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Our next HTEN Time To Talk is this week. We're looking forward to seeing you!
Our next HTEN Time To Talk is on Wednesday 21st January 3:30pm. Why don't you join us for a cuppa in our virtual staff room?
January 19, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Last chance to nominate and inspiring #historyteacher Entries close on Sunday 25 January 2026 at 23:59.

(If you are an inspiring #historyteacher then HTEN recommends printing the poster and sticking it on the door of your classroom!)

www.hrp.org.uk/schools/insp...
Inspiring History Teaching Awards
Created by Historic Royal Palaces, these awards celebrate teachers who make history exciting, inclusive and meaningful. We want to recognise the impact that great teachers can make by bringing the pas...
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January 9, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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Exciting 2B contributing 2 this imporant conference @ the end of January! An honour 2 do so 25 years after @ioe.bsky.social researcher's contributed to the 1st one! Gr8 2b doing so with OHTE & @heirnet.bsky.social colleagues also! @mariliagago.bsky.social @coe.int xxvjornadaseducaca.wixsite.com/2026
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
@htenuk.bsky.social admin has just taken a sneaky peak at the proposals for presentations at the HTEN in-person conference and they are looking so good. The committee is going to have a great time next week selecting the programme!
#HTENConf2026
@htenuk.bsky.social have been busy this morning, so please check you inboxes. And don't forget to make sure our inperson conference is in your calendar for March (tickets will be available in January).
January 8, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Useful blog from our co-Chair about the kinds of questions prospective #historyteacher #ITT applicants should/could be asking of the courses to which they are applying for initial #teachertraining.

@htenuk.bsky.social members are always very happy to answer these kind of questions!
Recently, I've had conversations with #ITT Teacher Training applicants who are really unclear about the differences between the training routes available to prospective teachers.

There are differences & they go well beyond whether the provider is a school/ university/ employment based.
Get into teaching: Selecting the teacher training course that is right for you
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com In recent years, the proliferation of initial Teacher Training (ITT) routes has made the landscape baffling for the uninitiated. I am often approached by people who a…
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January 8, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Oh yes, a brilliant reminder that @htenuk.bsky.social have a starter pack to get you linked to those involved in #historyteacher #HistoryEducation #TeacherEducation . If you're a member and are not on this list, please DM us - it was compiled a while ago and we may have missed you.
Hello! 👋We're still here. Using #historyteacher #HistoryEducation feeds. You can find lots of great history teacher educator people via the @htenuk starter pack: go.bsky.app/7CTVFdz
January 8, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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Happy New Year! And what a better way 2 start 2026 than a competition 2 win copies of #DTC25 keynote speaker Shalina Patel's The History Lessons (www.iconbooks.com/ib-title/the...) 2 enter the draw you just need 2 buy a ticket for this years' conference from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata...
The History Lessons – Icon Books
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January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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If you have an interesting ongoing or recently completed research or knowledge exchange project, then HTEN would be delighted to invite you to present: join/get in touch ASAP as the organisers are finalising plans this month. #HistoryEducation
@htenuk.bsky.social have been busy this morning, so please check you inboxes. And don't forget to make sure our inperson conference is in your calendar for March (tickets will be available in January).
January 5, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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3 March 2026 - our Online Schools Conference. Register Now! So many good speakers with analysis of key documents for the Wars of the Roses. @teachmedwomen.bsky.social @htenuk.bsky.social @kriiicentre.bsky.social @danlyndon.bsky.social @1972shp.bsky.social @histassoc.bsky.social #HistoryEducation
January 5, 2026 at 12:41 PM
@htenuk.bsky.social have been busy this morning, so please check you inboxes. And don't forget to make sure our inperson conference is in your calendar for March (tickets will be available in January).
December 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
@htenuk.bsky.social have been busy this morning, so please check you inboxes. And don't forget to make sure our inperson conference is in your calendar for March (tickets will be available in January).
December 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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#EarlyTudors and #ReformationInEngland teachers, the @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy are running some online workshops about key documents, including the Act of Supremacy, The King’s Book, and Henry VIII’s will. All in March 2026, all Fridays at 2pm. Sign up! #historyteacher
Secrets of The National Archives: The Act of Supremacy, 1534
Discover King Henry VIII’s groundbreaking act and its far-reaching consequences.
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December 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Friends! #Skystorians! Mancunians!
A small reminder that this FREE @historylabplus.bsky.social open mic event is just days away...

#AcademicSky
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@ihrhistorylab.bsky.social
@drmichaelreeve.bsky.social
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December 9, 2025 at 7:56 AM
@htenuk.bsky.social #PrimaryTeacher colleagues may be interested in this blog from the University of Nottingham.
The UoN Primary Education Network blog has a new home tinyurl.com/muypnced
See this month's new post from Sally Betteridge on creating motivated and engaged readers
December 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM
HTEN members, please check your email for the link to the recordings from yesterday's conference and a summary of all the other exciting news and developments we shared yesterday.

#HistoryEducation #TeacherEducation #HistoryTeacher #TeacherMentoring
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November 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Great to see lots of colleagues this morning. Our next meet up is January. Please do also make sure you have our in-person conference in the diary.

#historyteacher #HistoryEducation #TeacherEducation
Our next HTEN Time To Talk is on Wednesday 21st January 3:30pm. Why don't you join us for a cuppa in our virtual staff room?
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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@helenfcarr.bsky.social makes the point that children find it hard to believe the inhumanity of the Holocaust. This is why teachers need help, for example from @uclholocaust.bsky.social, to deal with their own human reactions to the unimaginable. #HistoryEducation
November 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM