ESRC School Meals 🍽
@esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social
The School Meals Service: Past, Present, and Future?
https://www.theschoolmealsproject.co.uk/
An ESRC-funded research project exploring the history, present and future of the UK School Meals Service #histed #histchild #foodhist
https://www.theschoolmealsproject.co.uk/
An ESRC-funded research project exploring the history, present and future of the UK School Meals Service #histed #histchild #foodhist
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🍽 ICYMI Our Policy Briefing on the history & future of school meals is now available to read & share.
Drawing on over a century of evidence and new oral histories, we show how mealtimes are about much more than nutrition.
@sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
#histed
Drawing on over a century of evidence and new oral histories, we show how mealtimes are about much more than nutrition.
@sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
#histed
Great to be part of this visit yesterday and share findings with colleagues from @royalhistsoc.org, @ioe.bsky.social, @lshtmhistory.bsky.social and everyone who came to @heatherlwellis.bsky.social's lecture.
#histed #schoolmeals @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
#histed #schoolmeals @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
Yesterday we visited historians @ioe.bsky.social & @lshtm.bsky.social to learn more about their work and experience of researching / teaching in non-History departments bit.ly/3KC9xxJ
Our great thanks to all who attended and esp. to @heatherlwellis.bsky.social for her excellent lecture #Skystorians
Our great thanks to all who attended and esp. to @heatherlwellis.bsky.social for her excellent lecture #Skystorians
Society visits historians at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and UCL Institute of Education - RHS
On 10 December, members of the Society’s Council visited historians at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the UCL Institute of Education. This joint visit was an opportunity to lea...
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December 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Great to be part of this visit yesterday and share findings with colleagues from @royalhistsoc.org, @ioe.bsky.social, @lshtmhistory.bsky.social and everyone who came to @heatherlwellis.bsky.social's lecture.
#histed #schoolmeals @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
#histed #schoolmeals @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
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Thanks for inviting me to give the lecture! It was a really valuable and interesting day.
Yesterday we visited historians @ioe.bsky.social & @lshtm.bsky.social to learn more about their work and experience of researching / teaching in non-History departments bit.ly/3KC9xxJ
Our great thanks to all who attended and esp. to @heatherlwellis.bsky.social for her excellent lecture #Skystorians
Our great thanks to all who attended and esp. to @heatherlwellis.bsky.social for her excellent lecture #Skystorians
Society visits historians at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and UCL Institute of Education - RHS
On 10 December, members of the Society’s Council visited historians at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the UCL Institute of Education. This joint visit was an opportunity to lea...
bit.ly
December 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Thanks for inviting me to give the lecture! It was a really valuable and interesting day.
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Great opportunity to hear more about the fantastic @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social project from @heatherlwellis.bsky.social !! @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
Excited to give the @royalhistsoc.org's public lecture this December: 'Hunger, Health and Hope: A History of School Meals in Britain' @sheffielduni.bsky.social @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social #histed
📅 Tuesday 10 December, 6pm
🎟️ Free, all welcome. Register here
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hunger-hea...
📅 Tuesday 10 December, 6pm
🎟️ Free, all welcome. Register here
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hunger-hea...
Hunger, Health and Hope: A History of School Meals in Britain, IN-PERSON
Royal Historical Society public lecture at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Institute of Education, UCL
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Great opportunity to hear more about the fantastic @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social project from @heatherlwellis.bsky.social !! @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
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📢 Our first full-team article from the School Meals Project is now published 🎉
🍽️ "The UK School Meals Service, 1944–Present: A Sensory and Emotional Experience"
📖 Read it here: lnkd.in/eiWQT4fN
#histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ichre-ioe.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
🍽️ "The UK School Meals Service, 1944–Present: A Sensory and Emotional Experience"
📖 Read it here: lnkd.in/eiWQT4fN
#histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ichre-ioe.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
The UK School Meals Service 1944–Present: A Sensory and Emotional Experience
This article explores the sensory and emotional dimensions of the UK School Meals Service (SMS) since 1944, arguing that the lived experiences of pupils, teachers, parents, catering staff, and poli...
www.tandfonline.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
📢 Our first full-team article from the School Meals Project is now published 🎉
🍽️ "The UK School Meals Service, 1944–Present: A Sensory and Emotional Experience"
📖 Read it here: lnkd.in/eiWQT4fN
#histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ichre-ioe.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
🍽️ "The UK School Meals Service, 1944–Present: A Sensory and Emotional Experience"
📖 Read it here: lnkd.in/eiWQT4fN
#histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ichre-ioe.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
🍽 ICYMI Our Policy Briefing on the history & future of school meals is now available to read & share.
Drawing on over a century of evidence and new oral histories, we show how mealtimes are about much more than nutrition.
@sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
#histed
Drawing on over a century of evidence and new oral histories, we show how mealtimes are about much more than nutrition.
@sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
#histed
October 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🍽 ICYMI Our Policy Briefing on the history & future of school meals is now available to read & share.
Drawing on over a century of evidence and new oral histories, we show how mealtimes are about much more than nutrition.
@sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
#histed
Drawing on over a century of evidence and new oral histories, we show how mealtimes are about much more than nutrition.
@sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
#histed
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Excited to give the @royalhistsoc.org's public lecture this December: 'Hunger, Health and Hope: A History of School Meals in Britain' @sheffielduni.bsky.social @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social #histed
📅 Tuesday 10 December, 6pm
🎟️ Free, all welcome. Register here
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hunger-hea...
📅 Tuesday 10 December, 6pm
🎟️ Free, all welcome. Register here
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hunger-hea...
Hunger, Health and Hope: A History of School Meals in Britain, IN-PERSON
Royal Historical Society public lecture at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Institute of Education, UCL
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Excited to give the @royalhistsoc.org's public lecture this December: 'Hunger, Health and Hope: A History of School Meals in Britain' @sheffielduni.bsky.social @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social #histed
📅 Tuesday 10 December, 6pm
🎟️ Free, all welcome. Register here
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hunger-hea...
📅 Tuesday 10 December, 6pm
🎟️ Free, all welcome. Register here
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hunger-hea...
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New open access article, based on my keynote at the HES conference in Sheffield : Towards an Emotional and Experiential History of Modern Education: Children’s Essays on the Cinema Around the First World War www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @hexhistory.bsky.social
Towards an Emotional and Experiential History of Modern Education: Children’s Essays on the Cinema Around the First World War
This article probes the potential of emotional and experiential histories of education. London children’s school essays on their experiences in the First World War, their stories, their dreams and ...
www.tandfonline.com
September 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
New open access article, based on my keynote at the HES conference in Sheffield : Towards an Emotional and Experiential History of Modern Education: Children’s Essays on the Cinema Around the First World War www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @hexhistory.bsky.social
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It has been a lovely week at @ische-news.bsky.social #ISCHE46im Lille. Thought-provoking panels, catching up with old friends and sharing results of the @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social project! #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @ichre-ioe.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
It has been a lovely week at @ische-news.bsky.social #ISCHE46im Lille. Thought-provoking panels, catching up with old friends and sharing results of the @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social project! #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @ichre-ioe.bsky.social
Welcome to our June 2025 newsletter, the final one of the funded project! This month, we look at our end-of-project conference held at Friends House in London on 19 June and our panel at #ISCHE2025. @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ichre-ioe.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social #histed
July 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Welcome to our June 2025 newsletter, the final one of the funded project! This month, we look at our end-of-project conference held at Friends House in London on 19 June and our panel at #ISCHE2025. @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ichre-ioe.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social #histed
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Our Annual Conference this November is dedicated to Joyce Goodman.
Her co-authored paper with Sue Anderson-Faithful, 'Turning and twisting histories of women’s education: matters of strategy', resonates strongly with our conference theme.
Read: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#histed #edusky
Her co-authored paper with Sue Anderson-Faithful, 'Turning and twisting histories of women’s education: matters of strategy', resonates strongly with our conference theme.
Read: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#histed #edusky
June 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Our Annual Conference this November is dedicated to Joyce Goodman.
Her co-authored paper with Sue Anderson-Faithful, 'Turning and twisting histories of women’s education: matters of strategy', resonates strongly with our conference theme.
Read: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#histed #edusky
Her co-authored paper with Sue Anderson-Faithful, 'Turning and twisting histories of women’s education: matters of strategy', resonates strongly with our conference theme.
Read: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#histed #edusky
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📣 Call for Blog Posts!
We're always looking for researchers in history of education to write a blog for our website. We accept entries from all across the world!
Take part: historyofeducation.org.uk/submit-a-blo...
Our Blog Page: historyofeducation.org.uk/blog/
#histed #history #edusky
We're always looking for researchers in history of education to write a blog for our website. We accept entries from all across the world!
Take part: historyofeducation.org.uk/submit-a-blo...
Our Blog Page: historyofeducation.org.uk/blog/
#histed #history #edusky
Submit a Blog Post - History of Education Society
Fancy writing something for our blog? We would love to hear from you! We are looking for blog posts of 500-1200 words on any topic or theme related to the history of education.
historyofeducation.org.uk
June 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
📣 Call for Blog Posts!
We're always looking for researchers in history of education to write a blog for our website. We accept entries from all across the world!
Take part: historyofeducation.org.uk/submit-a-blo...
Our Blog Page: historyofeducation.org.uk/blog/
#histed #history #edusky
We're always looking for researchers in history of education to write a blog for our website. We accept entries from all across the world!
Take part: historyofeducation.org.uk/submit-a-blo...
Our Blog Page: historyofeducation.org.uk/blog/
#histed #history #edusky
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🗣️ 'Food isn't just about hunger, it's about equality, it's about dignity, and the right to learn'
After news #FreeSchoolMeals are being extended we explore what impact the policy could have and what it means for those not included.
🎧 Listen in full: shorturl.at/AtkCm
@trustforlondon.bsky.social
After news #FreeSchoolMeals are being extended we explore what impact the policy could have and what it means for those not included.
🎧 Listen in full: shorturl.at/AtkCm
@trustforlondon.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🗣️ 'Food isn't just about hunger, it's about equality, it's about dignity, and the right to learn'
After news #FreeSchoolMeals are being extended we explore what impact the policy could have and what it means for those not included.
🎧 Listen in full: shorturl.at/AtkCm
@trustforlondon.bsky.social
After news #FreeSchoolMeals are being extended we explore what impact the policy could have and what it means for those not included.
🎧 Listen in full: shorturl.at/AtkCm
@trustforlondon.bsky.social
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This ESRC project on the UK's school meal service is really fascinating work on a key aspect of UK education
To try and capture some of the key themes and ideas discussed at our end-of-project conference last Thursday, we worked with Jules from Illustrated Live who produced this great live illustration for us! #histed @ioe.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
This ESRC project on the UK's school meal service is really fascinating work on a key aspect of UK education
To try and capture some of the key themes and ideas discussed at our end-of-project conference last Thursday, we worked with Jules from Illustrated Live who produced this great live illustration for us! #histed @ioe.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
To try and capture some of the key themes and ideas discussed at our end-of-project conference last Thursday, we worked with Jules from Illustrated Live who produced this great live illustration for us! #histed @ioe.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
And thank you to @drjuliabish.bsky.social who did the lion's share of the organisation!
Excellent event - thanks to all who came and supported it. Food for thought (of course!)
We had a great time at our end-of-project conference today in London! Thanks to everyone for coming and to Sharon Hodgson MP for talking to us about the current policy landscape on school meals. #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
And thank you to @drjuliabish.bsky.social who did the lion's share of the organisation!
We had a great time at our end-of-project conference today in London! Thanks to everyone for coming and to Sharon Hodgson MP for talking to us about the current policy landscape on school meals. #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
We had a great time at our end-of-project conference today in London! Thanks to everyone for coming and to Sharon Hodgson MP for talking to us about the current policy landscape on school meals. #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
Looking forward to our end-of-project conference tomorrow in London. Conference packs and programmes ready to go!
#histed #schoolmeals @ioe.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
#histed #schoolmeals @ioe.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Looking forward to our end-of-project conference tomorrow in London. Conference packs and programmes ready to go!
#histed #schoolmeals @ioe.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
#histed #schoolmeals @ioe.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
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🥳 Great news that #FreeSchoolMeals are being extended to all families in England receiving Universal Credit!
Around 500,000 children will benefit from today's announcement - we'd love the government to consider auto-enrolment as part of the roll out.
Read more: bit.ly/4ksjevh
Around 500,000 children will benefit from today's announcement - we'd love the government to consider auto-enrolment as part of the roll out.
Read more: bit.ly/4ksjevh
June 5, 2025 at 7:46 AM
🥳 Great news that #FreeSchoolMeals are being extended to all families in England receiving Universal Credit!
Around 500,000 children will benefit from today's announcement - we'd love the government to consider auto-enrolment as part of the roll out.
Read more: bit.ly/4ksjevh
Around 500,000 children will benefit from today's announcement - we'd love the government to consider auto-enrolment as part of the roll out.
Read more: bit.ly/4ksjevh
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🗣️ 'It's such an exciting step the government have taken - recognising that #FreeSchoolMeals are literally a lifeline for very many families'
Our Executive Director Anna Taylor on the seven-year campaign that received a major boost this week!
🎧 Listen in full: bit.ly/3FIs5d9
Our Executive Director Anna Taylor on the seven-year campaign that received a major boost this week!
🎧 Listen in full: bit.ly/3FIs5d9
June 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
🗣️ 'It's such an exciting step the government have taken - recognising that #FreeSchoolMeals are literally a lifeline for very many families'
Our Executive Director Anna Taylor on the seven-year campaign that received a major boost this week!
🎧 Listen in full: bit.ly/3FIs5d9
Our Executive Director Anna Taylor on the seven-year campaign that received a major boost this week!
🎧 Listen in full: bit.ly/3FIs5d9
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🗣️ 'It's about giving every child the best start in life'
Chef and anti-poverty campaigner Tom Kerridge says the government's commitment to extending #FreeSchoolMeals will be a game changer!
Learn more: bit.ly/4ksjevh
Chef and anti-poverty campaigner Tom Kerridge says the government's commitment to extending #FreeSchoolMeals will be a game changer!
Learn more: bit.ly/4ksjevh
June 10, 2025 at 7:26 AM
🗣️ 'It's about giving every child the best start in life'
Chef and anti-poverty campaigner Tom Kerridge says the government's commitment to extending #FreeSchoolMeals will be a game changer!
Learn more: bit.ly/4ksjevh
Chef and anti-poverty campaigner Tom Kerridge says the government's commitment to extending #FreeSchoolMeals will be a game changer!
Learn more: bit.ly/4ksjevh
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🏫 The government commitment to expanding #FreeSchoolMeals has opened up new opportunities to improve school food!
Some of these will be critical to ensuring the full benefits reach the estimated half a million children affected.
Read more: bit.ly/4kAvmdJ
#SpendingReview
Some of these will be critical to ensuring the full benefits reach the estimated half a million children affected.
Read more: bit.ly/4kAvmdJ
#SpendingReview
June 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
🏫 The government commitment to expanding #FreeSchoolMeals has opened up new opportunities to improve school food!
Some of these will be critical to ensuring the full benefits reach the estimated half a million children affected.
Read more: bit.ly/4kAvmdJ
#SpendingReview
Some of these will be critical to ensuring the full benefits reach the estimated half a million children affected.
Read more: bit.ly/4kAvmdJ
#SpendingReview
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Great to read about the excellent presentations by my colleagues this month. And a reminder to join @sharonhodgsonmp.bsky.social, the project team and colleagues in London on 19 June for our free end-of-project conference (booking link in the newsletter!).
Welcome to our May newsletter! Our team gave presentations in Stockholm at #NEHC25, in China, and we look ahead to our end-of-project conference on 19 June in London as well as a number of other talks! #histed @histedsocuk.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ichre-ioe.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Great to read about the excellent presentations by my colleagues this month. And a reminder to join @sharonhodgsonmp.bsky.social, the project team and colleagues in London on 19 June for our free end-of-project conference (booking link in the newsletter!).
Welcome to our May newsletter! Our team gave presentations in Stockholm at #NEHC25, in China, and we look ahead to our end-of-project conference on 19 June in London as well as a number of other talks! #histed @histedsocuk.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ichre-ioe.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Welcome to our May newsletter! Our team gave presentations in Stockholm at #NEHC25, in China, and we look ahead to our end-of-project conference on 19 June in London as well as a number of other talks! #histed @histedsocuk.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ichre-ioe.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
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Really useful workshop on *food banks in schools* today funded by @sheffielduni.bsky.social. Such interesting research in this space across educational provision @trusselluk.bsky.social @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social @jfledderjohann.bsky.social @emmawainwright.bsky.social @alicebradbury.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Really useful workshop on *food banks in schools* today funded by @sheffielduni.bsky.social. Such interesting research in this space across educational provision @trusselluk.bsky.social @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social @jfledderjohann.bsky.social @emmawainwright.bsky.social @alicebradbury.bsky.social
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Great to be here at #NEHC2025! Here to talk about the @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social project as well as knowledge networks in 19thC @histedsocuk.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social #histed
May 14, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Great to be here at #NEHC2025! Here to talk about the @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social project as well as knowledge networks in 19thC @histedsocuk.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social #histed