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History of Parliament A level competition 2017
For those of you deep in exam season for GCSEs, AS and A Levels at the moment, very good luck to you all, especially in your history papers. Once they are all over and everything has calmed down, those of … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Schools
Tagged A level, AS level, schools, Schools competition, University application
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Review of the year 2016
It’s been yet another busy year here at the History of Parliament Trust. By far the most exciting event was the publication in July of our very first volumes focussing on the Upper House. The House of Lords 1660-1715, published … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences/seminars, Politics, Schools
Tagged Conferences, Oral history project, Review of the year
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History of Parliament dissertation competition 2016
Every year the History organises a competition for the best undergraduate dissertation presented in 2016 on a subject relating to British or Irish parliamentary or political history before 1997. Universities across the country submit a wide range of entries of … Continue reading
History of Parliament’s Education Competitions: 2015-16
As many of you will know, every year the History of Parliament Trust organises competitions for schoolchildren on aspects of parliamentary history. We recently invited our 2015 A Level competition winner, Josh Travers of St Ambrose College, Altrincham, to Westminster … Continue reading
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Tagged Disraeli, Gladstone, Parliament Tour, schools
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Review of the year 2015
2015 has been a very busy year here at the History of Parliament Trust! Of course much of this has been due to the important political anniversaries we’ve been marking this year. These began in January, when Parliament launched their … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, 2015 Anniversaries, Magna Carta, Parliament
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The Eligibility of Constance Markievicz
On 14th December 1918, Countess Constance Markievicz (1868-1927) became the first woman to be elected to the UK Parliament, but she did not take her seat. Dr Mari Takayanagi, Senior Archivist at the Parliamentary Archives and joint Project Manager for … Continue reading
Was Wilberforce the only influential parliamentarian abolitionist? Certainly not…
Joining the History of Parliament on work experience this summer, A level student Georgina Hands explained that she had heard about the Trust after using our website for research in to a school history project. Here she blogs for us … Continue reading
