Centre for Holocaust Education – News

UCL IOE has named Robert Rinder MBE an Honorary Doctor of Literature (DLit) for his contributions to Holocaust education through his collaboration with the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education.

Congratulations to members of the IOE community who have been recognised in the New Year Honours 2024.

Dr Arthur Chapman discussed why history education matters and how the curriculum can be reshaped to engage more children.

To commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day 2023, the Centre for Holocaust Education at the UCL Institute of Education has released a new podcast exploring the stories of child survivors of the Holocaust.

Schools are set to receive teacher training and educational resources on the Holocaust as part of a groundbreaking new partnership involving UCL and two of England’s leading multi-academy trusts.

UCL’s submission to the Education Unit of Assessment (UoA23) has been ranked first for research strength and research power in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, according to the Elsevier R

To commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day 2022, the Centre for Holocaust Education at the UCL Institute of Education has launched a new podcast reflecting on one survivor’s experiences.

A new national study of Holocaust knowledge and awareness in the United Kingdom found that 52% of all respondents did not know that six million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust with 22% thinking that two million or fewer Jews were killed.

UCL Centre for Holocaust Education has published two articles drawing attention to their work with schools and the theme of this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day ‘Be a light in the darkness’.

We explore the central role that subject knowledge plays in education and hear why we need new thinking about how we understand knowledge and knowledge-building.

The UCL Centre for Holocaust Education has designed and supported a new UNESCO and OSCE framework curricula for teacher trainers ‘Addressing Anti-Semitism in Schools: Training Curricula'.

UCL Centre for Holocaust Education has won the British Educational Research Association (BERA) 2020 Public Engagement and Impact Award.

In a landmark initiative, 30,000 copies of the world’s first research-informed textbook on the Holocaust have started to be distributed to 1,000 English secondary schools.

We know that it’s important to learn about the Holocaust, but why?

A new book providing important knowledge and insights into teaching the Holocaust in schools has been published today (6 July).