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Head of Centre: Professor Gary McCulloch
The International Centre for Historical Research in Education (ICHRE) at IOE, is a leading centre for historical research into education.
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Background
ICHRE provides support for students and staff in the history of education, including conference grants, seminars, conferences and other related activities. Our centre welcomes visiting staff and students in the history of education from around the UK and internationally.
We work in close partnership with colleagues across UCL, including UCL History Department, UCL Special Collections and UCL Culture, the Centre for Holocaust Education and the Centre for Higher Education.
We also have close links to external associations including the UK History of Education Society, the International Standing Conference for the History of Education (ISCHE), the British Educational Research Association (BERA) and its History special interest group, the Society for Educational Studies, and the Social History Society.
News
The history of free school meals: how its past dishes out lessons for future servings
This podcast hears about the impact of the UK’s School Meals Service on schools and their communities since its inception in 1906, and how it can adapt to the challenges of food insecurity and the impact of the economic crisis on children's learning.
15 Jan 2024
UCL leads £1m collaboration to investigate the school meals service
A team of researchers led by IOE academic Professor Gary McCulloch have been awarded £1m by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to investigate the past, present, and future of the school meals service.
31 Oct 2022
IOE named World Number 1 for Education in QS subject rankings
IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, has been named Number 1 for Education in the QS World University Rankings by Subject for the ninth year in a row.
06 Apr 2022
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