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Dr Heather Ellis

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SFHEA, FRHistS | Historian of education & knowledge Uni of Sheffield https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/education/people/academic/heather-ellis | Co-Investigator @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social https://www.theschoolmealsproject.co.uk | Co-Editor History of Education .. more

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Dr Heather Ellis @heatherlwellis.bsky.social · Mar 9

📢 New OA article written with Isabelle Carter for the Oral History Review!

Control, Resistance, and the Senses: Neurodivergent Perspectives of the UK School Meals Service
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#histed @histedsocuk.bsky.social @unishefplayer.bsky.social

Control, Resistance, and the Senses: Neurodivergent Perspectives of the UK School Meals Service; A Case Study

The UK school meals service has a distinctive history shaped by early welfare policies, austerity measures, and the introduction of universal free school meals, thus making it a useful case study f...

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Stuart Jones @stuartjones.bsky.social · 22h

Published 30 Oct ... I'm in vol 5, expertly edited by @heatherlwellis.bsky.social and @capandgown.bsky.social
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cultural-...

A Cultural History of Higher Learning

How has higher learning been shaped by people, ideas and knowledge? In a work that spans 2,500 years, 67 experts chart across the social and cultural dynamics o…

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Stephanie Olsen @stephanieolsen.bsky.social · 11d

A belated, warm welcome to Laura Nys, History of Education's new book reviews ed, and a huge thank you to @histosaurusbex.bsky.social !
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @lottiehoare.bsky.social @heatherlwellis.bsky.social

Published in History of Education: Journal of the History of Education Society (Ahead of Print, 2025)

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Dr Heather Ellis @heatherlwellis.bsky.social · 16d

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...

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

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Stephanie Olsen @stephanieolsen.bsky.social · 26d

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 ...

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Dr Heather Ellis @heatherlwellis.bsky.social · Jul 18

Pleased to see the new edition of this is now available in paperback and at a much more reasonable price! #histed
@sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social @unishefplayer.bsky.social

Dr Heather Ellis @heatherlwellis.bsky.social · Jul 11

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

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ESRC School Meals 🍽 @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social · Jul 9

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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Heywood Quarterly @heywoodquarterly.bsky.social · Jun 30

Does the government ignore things about the future known to be true, not wanting to confront them in the present?

This year's Heywood Fellow, Lucy Smith, argues the British state must get better at long-term strategy.

@blavatnikschool.bsky.social

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Why the UK needs to be better at long-term strategy - Heywood Quarterly

Lucy Smith, Heywood Fellow, explains the importance of long-term strategy for the UK – and how other countries may be leading the way.

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Dr Heather Ellis @heatherlwellis.bsky.social · Jul 7

On my way to #ISCHE2025 in Lille to talk (among other things) about our @esrcscische-news.bsky.social project! #histed @ische-news.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social

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History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · Jun 28

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

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ESRC School Meals 🍽 @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social · Jun 23

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

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History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · Jun 23

We recently announced a Call for Papers for our next Annual Conference this November in Winchester!

You can submit an abstract now until Thursday 31st of July! PGRs are especially welcome.

Information: historyofeducation.org.uk/conference/

#histed #cfp #conference #history #education #edusky

Conference - History of Education Society

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Julia Bishop @drjuliabish.bsky.social · Jun 23

Excellent event - thanks to all who came and supported it. Food for thought (of course!)

ESRC School Meals 🍽 @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social · Jun 19

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

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ESRC School Meals 🍽 @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social · Jun 19

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

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ESRC School Meals 🍽 @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social · Jun 18

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

Dr Heather Ellis @heatherlwellis.bsky.social · Jun 17

Lovely to see this! Leo - my son - had a fantastic time at the conference, especially listening to @stephanieolsen.bsky.social's keynote. Thank you to everyone for welcoming him.

Stephanie Olsen @stephanieolsen.bsky.social · Jun 17

Check out this wonderful report of my keynote on school children’s dreams by 15-year-old Leo Clarkson. Such a privilege to get your perspective! eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Reflections on Dr. Olsen’s Keynote by Leo Clarkson | HEX | Tampere Universities

On May 15, 2025, HEX Senior Researcher Stephanie Olsen gave a keynote address entitled “Schoolchildren’s Dreams: Complicating questions of power and resistance in school settings and in archives” as p...

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Stephanie Olsen @stephanieolsen.bsky.social · Jun 17

Check out this wonderful report of my keynote on school children’s dreams by 15-year-old Leo Clarkson. Such a privilege to get your perspective! eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Reflections on Dr. Olsen’s Keynote by Leo Clarkson | HEX | Tampere Universities

On May 15, 2025, HEX Senior Researcher Stephanie Olsen gave a keynote address entitled “Schoolchildren’s Dreams: Complicating questions of power and resistance in school settings and in archives” as p...

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Dr Heather Ellis @heatherlwellis.bsky.social · Jun 5

Enjoyed the first day of the International workshop 'Rebuilding Peace: Universities and Knowledge in the 1940s Postwar World' at the @eui-eu.bsky.social in Florence! #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @unishefplayer.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social

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ESRC School Meals 🍽 @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social · Jun 3

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

Dr Heather Ellis @heatherlwellis.bsky.social · Jun 2

Great news!

Stuart Jones @stuartjones.bsky.social · Jun 2

Now open access - special issue edited by me, Dec 2024 www.manchesterhive.com/view/journal..., including @heatherlwellis.bsky.social @erinbeeston.bsky.social

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Stuart Jones @stuartjones.bsky.social · Jun 2

Now open access - special issue edited by me, Dec 2024 www.manchesterhive.com/view/journal..., including @heatherlwellis.bsky.social @erinbeeston.bsky.social

Dr Heather Ellis @heatherlwellis.bsky.social · May 30

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

Dr Heather Ellis @heatherlwellis.bsky.social · May 16

Presenting research on Lit and Phils in a pre-formed panel at #NEHC2025 #histed @histedsocuk.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social

Dr Heather Ellis @heatherlwellis.bsky.social · May 14

Taking part in a journal editors' roundtable at #NEHC2025 with @stephanieolsen.bsky.social representing History of Education, The journal of @histedsocuk.bsky.social! #histed

Dr Heather Ellis @heatherlwellis.bsky.social · May 14

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

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ESRC School Meals 🍽 @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social · May 11

Welcome to our April 2025 newsletter! Find out more about what the team has been up to including the wonderful Food Museum launch, talking to the BBC Food Programme, and lots more! #histed @ichre-ioe.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social

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Julia Bishop @drjuliabish.bsky.social · May 9

Excellent contributions from @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social @heatherlwellis.bsky.social @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social and many others to this timely programme!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Food Programme - School Dinners - Past, Present and Future - BBC Sounds

Sheila Dillon investigates how school food has evolved and how it inspires what we eat now

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ESRC School Meals 🍽 @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social · May 9

Join us for our free 1-day end-of-project conference on 19th June at Friends House, London! We'll share our key findings & recommendations and discuss all things #schoolmeals with some great people including @sharonhodgsonmp.bsky.social!
#histed
Register here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-school...

The School Meals Service: Past, Present - and Future?

Join us for this free, full-day conference to discuss the past, present and future of the UK School Meals Service.

www.eventbrite.com

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ESRC School Meals 🍽 @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social · May 9

📢 Today’s episode of BBC Radio 4’s The Food Programme features our ESRC-funded research on past, present & future of school meals, incl an interview with @heatherlwellis.bsky.social & more on the new @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social exhibition! @sheffielduni.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - The Food Programme, School Dinners - Past, Present and Future

Sheila Dillon investigates how school food has evolved and how it inspires what we eat now

Dr Heather Ellis @heatherlwellis.bsky.social · Apr 30

Join us on 7th May 11am BST for an online roundtable to celebrate the launch of our new edited volume: A Cultural History of Higher Learning in the Age of Industry! #histgeoguni #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @capandgown.bsky.social

Stuart Jones @stuartjones.bsky.social · Apr 30

Next Wednesday - online roundtable on Cultures of Higher Learning in the Age of Industry ... register here www.histgeog-uni.net/history-of-u... ... including @capandgown.bsky.social @heatherlwellis.bsky.social and others (inc me)

History of Universities Seminar – HistGeogUni

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