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The Letters of Richard Cobden (1804-1865) Online: An exploration in Active Citizenship

Today is the official launch of the Letters of Richard Cobden Online. This resource contains a searchable collection of digital transcripts of letters written by Cobden and a virtual exhibition of the original documents. Dr Simon Morgan, Principal Investigator for the project, explains more… Tuesday 19 September sees the official launch of the Letters of Richard Cobden Online. Fittingly for such a great Parliamentarian, this … Continue reading The Letters of Richard Cobden (1804-1865) Online: An exploration in Active Citizenship

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Schools: competition prize day!

Last month we welcomed our 2016 Key Stage Three Schools competition winner to Westminster… Slightly later than we hoped, thanks to this year’s snap election, the HPT welcomed our KS3 competition winner, Layla Barwell, and her family to Parliament. Layla attends Dartford Grammar School for girls, and was 13 when she wrote her excellent competition entry. We asked students to write newspaper reports on either … Continue reading Schools: competition prize day!

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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 you thinking about studying history at university may well be interested in taking part in our A level competition (something to add to your application … Continue reading History of Parliament A level competition 2017

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The History of Parliament Schools competition: 2014 winners’ prize days and 2015 competition

2014 was the tenth year of the History of Parliament’s schools competition. As I’m sure you know, every year we run two competitions, one for A level students and one for Key Stage Three (KS3) students (11-14 year olds) – details of how to enter this year’s competition also in this post! Our 2014 winners were Matthew Pearson (Salesian College, Hampshire) at KS3 and Alan … Continue reading The History of Parliament Schools competition: 2014 winners’ prize days and 2015 competition

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