The Society now invites applications for its Jinty Nelson Teaching Fellowships — a new RHS funding programme to support History teaching in UK Higher Education, launched today.
The Society looks to award a series of Teaching Fellowships, available for the sums of £500, £1000 and £1250, to be held in the academic year 2023-24. The Fellowships seek to help historians introduce new approaches to their teaching, or to undertake a defined study of an aspect of history teaching in UK Higher Education.
The Society defines approaches to teaching broadly for this Fellowship. For example, creation of a wholly new course or aspects of an existing course; provision of new activities within an established course; or assistance for students to undertake project work as part of a course. We also welcome applications that pilot or test new ideas in teaching, and which may not—at this time—become a feature of courses in future years.
Fellowships may equally support a short study relating to History teaching in UK Higher Education, within a department or more widely, and of interest to the wider profession. Approaches may include (but are not limited to):
- study relating to the development of teaching on a particular historical theme, topic, region or chronology; the scope and/or content of teaching in a subject area or UK region; or to student participation: for example, course selection;
- surveys of the profession on subjects relating to History teaching in UK Higher Education;
- promotion of the value of History teaching, and/or identification of high-quality and transferable teaching practices;
- an event to consider and promote aspects of teaching practice;
- initiatives to support History HE teachers at mid or later-career.
The Jinty Nelson Teaching Fellowships are named after Dame Jinty Nelson FBA, President of the Society between 2001 and 2005. Fellowships replace the Society’s previous Jinty Nelson Teaching Prize in a new and expanded funding programme for History teaching at undergraduate and Masters’ levels.
For more on this new programme, and how to apply, please see here.
Applications for Fellowships may be made via the Society’s online portal here.
Applications for this first round of Fellowships are now invited, with a closing date of 23:59 on Friday 25 August 2023.
Please note: applications for the award are reserved for current Fellows and members of the Society. If you wish to apply for membership, please visit our Join Us page.
The Jinty Nelson Teaching Fellowships are named after Dame Jinty Nelson FBA, President of the Society between 2001 and 2005. Fellowships replace the Society’s previous Jinty Nelson Teaching Prize in a new and expanded funding programme for History teaching at undergraduate and Masters’ levels.