Secondary Teacher Fellowship Programme: Local history

Secondary Teacher Fellowship Programme: Local history

Local history: untold stories of the people of Britain

At the heart of this Teacher Fellowship programme in partnership with the Historical Association was the concept of integrating local history into the classroom through the stories of the people and places which make the history of your school's community exciting and unique. Through the lens of local history this fellowship explored a variety of time periods and a range of sources and approaches including the built environment, local museum collections, archival documents and digital resources.

Participants worked with historians, archivists and and programme leader Michael Riley to explore the myriad ways in which local history can be incorporated into their teaching practice.

Teaching resources produced by the Teacher Fellows now available below, covering the following areas: Cambridge, Liverpool, Stroud and Chard (Somerset).

Outcome resources

Why BALH?

Nick Barratt Historian and Author

Supporting your academic research

There is an increasing interest in local history as a key element of academic studies – not just the content that has been published by local historians over the decades as a key research resource, but also in co-produced projects. Grant-awarding bodies such as the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) have placed an increasing emphasis on collaborations and partnerships when considering the award of research funding, and BALH provides the perfect platform for academic researchers to locate key groups and ongoing activity.

Nick Barratt, Historian and Author

Meet the team

Jack Southern Trustee

Jack Southern

Jack has a deep interest in the relationship between people, places, and local history, shaped by his upbringing on the Fylde coast. He studied local and regional history at Lancaster University before teaching in Hong Kong, later returning to complete postgraduate research at the University of Central Lancashire, focusing on communities and industrial decline in Lancastrian cotton towns. He collaborates with local history groups, artists, and the Lancashire Local History Federation to explore new ways of communicating history. Now a Public History and Heritage lecturer at UCLan, he is passionate about outreach and engaging wider audiences with local history.

Jack Southern, Trustee