Education

This month Nick Poyntz looks at how to access the wealth of digitised source material now available to historians.

This month Nick Poyntz examines the rapid rise of blogging among both professional historians and amateur enthusiasts.

Following an invitation to help advise the government on the school history curriculum, what can a high-profile ‘telly don’ like Niall Ferguson bring to the classroom? Seán Lang wonders.

Better known as the clubbing capital of the Midlands, Nottingham is also home to one of the country's most prestigious History departments. J M Ellis, admissions tutor and senior lecturer, tells you how to maximize your chances.

Maurice Keen chronicles a set of 15th century letters - the product of everyday communication between English gentry and officialdom - and suggests how their contents may change the reader's views of the late middle ages. Helen Castor offered her own contemporary historiographical account in 2010.

The decision by Sussex University to drop research-led teaching and implement a post-1900 curriculum will produce scholars lacking in historical perspective, says Martin Evans.

Lindsay Pollick shares her experiences and her enthusiasm.

Wayne Johnson explains what is on offer at one of Britain’s newest universities

Robert Hughes provides an Examiner's Commentary

Jeremy Black prepares readers for the rigours of university history.

Edna Fernandes visits a madrassa in northern India founded in the wake of the Indian Mutiny. One of the first Islamic fundamentalist schools, its influence has spread into Pakistan and Afghanistan, among the Taliban and followers of Osama bin Laden.

Richard Hughes lends us the benefit of his expertise.