Education – Page 16 – First World War Centenary News Archive

June 26, 2014 CN Editorial Team

The Western Front Association East Coast Branch convenes its first event of the Centenary

Dr. Jillian Davidson writes for Centenary News about the Western Front Association East Coast symposium – a biannual meeting of the American WFA.

June 26, 2014 CN Editorial Team

International historians to debate Sarajevo 1914 ‘the South Slav Question’ at Southampton University

Southampton University in the UK is marking the Centenary of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination with an international conference from June 26-28 2014.

June 26, 2014 CN Editorial Team

New report considers the ambitions of teenagers from the First World War to the present day

The National Citizen Service has published a new report which explores the ambitions of teenagers over the twentieth and twenty first centuries.

June 27, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Historian Margaret MacMillan charts daily events leading up to the First World War for BBC Radio 4

On the eve of the centenary of Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination, BBC Radio 4 is launching a daily programme charting the road to war in 1914.

July 10, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Lecture: ‘Belgian Neutrality and the British Decision for War’

As part of the ‘Beyond the 1914-1918 Centenary’ lecture series, Terry Boardman considers the implications of the German invasion of Belgium and its impact on the British decision for war.

July 12, 2014 CN Editorial Team

300,000 Commonwealth war grave records put online for First World War Centenary

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has launched new online resources to make it easier to locate and visit memorials of relatives killed in the First World War.

July 12, 2014 CN Editorial Team

300,000 Commonwealth war grave records put online for First World War Centenary

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has launched new online resources to make it easier to locate and visit memorials of relatives killed in the First World War.

July 13, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Wilfred Owen’s First World War poetry launches on new computer app

The First World War poems of Wilfred Owen, including Anthem for Doomed Youth and Dulce et Decorum Est, are explored on a newly launched computer application

July 13, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Wilfred Owen’s First World War poetry launches on new computer app

The First World War poems of Wilfred Owen, including Anthem for Doomed Youth and Dulce et Decorum Est, are explored on a newly launched computer app.

July 14, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Student winners of Canadian War Museum awards praised for ‘impressive understanding’ of First World War

The Canadian War Museum has announced the winners of an annual education award which in 2014 was devoted to the theme of Canada and the First World War.