Education – Page 3 – First World War Centenary News Archive

April 19, 2013 CN Editorial Team

First World War Centenary: Celebration or Commemoration?

A debate over the nature of the Centenary saw different perspectives came out during interviews carried out at the Great War Centenary Conference – held on Thursday 14th March 2013 at Wellington College.

April 29, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Plans for First World War Centenary discussed at Great War Conference

From the 'Schools and the Great War Centenary' Conference, filmed by Centenary News, those speaking at the conference detail their thoughts and plans for the Centenary.

May 18, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Swansea University to lead ‘Cartooning the First World War in Wales’ digital Centenary project

Swansea University, Wales, has received almost £70,000 in Heritage Lottery Funding to digitise the wartime work of an influential Welsh newspaper cartoonist, J M Staniforth.

May 20, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Scottish schools receive funding for First World War battlefield visits

A £1 million fund by the Scottish Government will help every secondary school in Scotland to cover the costs of sending students on educational visits to European battlefields to mark the Centenary.

May 21, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Interpreting Telecommunications in the Great War: A workshop for museum interpreters, archivists and historians

A workshop focusing on telecommunications during the First World War is to be held at the University of Leeds, England, on 28th June 2013.

End Date: 28 Jun 2013

June 4, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Flemish Peace Institute “Advice concerning the Centenary of the First World War and its message of peace” publication

The Flemish Peace Institute publishes an English language “note” which provides advice on how to deliver commemorations for the Centenary of the First World War to “convey a message of peace”.

June 10, 2013 CN Editorial Team

UK Government announces battlefield visits for schoolchildren to mark First World War Centenary

Further details have been released about plans to provide “student ambassadors” from schools in England and Wales the opportunity to visit First World War battlefields to mark the Centenary.

June 28, 2013 CN Editorial Team