Centenary News highlights the key findings of the British Council's 'Remember the World as well as the War' report on understandings of the global dimesnion of the First World War.
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British Council report “confirms low levels of knowledge about the international aspects of the First World War”
The British Council has commissioned a report, entitled, Remember the World as well as the War, which states that the UK public has a “limited” knowledge of the First World War’s global dimension and its legacy.
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What does the British Council’s report on global understandings of the First World War say?
Centenary News highlights the key findings of the British Council’s ‘Remember the World as well as the War’ report on understandings of the global dimesnion of the First World War.
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Letters written by students from First World War battlefields to their professor go on show
Four letters written by students from the battlefields of the First World War to their history professor are to be seen in public for the first time in England.
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BBC series telling “local stories from a global conflict” launches on February 24
The BBC has given a taste of some of the stories about life on the UK home front which will feature in a major First World War series running on BBC local radio and regional television.
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Letters written by students from First World War battlefields to their professor exhibited
Mike Swain reports on a new exhibition of letters – written by students to their professor during the First World War – which is being held at the University of Manchester’s John Rylands Library.
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Letters written by students from First World War battlefields to their professor exhibited
Mike Swain reports on a new exhibition of letters – written by students to their professor during the First World War – which is being held at the University of Manchester's John Rylands Library.
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Whitehall debate hears call to challenge First World War myths
Centenary News Deputy Editor, Mike Swain, reports from a debate held in Whitehall, London, on the First World War Centenary and whether it is relevant to our lives today.
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Belgian and German historians to discuss the First World War
Belgian and German historians are set to discuss topics ranging from forced labour to cultural heritage during the First World War.
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‘Schools and the Great War Centenary’ conference, Wellington College
Wellington College in England is organising a conference entitled: ‘Schools and the Great War Centenary: How Schools Should Best Prepare’, with speakers including the UK’s Special Representative for the Centenary, Sir Hew Strachan and Jeremy Paxman.
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