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I’ve come to the end of the SOCL trainee scheme and my time with the Education team at the Tower of London! It has been a privilege to work with a department so passionate about bringing the stories of the palaces to a range of education users. I look forward to hearing how Education at [...]
The tradition of Indian woodblock printing is as old as the region itself. Well not quite that old, but the craft has long been practiced throughout the region, and made a befitting medium to explore the Crown Jewels and the Koh-i-Nûr with a local community group. On Monday, women from the Arbour Community group visited [...]
If India was the Jewel in the Crown for the British Empire, the Koh-i-Nûr was that very Jewel! A recent Empire Study day saw the pilot of a new KS3 education session on the Koh-i-Nûr. After a visit to the Jewel House, students participated in an evidence led debate and grappled with British rule over [...]
As posted by Ina a few weeks back, Palace Explorers has gone digital! This time around we have armed our budding Explorers with the iPad2 and provided access to specially designed blogs. Luana and I have been assisting Michelle, (our Schools Outreach Officer) and it has been great to see local children given the opportunity to [...]
Earlier this year Alex Drago announced that HRP Education Service would be supporting the Strengthening our Common Life (SOCL) scheme to host two trainees – Nowrujee Ali and Luana Yakubu. The SOCL scheme is the cultural child of London-based arts and heritage charity, Cultural Co-operation and is aimed at diversifying the heritage workforce. In case [...]