Dr Elizabeth Wells

Historian and Archivist Doctoral Thesis completed with @OpenUniversity on 'Pupil Insurgency in England's Public Schools: 1768-1868'

[Dr Elizabeth Wells @lizziewells]

I had great fun recording two episodes on the subject of my doctoral thesis on pupil rebellions with @daisychristo

https://t.co/JzADIebp1R

[Dr Elizabeth Wells @lizziewells]

@latin_tutoring @daisychristo Thank you so much!

[Dr Elizabeth Wells @lizziewells]

I had great fun recording two episodes on the subject of my doctoral thesis on pupil rebellions with @daisychristo

https://t.co/JzADIebp1R

[Dr Elizabeth Wells @lizziewells]

Part Two is available here: https://t.co/0Uivf29O6y

[Sir Michael Barber @MichaelBarber9]

Great you have got this out there, Daisy. I loved the conversations we had about this seminal Act. Can hardly believe it’s 80 years ago…which makes my book about it 30 years ago!

[Dr Elizabeth Wells @lizziewells]

To find out more listen to our latest episode on the origins of A-Levels https://t.co/rSypZ3FPlA

[Dr Elizabeth Wells @lizziewells]

Just had the privilege of looking at a friend’s National Record of Achievement - it included her cycling proficiency certificate!

[Anna McShane @AnnaCMcShane]

@daisychristo My Gran failed French in 1934 as part of her school certificate despite doing well in the others. Officially she left school with no qualifications. She often talked about how unfair the system was.

[Daisy Christodoulou @daisychristo]

Our next podcast episode is out tomorrow - first of a 2-parter on what we did before A-levels.

Find out about the Higher School Certificate - the inter-war qualification for 18 year olds which has a bit in common with the new Advanced British Standard.

https://t.co/5JpeqXgbwi

[Dr Elizabeth Wells @lizziewells]

Our interview with Patrick Derham, former Head Master of Rugby and Westminster on the challenges facing the independent sector is now available https://t.co/3ZCZ6Aim7p

[Daisy Christodoulou @daisychristo]

Latest Lessons from History is on school absenteeism.

But we also talk about the heyday of local government, when infrastructure projects came in under budget & ahead of schedule & the surplus was spent on statues celebrating local government.

https://t.co/FZdPjH7Ywg

[Dr Elizabeth Wells @lizziewells]

I quite like those bits too!

[Tom Bennett OBE @tombennett71]

@daisychristo @latin_tutoring My favourite bits are when Daisy remembers to breathe in, and Elizabeth gets a chance

[Dr Elizabeth Wells @lizziewells]

Our next episode goes live tomorrow morning - with fun tangents on taxidermy, huel and effective altruism. Subscribe now to be the first to download: https://t.co/WoGlipnhut

[Dr Elizabeth Wells @lizziewells]

@tombennett71 A dangerous insight as I prepare to edit the next few episodes!

[Dr Elizabeth Wells @lizziewells]

Our second episode on Building Schools in the Past is now live. We talk to structural engineer, Fiona Cobb, about why RAAC is more Crunchie than Aero and the reason new school buildings don’t look like this anymore. https://t.co/XZH0QI157p

[Daisy Christodoulou @daisychristo]

This is just not the case.

1. These schools were built well after the Industrial Rev.

2. Their architect (ER Robson) disliked corridors as they impeded light & air.

3. He also created bigger classrooms (not "cells") for same reason.

[Dr Elizabeth Wells @lizziewells]

Our new episode on school buildings is out now!

[Daisy Christodoulou @daisychristo]

If you live in England, there's a good chance you'll know a school building like this.

Thousands still exist. How did they come about, and how are they still going strong when so many newer schools are not?

Our latest podcast episode explains it all.

https://t.co/dV19NLdr9x

[Daisy Christodoulou @daisychristo]

New podcast episode out tomorrow!

It's on Miss Buss & Miss Beale, Victorian pioneers of girls' education.

They founded famous schools, argued for girls to take exams & invented the term head mistress.

Were they as stern as in these photos? Listen & find out!

https://t.co/XDWC6xcz2F

[Dr Elizabeth Wells @lizziewells]

A rather personal episode of the podcast will be appearing on Friday morning - follow here to be the first to listen when it drops: https://t.co/WoGlipnhut

[Dr Elizabeth Wells @lizziewells]

@buckingham_j My friend John Willow composed the music for us specially. It’s definitely distinctive! It reminds me a lot of the themes of educational films made for use in schools in the 80s and 90s, which seems apposite.