Welcome to “A portrait of the teaching of the British Empire, migration and belonging in English secondary schools.” This collaborative research project, generously funded by Pears Foundation, brings together scholars from the UCL Institute of Education and the University of Oxford’s Department of Education.

The ultimate goal of the project is to support teaching and learning about the history of the British Empire and its complex – often contested – legacies within British culture, politics and society today.  To that end, the project aims to provide a robust and nuanced research evidence-base that can reliably guide future programmes of professional development able to respond directly to the actual needs and experiences of learners, be they teachers or the young people in their classrooms.

For more details on our research activities, please visit our Project Research section.