Teaching Medieval Women in Guernsey
TMW's Professor Jonathan Phillips recently made a quick trip to the sunny island of Guernsey to give a lecture on 'Medieval Queenship: Women in Power in the Medieval World'.
The women of the Bayeux Tapestry – in the news!
Ahead of the upcoming British Museum's Bayeux Tapestry exhibition, TMW's Natasha Hodgson has been busy raising awareness about the women depicted on and behind the embroidery.
Rewriting Medieval KS3: Limitations, reflections, and a case study of Empress Matilda
Rhia Moore shares her experiences of introducing medieval women into her two-year KS3 History curriculum.
Teaching Medieval Women at Greenhead College History Festival
Teaching Medieval Women were delighted to be invited to the History Festival at Greenhead College in Huddersfield. The purpose of the visit was to see the results of a fantastic A-Level history enrichment programme organized by History teacher Joanna Donaghey with support from TMW.
Teaching Medieval Women at the ‘Who Ruled the World?’ conference
TMW’s Jonathan Phillips and Natasha Hodgson presented a paper on Queen Arwa of Yemen at the ‘Who Ruled the World? Queen Urraca and Her Contemporaries in the Early Twelfth Century’ conference on 3 March 2026 at the Museo Arqueológico Nacional…
Teaching Medieval Women at Greenhead College
TMW's Jonathan Phillips and Natasha Hodgson visited Greenhead College on Monday 19 January to speak with A-Level History students about medieval women in power.
Teaching Medieval Women’s Response to the Curriculum and Assessment Review Report
Following on from the culmination of the Curriculum and Assessment Review, Teaching Medieval Women is disappointed by the Review’s failure to acknowledge or tackle the critical under-representation of women in school History. On 5 November 2025, the long-anticipated Curriculum…
Natasha Hodgson on the absence of women from GCSE and A-Level
TMW’s Natasha Hodgson has written a piece for the Conversation UK on the absence of women in History GCSE and A Level exam papers. Natasha Hodgson and Catherine Gower recently published a report commissioned by the Teaching Medieval Women group…
Publication of End Sexism in School’s ‘The Great History Heist’ report
September marked the launch of the End Sexism in School group's latest report, 'The Great History Heist: Reclaiming Women’s Place in the History Curriculum'.
On Teaching Medieval Women
Some reflections and a classroom resource from a history educator. Steve Illingworth, Lecturer in History Education at the University of Cumbria, has kindly put together a resource pack for Teaching Medieval Women.