For Teachers and Advisors

The Faculty of History aims to provide teachers and advisors with access to free relevant subject specific opportunities and resources.

Further details about our free skills workshops (let us teach a class for you) and our programme of professional development opportunities are detailed below. 

For further information about the History Faculty’s outreach work, or if you have any questions about outreach, enrichment or admissions please contact outreach@history.ox.ac.uk

Please also visit www.ox.ac.uk/teachers for further details on how the university works with teachers.

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History Skills Workshops (info for teachers)

The University of Oxford's Faculty of History offers free online History Skills Workshops to state secondary school, sixth form and FE college pupils in years 12 & 13 from across the UK. Taught by Oxford University’s History Faculty Outreach Ambassadors.
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Online History Teacher Workshops

Our online teacher workshops are designed to support the development of practical history skills and provide advice on making a competitive application to selective universities such as Oxford. There will also be the opportunity to ask questions and share information.

The workshops consist of 3 elements –

  1. Supporting the development of History Skills
  2. Making a competitive application
  3. Teacher Q&A

Practical Information

Teacher workshops last around 45 minutes and are held online via Microsoft Teams.

The Next workshop will be: Wednesday 7 October 2026 at 4pm