Royal Historical Society

This year’s A-Level results are published on 13 August, with student enrolment figures available for the 57 subjects available this year, via the Joint Council for Qualifications (JQC), covering England, Wales and Northern Ireland. 2026 sees a welcome increase in number of students taking History A-Level: up from 44,717 in 2025 to 46,960 (an increase

The REF2029 team currently invites responses to a short survey on aspects of the final design of the 2029 policy. The survey covers six points, with a focus on the Strategy, People and Research Environment (SPRE) section of the next exercise which will count for 20% of a final score. The survey form is available

History and Archives in Practice (HAP) is an annual partnership event, co-hosted by the Royal Historical Society, The National Archives, and the Institute of Historical Research. Now in its fifth year, at HAP, historians and archivists come together to consider shared interests in archive collections, their interpretation and use. Central to HAP is a focus

The latest volume in the Society’s Camden Series of primary source materials is Francis Slingsby (1611–1642) and the Jesuits, edited by Brian Mac Cuarta. This volume, the second Camden title of 2026, will be available online via Cambridge University Press from the week of Monday 3 August. Orders for print copies of this new

The Society’s academic journal, Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, publishes a wide range of content from historians of all disciplinary backgrounds and career stages, worldwide. This includes, in addition to research articles, regular new content on the practice of history teaching and historical research. New work on practice and approach appears in ‘The Common