Our Place in The First World War
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Leicester
Department Name: History
Abstract
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Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Sally Horrocks (Principal Investigator) | |
| Colin Hyde (Co-Investigator) |
| Description | The award was intended to enable us to work alongside BBC local radio journalists to develop a series of stories on the local experience of World War One. We helped to identify potential stories and carried out research to provide evidence to include in these and other stories as well as 'fact checking' stories that the journalists worked on. Our findings were used in the resulting radio broadcasts and some television programmes. These are also available on a sepecial section of the BBC website and an interactive e-book has been produced based on the stories generated by this project across the UK |
| First Year Of Impact | 2014 |
| Sector | Creative Economy,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| Impact Types | Cultural Societal |
| Description | Literary Leicester Presentation on Telling Stories about the East Midlands in World War One |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Lunchtime talk as part of Literary Leicester |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www2.le.ac.uk/institution/literary-leicester/previous/2014 |
| Description | Presentation at Centre for Hidden Histories Family History Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | talk given at family history day which led to increased use of oral history resources |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://hiddenhistorieswwi.ac.uk/tag/family-history/ |
| Description | Radio broadcasts of Radio Nottingham and Radio Leicester for World War One at Home stories |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Contributions to radio broadcasts and discussions on World War One and related topics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015 |
| URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1cSGCxphvDxY0h5Vd7gnSGH/stories-by-bbc-radio-station |
| Description | School Visit, St John's Primiary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Talk on World War One and the Children of Leicester at Assembly for Key Stage 2 pupils. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Talk at University of Nottingham Centre for Hidden Histories World War One Family History Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | talk to family historians to increase knowledge and expertise in use of oral history |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/conference/fac-arts/humanities/history/hiddenhistoriesww1/index.aspx |
| Description | Talk for Dean's Discussions at Leicester Cathedral on The Legacies of World War One in Leicester |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | C 20 people attended the talk and contributed to discussion afterwards. There were some follow-up enquiries for additional information |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://leicestercathedral.org/deans-discussions-vol-iii/ |
| Description | Workshop paper Discussion of World War One Autograph Books |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | paper delivered to 'Passions of war' workshop. Led to discussion and interest in using the sources |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/english/research/passions-of-war |
| Description | World War One At Home on Tour, Leicester |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Both Colin Hyde and Sally Horrocks delivered talks and staffed a stand with display boards to discuss World War One in Leicester with members of the public who attended. Overall attendence was several thousand over two days but we talked directly to only a fraction of these |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01p34hv |
| Description | World War One at Home Tour, Derbyshire |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Delivered several talks during the course of the day as part of Derbyshire Day at Caulke Abbey |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01p340d |
| Description | World War One at Home Tour, Nottingham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Gave talks as part of a large event in Nottingham city centre |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01p34rr |