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Holocaust education inquiry

Inquiry

Government's response

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Written submissions are invited addressing the following points:

  • The quality of the teaching of the Holocaust and educational programmes in schools.
  • The impact of teaching the Holocaust on young people.
  • The focus on the Holocaust in the national curriculum and the absence of teaching of other genocides.
  • Training for teachers in Holocaust education.
  • The implementation of the recommendations by the Prime Minister’s Holocaust Commission which have relevance to teaching in schools.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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2nd Report - Holocaust education
Inquiry Holocaust education inquiry
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Response to this report
4th Special Report - Holocaust Education: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2015-16
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4th Special Report - Holocaust Education: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2015-16
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Oral evidence transcripts

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1 December 2015
Inquiry Holocaust education inquiry
Witnesses Dame Helen Hyde, Headmistress, Watford Grammar School for Girls, Rt Hon Sir Eric Pickles MP, UK Envoy on Post-Holocaust Issues, Paul Salmons, Director, Centre for Holocaust Education, Karen Pollock MBE, Chief Executive, Holocaust Educational Trust; Andy Lawrence, History Teacher, Hampton School, Sarah O'Hanlon, Holocaust Educational Trust Ambassador, Mrs Gertrude Silman, Honorary Life President, Holocaust Survivors' Friendship Association, Professor Michael Rosen, Professor of Children's Literature, Goldsmith University of London
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Written evidence

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Holocaust Educational Trust (HOL0107)
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Andy Lawrence (HOL0105)
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Dr Gillian Carr (HOL0106)
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Other publications

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Contact us

  • Email: educom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 2370 (general enquiries) | 020 7219 8895 (media enquiries)
  • Address: Education Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA