The School Meals Service: Past, Present, and Future?
https://www.theschoolmealsproject.co.uk/
An ESRC-funded research project exploring the history, present and future of the UK School Meals Service #histed #histchild #foodhist
ESRC School Meals 🍽
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Lovely day marking the opening of the touring/pop-up 'School Dinners' exhibition in the Houses of Parliament, which the @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social team worked on together with @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social 🍽🥪🥕
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@histedsocuk.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ichre-ioe.bsky.social
Lovely to see our 'School Dinners' Exhibition at @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social win **Best Temporary or Touring Exhibition of the Year at the 2026 Museums + Heritage Awards**🏆🍽
#histed @histedsocuk.bsky.social
Thrilled to see @britishacademy.bsky.social has published the Policy Histories Seminar report from our project-The UK School Meals Service: Past, Present and Future? First comprehensive history of #schoolmeals #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
Interested in the history and geography of school meals in modern Britain? There's still (just) time to register for Tuesday's London Geographers' seminar at the IHR, London (in person and online), with Heather Ellis (University of Sheffield) our speaker at 5:30pm. #Skystorians
Thrilled to see @britishacademy.bsky.social has published the Policy Histories Seminar report from our @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social project- The UK School Meals Service: Past, Present and Future? First comprehensive history of school meals
#histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
Happy to share the new SI of History of Education(55:3) “Senses, Emotions and Experiences in #histed”
From the 2023 @histedsocuk.bsky.social conference in Sheffield, OA articles explore how education feels through bodies, memory, belonging & resistance.
Guest-ed by me 😊 doi.org/10.1080/0046...
📢New piece out now in @theconversation.com
#Schoolmeals stigma, pleasure, memory, class & why they still matter so much in 2026. Reflections on our @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social research in light of UK govt review of school food standards
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Nice to talk about our @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social research at the @sheffielduni.bsky.social School of Education Voices seminar this lunchtime along with colleagues from our Policy Research Cluster #histed
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Great to chat to colleagues about all things #schoolmeals at the first ever Faculty of Social Sciences Research Showcase today at @sheffielduni.bsky.social. And to find so many unexpected connections between colleagues' research and our own @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social project! ✨️🍎 #histed
Was lovely to talk about our @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social research tonight. Great discussion, thanks so much for the invitation and all the questions #histed #schoolmeals @histedsocuk.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social
Published in History of Education: Journal of the History of Education Society (Vol. 55, No. 3, 2026)
The School Meals Service has delivered more than 54 billion meals to schoolchildren since its creation in 1906.
What do experts think needs to happen to ensure the service helps more children thrive? 🧵
The School Meals Service has delivered more than 54 billion meals to schoolchildren since its creation in 1906.
What do experts think needs to happen to ensure the service helps more children thrive? 🧵
So pleased that our 'School Dinners' Exhibition at @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social has won *Best Temporary or Touring Exhibition of the Year at the 2026 Museums + Heritage Awards*🏆
@esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social project is the core academic partner for 'School Dinners' 🍽
#histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social
Dr Heather Ellis
Welcome to the School of Education Voices seminar series
The School Meals Service has delivered more than 54 billion meals to schoolchildren since its creation in 1906.
What do experts think needs to happen to ensure the service helps more children thrive? 🧵
The British Academy
The British Academy
We're back, and greeting the summer term of seminars with school meals. What's not to love? Well, maybe lumpy custard and inequality, among other things.
Join us in person at the lovely Institute of Historical Research in Bloomsbury, or online on Zoom. Free and very open to the interested public.
