Website: https://royalhistsoc.org/ (Education Policy: https://royalhistsoc.org/policy/education/)

Twitter: @RoyalHistSoc

Key people: President: Professor Emma Griffin; Honorary Secretary: Dr Alana Harris; Vice President  (Education) and chair of Education Committee: Peter D’Sena

Key expertise and roles

Since it was founded in 1868 the Royal Historical Society has become the foremost society in the UK working with professional historians and advancing the scholarly study of the past. It is a learned society with charitable status that is increasingly at the forefront of policy debates about the study of history. It works closely with the Historical Association, the Institute of Historical Research, and History UK (HE). Its mission can be summarized as follows:

• It represents history as a discipline and historians as a group.
• It promotes the vitality of historical scholarship through support for research and publication.
• It advocates best practice in history teaching in universities and schools.
• It provides a forum for all historians to meet and exchange ideas.
• It supports and encourages early career historians in HE.
• It encourages, facilitates and supports work towards greater equality, inclusion and representation in historical practice, research and teaching.