The CPD is delivered free of any fees. We are also aware that school budgets for CPD are limited and so, as well as being free of charge, the workshops are being made available in different cities across England in order to make help keep any transport costs which you may incur to a minimum. Materials online are also provided free of charge.

If you are a teacher in a state secondary or middle school in England then the Holocaust Education Development Programme is open to you.

Whatever your current level of historical knowledge, confidence and expertise, the programme has been carefully designed to allow you to tailor your CPD experience to your particular needs.

Our research shows that many school teachers have studied the Holocaust and are very knowledgeable about this history; others feel that it is important for young people to learn about the Holocaust but have not specialised in this field and would value more support in developing their own understanding, to be more confident in exploring the subject with their students.

The CPD programme takes account of this range of knowledge and experience in teaching about the Holocaust.

Although our funding is, in part, from the DCSF we are able to include a small number of teachers from the independent sector on each CPD course. Places are available to teachers working in independent schools on payment of £100, this covers both workshop days as well as teaching and learning materials accessed through our VLE.

For more details on how to apply see 'How do I enrol in the CPD?' in this, the FAQ section.

You can register for the CPD programme by clicking on the Registration button on the left hand side. Please then provide your contact details and indicate your preferred CPD course dates. These dates can be modified after registration.  You will need to confirm your place on the CPD within 10 days of registering for your chosen course.

Within 10 days of choosing your course venue and dates, you will need to confirm your place on the CPD with a letter from a member of your schools' SMT. Places on the CPD are given strictly on a first confirmed / first served basis.

A template for this letter is provided once you have selected your course and needs to be returned by email to:

Kristen Dammers, HEDP administrator k.dammers.ioe.ac.uk

OR by post to:

Dr Stuart Foster
Director HEDP
Room 945
Institute of Education, University of London
20 Bedford Place
London WC1H 0AL

Once we have received the letter from your SMT confirming your place on the CPD programme you will then be able to access and make use of the HEDP educational resources, including preparatory materials for the CPD. As you progress through the programme, further teaching and learning materials will be made available to you for use in your school.

The CDP programme allows you to choose how much time and energy you wish to invest. At a minimum you may simply attended the two workshop days and use the free resources in your classroom; or you may wish to explore the online materials and update your subject knowledge; or go further to actively participate in the online community of enquiry and exchange.

You can select the most appropriate development to suit your own professional needs. Whichever path you choose, once you have completed the CPD you will become a member of the community of enquiry and exchange which gives you unlimited access to the dynamic set of online materials and resources.

Many challenging pedagogical issues and opportunities face teachers as their students encounter the Holocaust. The CPD will explore a range of important questions which are outlined in the education section.

The programme will support a whole-school approach to learning, ensuring clear links between history, religious education, citizenship and other subject areas, and will help teachers address issues of diversity, and social cohesion. Students will be supported with the highest quality teaching and learning materials that address different personal learning and thinking styles.

Recognising that one of the greatest resources available to the CPD participants is the full community of participants, we also invite you to share your own approaches and experiences of teaching or of using HEDP materials with your students with others through the HEDP's online community. This is what we call the online community of enquiry and exchange.

It is a place where programme participants and graduates can share challenges and solutions, materials, experiences and expertise with colleagues working in classrooms across the country.

Young people encountering the history of the Holocaust often ask searching questions about the past, about our world, and about human behaviour.

The Holocaust Education Development Programme's CPD will help you to support your students as they search for answers to these and other challenging questions.

The Holocaust was one of the most significant events of the twentieth century and research shows that an overwhelming number of teachers believe it will always be important to learn about this history. Despite this, some students receive as little as one hour learning about the Holocaust and many teachers say that they find it difficult to teach about the Holocaust effectively.

Learning about the Holocaust is essential to any understanding of the concept of genocide. The term ‘genocide’ did not exist before the Second World War and was coined in response to the Nazi crimes. The subsequent war crimes trials and the 1948 UN Genocide Convention are the foundation of international attempts to prevent and punish genocide. How the Holocaust relates to other genocides and crimes against humanity is therefore an important part of our professional development programme.

The Institute of Education (IOE) is a world-renowned international institution specialising in educational practice, theory and policy. Its core mission is to advance knowledge and understanding through empirical research; to provide high quality postgraduate and continuing professional development (CPD) programmes; and to pursue excellence in teacher education nationally and internationally;

The IOE has a larger concentration of educational researchers of international quality and reputation than any other institution in the UK, producing ideas that are at the forefront of education which inform all taught programmes. The IOE's academic staff have significant personal experience working in educational settings, and their hands-on knowledge of teaching and learning is constantly informed by partnerships with schools;

The HEDP is located in the IOE's Faculty of Culture and Pedagogy, which draws together the largest group of specialists in teaching and learning, and is the largest initial teacher training (ITT) programme for secondary education in the UK; some 200 staff teach 1,200 new teachers across the secondary curriculum each year. The IOE offers the widest and richest range of professional development programmes for education in the country, and draws together outstanding research centres across the fields of Language development, Citizenship, History, Religious, and Social Science education. As a result, the IOE has enormous expertise in teacher education and CPD to draw on and the potential to impact the professional knowledge of teachers in profound and important ways;

The IOE is based and operates in the heart of London – one of the most vibrant, dynamic and culturally diverse cities in the world. The IOE reflects and contributes to this diversity. Its cultural community draws students from 100 countries and serves and responds to the needs of an ever-expanding multicultural, multi-faith, and multilingual educational community. The HEDP will, through its programmes and initiatives, reach out to and embrace this diverse community in sensitive, inclusive and thoughtful ways. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant difference: a programme for Holocaust education in a world leading institution addressing one of the most pressing questions of all; how to teach about and learn from the twentieth century Holocaust in the culturally diverse world of the twenty-first century.