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The Stephen Spender Prize 2026 is open for entries from 1 May to 31 July.

Calling young translators and teachers! 6 weeks left to submit to the Stephen Spender Prize 2026! Translate into English any poem from any language, or a Polish poem from the Polish Spotlight booklet, for your chance to join the Prize hall of eternal fame!

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Stephen Spender Prize About the Stephen Spender Prize The Stephen Spender Prize is an annual competition for poetry in translation that celebrates the creativity of young people across the UK and Ireland – and their teachers! The Prize has categories for schools, teachers...

We're working with the University of Warwick to host this in-person Classical Civilisation CPD day on 17 June 2026.

Designed to support GCSE and A Level teachers alike, this day will offer a range of workshops to support teachers at every stage of career, and give you the chance to network with the community.
Our keynote lecture, 'Opening Doors, Ways of Knowing', will be delivered by Prof David Fearn, head of department and Professor of Greek at the university.

Registration will close on 10 June. You can find more information via the link below:

CA Classical Civilisation CPD Day 2026 This event will be in-person at University of Warwick on Wednesday 17th June 2026. Classics For All are kindly offering travel bursaries for state school teachers. You can apply for a bursary here: https://forms.office.com/e/ys0awyeuw1 Please use the form below to register for this event, and to ind...

The latest issue of The Journal of Classics Teaching (Vol 27 - Issue 53 - Spring 2026) is now available online and open-access via Cambridge Core:

Latest issue | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core Journal of Classics Teaching

Stephen Spender Prize 2026

Calling young translators and teachers! The Stephen Spender Prize 2026 is open for entries.

Translate into English any poem from any language, or a Polish poem for the Polish Spotlight, for your chance to join the Prize hall of eternal fame. Includes translation from Latin and Ancient Greek!

Full details below

Stephen Spender Prize About the Stephen Spender Prize The Stephen Spender Prize is an annual competition for poetry in translation that celebrates the creativity of young people across the UK and Ireland – and their teachers! The Prize has categories for schools, teachers...

Classical Civilisation CPD Day

The CA is delighted to be working with the University of Warwick to host this in-person Classical Civilisation CPD day on 17 June 2026.

Designed to support GCSE and A Level teachers alike, this day will offer a range of workshops to support teachers at every stage of career, and give you the chance to network with the community.

Our keynote lecture will be delivered by Prof David Fearn, head of department and Professor of Greek at the university.

We have experienced practitioners delivering sessions on topics such as knowledge retrieval, AI, flipped learning, secondary scholarship, and essay writing skills. We'll also be joined by Dr Clare Rowan, whose session will focus on using tokens to diversify the curriculum, and Dr Emmanuela Bakola, on teaching performance in Greek Theatre.

See the programme and register here:https://classicalassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Programme-FINAL.pdf

Last chance to register for the 2026 CA Conference - in person in Manchester (UK) or online!

With more than two hundred papers, panels, workshops, lightning talks and posters scheduled to be showcased across the three-day Conference (10-12 April), we do hope that you will join us in person in Manchester, or online - you can sign up for both options below.

Don’t miss our Classical Association Hon. President Prof. Michael Wood’s Address on ’The Joy of Classics’ on the Saturday night as well as the Gala Dinner, evening entertainment and a drinks reception. These tickets must be booked before 1 April.

Conference - The Classical Association Conference The CA Conference is the largest annual Classics Conference in the UK and brings together everyone with an interest in the ancient world, from across the globe. This year, we're delighted to be heading to Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Manchester - sign up b

The Classical Association responds to the withdrawal of AS Latin and Greek

The Classical Association, together with the Hellenic and Roman Societies, is urgently engaging with Cambridge OCR following the sudden announcement of the withdrawal of AS Level Latin and Classical Greek. Over the past few days, we have been contacted by many of you regarding this decision. We know this has caused significant concern across the teaching community, and we want to reassure colleagues that, as the Subject Association for the discipline, we are advocating on your behalf.

We have written formally to Cambridge OCR, to express our concerns that this withdrawal:
• Makes access to Latin and Greek even harder, particularly for state-sector schools and regions already facing limited provision.
• Risks damaging the pipeline into A Level Latin and Greek, where the AS provides an essential entry point for many students.
• Creates uncertainty about the long term security of A Level qualifications in classical languages.

The AS qualification is vital for many centres. We know many of you plan AS courses over two years. At the very least, we are pushing for the final assessment window to be extended to 2028 to protect students intending to begin the AS this coming September - but we are also urging Cambridge OCR to reconsider this decision entirely.

We have requested an urgent meeting with Cambridge OCR to ensure the concerns of the teaching community are heard and addressed.

The Classical Association remains committed to safeguarding the future of classical language education, and will continue to advocate strongly on your behalf.

Omnibus 91 is now available to order from the CA Shop for p&p costs only. Schools can order in bulk and some back issues are also available.

CA members can access a digital version in the members' area of our website.

https://classicalassociation.org/shop/ (see Publications)

The Open University 2026 Leventis MA Studentships

The OU is once again offering three fully-funded studentships for The Open University’s MA in Classical Studies. These studentships, generously funded by the A.G. Leventis Foundation, are open to candidates who meet one or both of the following criteria:

• Teachers working in state-funded primary schools, secondary schools, or sixth form colleges in the UK, and who intend to introduce or develop the provision of classical subjects in their school;

• UK students from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background.

The OU's MA is studied part-time over two years. Successful candidates will be expected to begin their studies in September 2026. The deadline for applications is 4pm on Monday 1 June 2026.

You can find full details of the studentships and the application here:
https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/classicalstudies/?p=1930

Informal enquiries from prospective applicants are very welcome: please contact Dr Stephanie Holton ([email protected])