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Angela Webb, former chair of the NHA, joins Ewan Clayton, calligrapher, author and Professor in Design at the University of Sunderland, for a discussion of the past, present and future of handwriting. Accompanies the British Library exhibition Writing: Making Your Mark.

Tuesday 28 May 2019, 19:00 – 20:30

For more details about the talk, see the British Library website.

Follow the remarkable evolution of writing from ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and early printed text, to note-taking by key thinkers to digital tools. Written works from the British Library’s unparalleled collection illuminate the history of writing and lead into reflection on its future.

Friday 26 April – Tuesday 27 August 2019

For more information, see the British Library website.

Getting pupils to produce good handwriting across all subjects isn’t easy – but we’ve found a solution, says one head. Article in TES.

Children leaving primary school aren’t meeting UK National Curriculum handwriting standards, leaving them struggling with secondary school demands. See article in The Mirror.

Children’s habits are changing. Where once a toddler might have played with bricks, now they are more likely to play on an iPad. Such devices can provide a welcome distraction for busy parents and an attractive source of sensory stimulation for young children but does it mean that children are not developing the fine motor skills they need to write? See BBC News.

Technology is having an impact on children’s handwriting ability. But what does this mean for learning and development? Read Harriet Swain’s article in The Guardian.

Parents the world over are concerned that touchscreen and tablet technology is negatively impacting children’s handwriting. But while some say that technology overuse will impact developing dexterity and handwriting skills, the fact is that there has been no research to date which systematically examines the relationship between technology use, hand strength and handwriting production. Article in The Conversation.

See AJC article

French language article in Paris Match

See French-language article in MCE

French language article in Konbini