Colonial blindspot in British history teaching | Letters

Prof Kim Solga responds to an article by an A-level student who wonders how attitudes will change if students aren’t taught the reality of British colonial history

Astrid Barltrop makes a powerful case for why the British history curriculum is long overdue for a proper reckoning with the reality of empire and its ongoing legacy (How will attitudes change if students like me aren’t taught the truth about British colonial history?, 16 April).

As a Canadian arriving to teach drama at a Russell Group university in 2012, I was staggered at how little students knew of Indigenous people’s history and the contemporary struggle for reconciliation in former settler colonies such as Canada.