Really Looking forward to hearing from Mick Waters,Marilyn Leask, and David Jackson on the Open school tonight at our FEPG Zoom meeting. Full details as to how to join below on the flyer. @brianhudson.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @teamsquarepeg.bsky.social @

Really looking forward to hearing from the brilliant Mick Waters, Marilyn Leask and David Jackson on Open Schools in our Zoom meeting on Monday 26th January, Zoom link will be sent to members. More details below: @brianhudson.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @teamsquarepeg.bsky.social @

I am pleased to say that the Special Issue of the Journal of Curriculum Studies on Transnational and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Subject Didactics is now published. Co-edited with Christina Olin-Scheller and Anke Wegner it forms Volume 57, Issue 5. www.tandfonline.com/toc/tcus20/5...

Really looking forward to hearing Christina Preston and Linda Devlin speaking on the MESH initiative and the use of AI to produce research summaries for teachers this Monday 24th at our FEPG meeting 7.00pm-9.00pm. See flyer for more detail @brianhudson.bsky.social @debouthwaite.bsky.social

Very pleased to see this paper published. It is the intro to a Special Issue which brings perspectives on subject didactics from SE, FR, DE, AT and CZ and includes my paper on the tragic demise of subject-specific teacher education in England. @kossnetwork.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0022...

Deadline extended until 30 November. Call for Papers for Didactica Viva: General and subject-specific didactics as living and responsive fields, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic 20 - 22 May 2026 ivsv.ped.muni.cz/clanky/confe... @kossnetwork.bsky.social

It was a wonderful experience to become an Honorary Doctor of Teacher Education at last week’s Academic Ceremony at Karlstad University. It has been a great pleasure to work with such an accomplished group of scholars in the ROSE group over the past 10 years. @kossnetwork.bsky.social

Really looking forward to hearing from the excellent Stephen Gorard at our FEPG meeting at 7.00pm. Zoom link sent already. If you are not a member please see the flyer for details on how to attend. @brianhudson.bsky.social @ukpolicywatch.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @sgorard.bsky.social

Really looking forward to hearing from Stephen Gorard next Monday 20th October 7.00-9.00pm on addressing disadvantage in schools. zoom link will be sent to FEPG members by email. Please see below for more details @brianhudson.bsky.social @sgorard.bsky.social @ukpolicywatch.bsky.social

Delighted to be welcoming Baroness Mary Bousted as guest speaker at our online FEPG meeting Monday 29th September 7.00-9.00pm. Members will receive the zoom link. Anyone else wishing to join see the contact emails below. @brianhudson.bsky.social @debouthwaite.bsky.social @joedromey.bsky.social

Our second FEPG Review is published online today. It features our newsletter, excellent articles by Daniel Kebede, Graham Donaldson, Ian Davies, and Andy Sprakes, our curriculum report and reviews. www.fabianeducation.com/fepgreviewan... @teamsquarepeg.bsky.social @marilynleask.bsky.social

Great to see that this special edition of the Journal of Curriculum Studies, edited by CPA's Professor Zongyi Deng and @arthurjchapman.bsky.social in collaboration with @kossnetwork.bsky.social colleagues is now 'live', open access, and online. www.tandfonline.com/toc/tcus20/5... 1/3

The edition explores 'Powerful Knowledge', 'epistemic quality', and related concepts to make international comparisons between how subjects are modelled in secondary curricula in Sweden, Finland and England - a project developed and funded through the @kossnetwork.bsky.social, 2018-23. 2/3

Congratulations to CPA colleagues @gracehealy.bsky.social, @drlaurenhammond.bsky.social,‬ Alexis Stones, Emma Newall, Zongyi Deng & @arthurjchapman.bsky.social on their papers and to our @kossnetwork.bsky.social co-authors! Looking forward to continued work together! 3/3

Call for KOSS network 2026 conference papers. Didactica Viva: General and subject-specific didactics as living and responsive fields 20-22 May 2026 Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Really looking forward to hearing from Tony Breslin on school improvement at our next FEPG Zoom meeting on the 23rd June. 7.00pm-9.00pm Fabian colleagues will be sent the zoom link as usual. see below for more details. @ukpolicywatch.bsky.social @brianhudson.bsky.social @ianwiddows.bsky.social

Great to hear from Professor Tomas Janik, Masarjk Univesrity about the next @kossnetwork.bsky.social conference in the Czech Republic in May 2026. Call for papers as below. 7

Thanks to Dr Wilton Lodge for such an excellent opening to the #KOSS2025 conference with your opening keynote 'Towards racially just research and scholarship practices'

CSSRG & KOSS colleagues have published extensively since 2018 on our key research foci. Here @ IOE we’ve collaborated with KOSS on the editorial board of our @uclpress.bsky.social book series #knowledgeandthecurriculum. uclpress.co.uk/book-series/.... Our latest open access book launched 20th May. 4

We have been delighted to broaden the base of KOSS in recent years, engaging with German and Czech colleagues, for example. CSSRG is the @cpaucl.bsky.social research group involved in KOSS. 3 www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departme...

KOSS began meeting in 2018 and explores paradigms of knowledge and curriculum in a range of contexts, starting with Swedish, English and Finnish models, supported by Swedish government funding. www.kau.se/en/rose/exte... 2/2

Exciting to be attending @dr-willo.bsky.social’s keynote today on racially just research and scholarship, opening-up our @kossnetwork.bsky.social event, with @cpaucl.bsky.social and Czech colleagues in the room and by 32 colleagues joining us online. 1/2 @ioe.bsky.social

We are delighted that both Curriculum expert, Graham Donaldson and General Secretary of the Fabians, Joe Dromey join us for zoom meeting on Monday 19th May at 7.00pm Members will receive the zoom link as usual @brianhudson.bsky.social @ukpolicywatch.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social

Pleased to see this paper is available - it is one of a collection for a special issue of JCS on “Transnational and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Subject Didactics” based on a paper presented at the @kossnetwork.bsky.social conference at University of Trier in 2024. dx.doi.org/10.1080/0022...

New article out today! Niemelä, M. A., Niemi, K., Salmenkivi, E., & Stones, A. (2025). Powers of knowledge in secondary religious education curricula of Sweden, England, and Finland. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1–19. doi.org/10.1080/0022...

Really looking forward to our SEND discussion at Monday's FEPG meeting with Cllr Valerie Bossmann Quarshie and panel. An opportunity to discuss the current issues in this key area of provision. @debouthwaite.bsky.social @brianhudson.bsky.social @teamsquarepeg.bsky.social @jamesmannion.bsky.social

Curricula are camels, written by committee, & heteroglossic, reflecting the various aims & discourses of their multiple makers. Excited 2C this @kossnetwork.bsky.social paper published - reflecting on history curricular aims comparatively, across 3 countries & combining conceptual lenses. 1/2

@thefabians.bsky.social @joedromey.bsky.social @iggywood.bsky.social

Really looking forward to Ian's talk on political education on 31st March at 7.00pm The Zoom link for this meeting will be sent to all members in due course. We welcome other interested colleagues to contact our chair-details on the flyer. @brianhudson.bsky.social @ukpolicywatch.bsky.social

Really looking forward to our next FEPG Meeting on 31st March ( see below). Ian Davies will be talking about political education and citizenship. Zoom link to follow @marilynleask.bsky.social @brianhudson.bsky.social @youngfabians.bsky.social @ukpolicywatch.bsky.social @teamsquarepeg.bsky.social

We are very pleased to attach the final version of our report on Aims and Values of the curriculum held at the House of Commons You can access the pdf report here www.fabianeducation.com/fepgreviewandreports @ukpolicywatch.bsky.social @brianhudson.bsky.social @marilynleask.bsky.social

Excellent meeting with the inspiring Richard Poutney and Andy Sprakes of XP school last Monday. Thanks to Tracey Price for chairing a discussion around the new proposed Ofsted framework, too. @brianhudson.bsky.social @marilynleask.bsky.social @ukpolicywatch.bsky.social @fabiansociety.bsky.social

Really looking forward to hearing from Richard Pountney and Andy Sprakes of the XP Trust at our next FEPG meeting on Monday 24th February 7.00-9.00pm. @marilynleask.bsky.social @brianhudson.bsky.social @ukpolicywatch.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @rethinkingjames.bsky.social

Our very first edition of the FEPG Review with newsletter, articles by Sir David Bell, @deb_outhwaite @brianghudson, David Cooper and reviews of recent educational books. See www.fabianeducation.com/fepgreview @MichaelRosenYes.bsky.social @RethinkingJames.bsky.social @UKpolicywatch.bsky.social

You can find further details about this upcoming talk by Melissa Benn here www.fabianeducation.com/events-1 @marilynleask.bsky.social @mikeblamires.bsky.social @ruthswailes.bsky.social

You can find further details about this upcoming talk by Melissa Benn here www.fabianeducation.com/events-1 @marilynleask.bsky.social @mikeblamires.bsky.social @ruthswailes.bsky.social

Here are the slides from @brianhudson.bsky.social's keynote 'A critical knowledge-led approach to curriculum research and teacher education across school subjects' to the ROSE (Research on Subject-specific Education) Day Conference at Karlstad University on 17th December. doi.org/10.13140/RG....

I look forward to celebrating research in subject didactics at Karlstad Uni next week and especially to my keynote on ‘A critical knowledge-led approach to curriculum research and teacher education across school subjects” www.kau.se/rose/kalende... @kossnetwork.bsky.social @edufabians.bsky.social

Really looking forward to hearing from Daniel Kebede NEU president at our final meeting of this year Monday 9th December at 7.00pm. Daniel will be talking about the NEU's manifesto for change and their campaigns. @brianhudson.bsky.social @warwickmansell.bsky.social

Quote From Islington Cllr Bossman-Quarshie on our House of Commons event Tue: “ It was a packed event & I was proud to share the educational model & plans that #Islington council is embarking on led by former leader KayaJunction in making educational provision outstanding so every #CYP can thrive”🌹

Please forward this free webinar invite from the UNESCO supported International Teacher Task Force : Friday 29 November 2024 Inclusion and Equity Learning Event 1: Attracting people with disabilities to the teaching profession. teachertaskforce.org/events/inclu... @neunion.bsky.social

Please make sure you have your say. It is so important that @beckyfrancis.bsky.social and her team hear from all viewpoints around the curriculum and assessment system www.gov.uk/government/c...

Due to its popularity more tickets have been released for our seminar tomorrow night at the House of Commons on a potential revised curriculum 6.00pm-8.00pm. We have been granted a bigger room. If you were put on a waiting list you will now be able to join.

Thanks to Sir David Bell for his talk tonight reviewing education policies and their impact over the 80 years since the 1944 Education Act. @collegeofteaching.bsky.social @schoolsweek.bsky.social @dbeschooladvice.bsky.social @brianhudson.bsky.social @freereed59.net

Really looking forward to our FEPG meeting next Monday 28th with Chief Executive of the Univ. of Sunderland Sir David Bell. He will speak on 'Four decades of education reform; the good, the bad & the ugly' Members will be sent the zoom link later in the week. @collegeofteaching.bsky.social

Coming soon: House of Commons Tue 19th Nov. 6.00pm-8.00pm a FEPG seminar with MIck Waters, the UK's foremost expert on curriculum design and an excellent panel. @schoolsweek.bsky.social @brianhudson.bsky.social @suecowley.bsky.social @secretheadteacher.bsky.social @headteacherchat.bsky.social

Thanks to all the wonderful colleagues who contributed to this book. @collegeofteaching.bsky.social @schoolsweek.bsky.social @evidencebasededu.bsky.social @brianhudson.bsky.social @theeef.bsky.social @edufabians.bsky.social @thefabians.bsky.social @freereed59.net @oecd-stat.extwitter.link

Incredibly proud to be awarded an honorary doctorate this evening from the University of Roehampton. A pleasure also seeing so many great students receiving their degrees. Well done to you all.

The World Bank reports that taxpayers funds have been used in a no. of countries to create online resources for teachers which are then decommissioned by the next government with no regard to the work done to embed these in teaching programmes @brianhudson.bsky.social @collegeofteaching.bsky.social