Reflections on the Curriculum and Assessment Review
Our blogsite features posts from: Brian Hudson, NEU's Ed Harlow, Peter Lacey, Brian Matthews, Ian Davies and Chris Harris.
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Really looking forward to this discussion on the CAR this Monday night. Members have been given the link. To join see the flyer below.
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What do you think of the Curriculum and Assessment Review?
Our next FEPG zoom meeting on March 23rd will address issues around the review and its impact. Please join us. more details below.
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An excellent new blog is now on our website from Brian Hudson regarding the principle of a 'Knowledge rich' curriculum. This is part of our ongoing series on the curriculum and Assessment Review.
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Excellent new blog on our site from Peter Lacey kickstarting a new series' Reflections on the Curriculum and Assessment Review' Find it here:
fabians4education.edublogs.org/2026/03/03/r...
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Really looking forward to tonight's FEPG Meeting with Liz Robinson CEO of Big Education MAT and Ellie Costello discussing the proposals for SEND included with Today's White Paper.
Details below
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Our next meeting ( February 23rd at 7.00pm) will feature Liz Robinson, CEO of Big Education MAT on doing things differently and Ellie Costello, Squarepeg on the SEND white paper.( See below)
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Our FEPG Review( Volume 2 Issue 1) featuring articles by Mary Bousted, Stephen Gorard and Christina Preston, reviews of books and our newsletter is now online
fabians.org.uk/membership/member-interest-groups/fabian-education-policy-group/
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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
