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Fabian Education Policy Group @edufabians.bsky.social · 19d

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

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Fabian Education Policy Group @edufabians.bsky.social · 23d

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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FEPG Review and Reports

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UCL Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment @cpaucl.bsky.social · Jul 23

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

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UCL Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment @cpaucl.bsky.social · Jul 23

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

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UCL Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment @cpaucl.bsky.social · Jul 23

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

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KOSS network @kossnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 15

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

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Fabian Education Policy Group @edufabians.bsky.social · Jun 13

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

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ArthurJChapman @arthurjchapman.bsky.social · May 22

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

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KOSS network @kossnetwork.bsky.social · May 22

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'

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ArthurJChapman @arthurjchapman.bsky.social · May 22

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

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ArthurJChapman @arthurjchapman.bsky.social · May 22

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...

Curriculum Subject Specialism Research Group

Conducting and promoting research into subject-specialist teaching. We are interested in all areas of curriculum, pedagogy and assessment, and the role of knowledge in school teaching.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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ArthurJChapman @arthurjchapman.bsky.social · May 22

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

Knowledge and Quality across School Subjects and Teacher Education, KOSS

The network Knowledge and Quality across School Subjects and Teacher Education, KOSS, bring together three cross-disciplinary educational research groups, rooted in several academic disciplines from S...

www.kau.se

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ArthurJChapman @arthurjchapman.bsky.social · May 22

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

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Fabian Education Policy Group @edufabians.bsky.social · May 13

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

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Brian Hudson @brianhudson.bsky.social · May 2

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...

The demise of subject-specific teacher education in England

This paper addresses the demise of subject-specific teacher education in England in recent years. In doing so it considers the national policy context and historical developments of education in th...

dx.doi.org

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Kristian Niemi @hurlumhei.bsky.social · Mar 18

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...

Powers of knowledge in secondary religious education curricula of Sweden, England and Finland

What might the powers of knowledge in religious education (RE) be; what knowledge and abilities does RE provide to pupils in lower secondary education? These questions are asked through this study ...

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Fabian Education Policy Group @edufabians.bsky.social · Apr 23

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

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ArthurJChapman @arthurjchapman.bsky.social · Mar 29

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

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Brian Hudson @brianhudson.bsky.social · Mar 20

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Fabian Education Policy Group @edufabians.bsky.social · Mar 18

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

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Fabian Education Policy Group @edufabians.bsky.social · Mar 18

The review by @brianghudson of 'Teacher Education and Its Discontents' is published. He says: ‘The case study of the recent English education reform by Lisa Murtagh and Louisa Dawes should be required reading for all education policy makers in England.’
www.fabianeducation.com/bookreviews-...

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Book Reviews/Real History initiative/Fabian Education Policy Group

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Fabian Education Policy Group @edufabians.bsky.social · Mar 18

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

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Fabian Education Policy Group @edufabians.bsky.social · Mar 15

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

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Fabian Education Policy Group @edufabians.bsky.social · Mar 15

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

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FEPG Review and Reports

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Fabian Education Policy Group @edufabians.bsky.social · Mar 1

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

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Fabian Education Policy Group @edufabians.bsky.social · Feb 14

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

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