Brian Hudson
@brianhudson.bsky.social
Professor of Education; Emeritus Prof, University of Sussex and Guest Prof, Karlstad University, Sweden.
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...
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...
A critical knowledge-led approach to curriculum research and teacher education across school subjects
This paper introduces and provides an overview of the special issue of this journal on Transnational and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Subject Didactics. It describes a perspective on Subject D...
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November 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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...
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
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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
Conference – Didactica Viva: General and subject-specific didactics as living and responsive fields
The conference aims to bring together researchers from around Europe who are active and interested in didactics research - ranging from subject-specific to general didactics. Contributions in relation...
ivsv.ped.muni.cz
October 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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
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.
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October 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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
@kossnetwork.bsky.social
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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.
@brianhudson.bsky.social @ukpolicywatch.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @sgorard.bsky.social
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
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
October 20, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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
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
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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
@brianhudson.bsky.social @sgorard.bsky.social @ukpolicywatch.bsky.social
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
October 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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
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
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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.
@brianhudson.bsky.social @debouthwaite.bsky.social @joedromey.bsky.social
@brianhudson.bsky.social @debouthwaite.bsky.social @joedromey.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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
@brianhudson.bsky.social @debouthwaite.bsky.social @joedromey.bsky.social
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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.
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September 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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
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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
July 23, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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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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
July 23, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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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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
July 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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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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
Didactica Viva: General and subject-specific didactics as living and responsive fields
20-22 May 2026
Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
July 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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
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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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
Fabian colleagues will be sent the zoom link as usual.
see below for more details.
@ukpolicywatch.bsky.social @brianhudson.bsky.social @ianwiddows.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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
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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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
May 22, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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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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'
May 22, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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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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
May 22, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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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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.
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May 22, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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...
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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...
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May 22, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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
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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
May 22, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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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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
Members will receive the zoom link as usual
@brianhudson.bsky.social @ukpolicywatch.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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
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...
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
May 2, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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...
dx.doi.org/10.1080/0022...
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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...
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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March 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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...
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...
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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
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
April 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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
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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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
March 29, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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
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
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
March 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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.’
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March 18, 2025 at 11:17 AM