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Curriculum for Cohesion contributes to British Educational Research Association Conference 2014
By Dr. Matthew Wilkinson
24 September 2014. Dr. Matthew Wilkinson presented a paper entitled ‘The Concept of Absent Curriculum: the Case of the Muslim Contribution and the English National Curriculum for History’ at the British Educational Research Association (BERA) Conference 2014 at the Institute of Education, University of London. The BERA conference is one of the largest and most […]
Curriculum for Cohesion celebrates its third Annual Dinner at the Royal Over-Seas League
By Dr. Matthew Wilkinson
26 June. At the invitation of our Lead Patron, the Rt. Hon. Sadiq Khan MP, Shadow Minister for Justice, Shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Minister for London, and Mr. Tim Winter, Dean of Cambridge Muslim College, patrons, academics, friends and associates of Curriculum for Cohesion enjoyed our third Annual Dinner at the Royal Over-Seas League. […]
‘Helping Muslim boys succeed: the case for history education’ published in the Curriculum Journal
By Dr. Matthew Wilkinson
24 June. Dr. Matthew Wilkinson’s paper ‘Helping Muslim boys succeed: the case for history education’ has been published in Britain’s leading peer-reviewed journal of curriculum studies, the Curriculum Journal. This paper proposes that history can provide a vital meaning-making tool to generate the success of Muslim boys in a variety of significant dimensions both in […]
Curriculum for Cohesion contributes to the History PGCE programme at the University of Cambridge
By Dr. Matthew Wilkinson
Thursday, 12 June. Dr. Matthew Wilkinson contributed a session to the History PGCE programme at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, which is led by Ms. Christine Counsell, Senior Lecturer in History education and Curriculum for Cohesion Academic Advisor. The session was entitled, History education and Muslim youth: promoting success by removing absence. The […]
Turkish Minister of Religious Affairs hosts European Muslim leaders and Dr. Wilkinson delivers a paper
By Dr. Matthew Wilkinson
12-14 May 2005. Dr. Matthew Wilkinson presented a paper in Brussels at the Conference of the Eurasian Islamic Council hosted by the Turkish Minister of Religious Affairs, Professor Mehmet Görmez. Dr. Wilkinson’s paper contributed to a European-wide conversation about how religious education can be a useful and relevant part of the education of the contemporary […]
Dr. Matthew Wilkinson is shortlisted for The Muslim News Awards for Excellence
By Dr. Matthew Wilkinson
Dr. Matthew Wilkinson, Director and Principal Researcher of Curriculum for Cohesion, has been shortlisted for SANKORE UNIVERSITY AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION as part of the coveted Muslim News Awards for Excellence, which will be held on Monday 31 March. The Muslim News Awards for Excellence is a high-profile gala ceremony showcasing the best of […]
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Dr. Matthew Wilkinson talks on LBC Radio about literature, swearing and the school curriculum
By Dr. Matthew Wilkinson
Monday, 17 March. Dr. Matthew Wilkinson contributed to LBC Radio’s prime-time morning radio show hosted by Nick Ferrari on a controversial play, ‘Mogadishu’, that is being studied in secondary schools and about which Rt. Hon. Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Education, has had opinions. Matthew said that Aristotle claimed that the role of […]
Dr. Matthew Wilkinson presents ‘The Concept of the Absent Curriculum’ at the Institute of Education, University of London
By Dr. Matthew Wilkinson
Tuesday, 11 March 2014. Dr. Matthew Wilkinson presented ‘The Absent Curriculum: the case of the Muslim contribution and the National Curriculum for History’ at the Institute of Education, University of London. The distinguished audience of educationalists included Professor Richard Pring, former Director of the Department of Education at Oxford University and Professor Roy Bhaskar, Director […]
The Concept of the Absent Curriculum is published in the Journal of Curriculum Studies
By Dr. Matthew Wilkinson
6 February, 2014. Dr. Matthew Wilkinson’s paper, The concept of the absent curriculum: the case of the Muslim contribution and the English National Curriculum for history, has been published in the Journal of Curriculum Studies, one of the world’s leading peer-reviewed academic journals for the study of curriculum. The paper explains and illustrates how absences […]
Curriculum for Cohesion briefs senior Old Bailey judges
By Dr. Matthew Wilkinson
Monday, 27 January. Dr. Matthew Wilkinson was invited by Judge Brian Barker, the Recorder of London, the senior judge at the Old Bailey to address senior judges at the Old Bailey on the subject of Young British male Muslim criminality, Shariah and Jihad. The talk which described Muslim criminality in the UK in terms of […]
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Curriculum for Cohesion contributes to University of Cambridge Religious Studies PGCE
By Dr. Matthew Wilkinson
Monday, 13th January. Dr. Matthew Wilkinson presented a lively session entitled Islam, Religious Studies and Critical Realism on the University of Cambridge Religious Studies PGCE teacher-training course. The presentation showed how the intellectual fulcrum of the philosophy of critical realism can ‘underlabour’ for a deeper, more rigorous treatment of Islam and other faiths by RE […]
Professor Roy Bhaskar gives important address on Critical Realism to staff of the Institute of Education, University of London
By Dr. Matthew Wilkinson
Tuesday 19th November. Professor Roy Bhaskar, Lead Academic Advisor for Curriculum for Cohesion, gave important address on Critical Realism to teaching staff of the Institute of Education, University of London to suggest to IOE colleagues how the philosophy of Critical Realism can ‘underlabour’ educational research. The talk charted how the philosophy of Critical Realism emerged […]