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Dr. Matthew Wilkinson is awarded a Visiting Fellowship by the Institute of Education, University of London
By Dr. Matthew Wilkinson
11 November 2013. Dr. Matthew Wilkinson has been awarded a prestigious Visiting Fellowship by the Institute of Education (IOE), University of London which is Europe’s leading educational research and teacher-training institution. Matthew sees this award as acknowledgement of the rigour and influence of the reports and recommendations of the Curriculum for Cohesion team to the […]
Bernadette Hunter, President of the National Association of Head Teachers, becomes a patron of Curriculum for Cohesion
By Dr. Matthew Wilkinson
14 November 2013. We are delighted to announce that Ms. Bernadette Hunter,President of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), has kindly accepted our invitation to become a patron of Curriculum for Cohesion. Bernadette is President of the National Association of Headteachers for 2013/14 and she has worked in education for over 30 years. She […]
Introducing Islamic Critical Realism is published in the Journal of Critical Realism
By Dr. Matthew Wilkinson
1 November 2013. Dr. Matthew Wilkinson’s paper Introducing Islamic Critical Realism: a philosophy for underlabouring contemporary Islam has been published in the Journal of Critical Realism. This academic paper introduces some of the key ideas that we are exploring fully in the book,Islamic Critical Realism: educating Muslims for a multi-faith world, to be published by […]
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Curriculum for Cohesion contributes to the University of Cambridge’s PGCE Religious Studies course
By Dr. Matthew Wilkinson
4th November 2014. Dr. Matthew Wilkinson delivered a presentation entitled Contesting Religious Diversity in Britain:past, present and future to teacher-trainees on the University of Cambridge’s secondary PGCE Religious Studies course. The talk put the idea of religious diversity in Britain in historical context by looking at the changing relationship between religion, nationhood and personal identity […]
Curriculum for Cohesion contributes to the Resident Judges’ Meeting
By Dr. Matthew Wilkinson
18th October 2013. Curriculum for Cohesion’s Dr. Matthew Wilkinson had the honour of addressing 90 of the country’s Resident Judges on the subject of Young, British Muslim Male Criminality, Shariah and Jihad. The talk dealt with the generative mechanisms of male Muslim criminality and how these relate to understandings of Shariah and Jihad. The talk […]
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Her Royal Highness Princess Badiya bint El Hassan becomes a patron of Curriculum for Cohesion
By Dr. Matthew Wilkinson
16th October 2013. Curriculum for Cohesion is honoured and proud to announce that Her Royal Highness Princess Badiya bint El Hassan has accepted our invitation to become a patron of Curriculum for Cohesion. Princess Badiya has worked with a number of initiatives to further interfaith and cross cultural understanding, as well as projects to […]
CfC Patron and Lead Donor, Mohammed Amin is awarded Alumnus of the Year 2014 by Clare College, University of Cambridge
By Dr. Matthew Wilkinson
Monday, 7th October. Clare College, University of Cambridge announced that Mr. Mohammed Amin, CfC Patron and Lead Donor, has been awarded Alumnus of the Year 2014 for his pioneering career in financial accounting and for his many influential charitable and philanthropic commitments, including to Curriculum for Cohesion. This is undoubtedly well-deserved recognition for all that […]
Curriculum for Cohesion has helped forge the new National Curriculum for History
By Dr. Matthew Wilkinson
Sunday, 15th September. The UK Government’s proposed National Curriculum for History was published on Wednesday, 11th September and is to be put before Parliament to be made law as of September 2014: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education Curriculum for Cohesion’s reports to the UK Government and our campaign in the Department for Education and the media contributed to significant […]
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Curriculum for Cohesion presents their response to the July History draft in the media
By Dr. Matthew Wilkinson
Wednesday, 7th August and Thursday, 8th August. Dr. Matthew Wilkinson represented the Curriculum for Cohesion response to the July Draft of the History curriculum on BBC Asian Network and LBC Radio. He highlighted the need for more effective interconnections between the national and world history sections on the proposed National Curriculum for History, as well […]
Curriculum for Cohesion makes official response to the July Draft of the History Curriculum
By Dr. Matthew Wilkinson
30th July 2013. After the full review of the Curriculum for Cohesion Academic Team, Dr. Matthew Wilkinson submitted Curriculum for Cohesion’s official response to the July Draft of the History Curriculum for the final phase of the Department for Education’s consultation. We highlighted areas of which we approved and areas where there is a significant […]
Aaqil Ahmed, BBC Commissioning Editor Religion and BBC Head of Religion & Ethics, accepts invitation to become Curriculum for Cohesion Patron
By Dr. Matthew Wilkinson
25th June 2013. We are delighted to announce that Aaqil Ahmed, BBC Commissioning Editor Religion and BBC Head of Religion & Ethics, accepts invitation to become Curriculum for Cohesion Patron. Currently Aaqil combines being the TV Genre Lead for Religion and Ethics with Commissioning the TV output as well as managing the In-House Multimedia Religion […]
Rt. Hon. Simon Hughes MP accepts invitation to become Curriculum for Cohesion Patron
By Dr. Matthew Wilkinson
11th July 2013. We are honoured and delighted to announce that Rt. Hon. Simon Hughes MP Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats for has accepted our invitation to become a Patron of Curriculum for Cohesion. Simon has had the privilege to have been the Member of Parliament for Bermondsey & Old Southwark for the past […]
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