Curriculum for Cohesion organises media roundtable discussion about History education at the Institute of Education, University of London

By Dr. Matthew Wilkinson

20th March 2013. In order the contribute fully to the debate about the UK government’s draft History specification and to launch our Curriculum for Cohesion response to the draft History curriculum, Curriculum for Cohesion organised a media roundtable discussion about History education at the Institute of Education, University of London entitled, ‘History in schools and the future of the national curriculum’.

The panel was comprised of:

Rt. Hon. Jack Straw MP
MP for Blackburn
Co-Chair for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Islamophobia

Eric Ollerenshaw MP
MP for Lancaster and Fleetwood
Member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Education & the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Islamophobia
Former History teacher

Dr. Seán Lang
Senior Lecturer in History, Anglia Ruskin University
Chair of Better History Forum

Mohammed Amin
Vice-Chairman, Conservative Muslim Forum
Patron, Curriculum for Cohesion

Dr. Matthew Wilkinson
Director, Curriculum for Cohesion, Research Fellow, Cambridge Muslim College
Former Head of History at Brondesbury School, Brent

Dr Katharine Burn
Senior Lecturer in History Education, Institute of Education

Michael Fordham
Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
Head of History at Cottenham Village College

Journalists present were:

Ms. Helen Ward of the Times Educational Supplement
Mr. Chris Cook, Education Correspondent for the Financial Times
Mr. Paul Lay, Editor of History Today
Ms. Kim Thomas who writes for the Guardian and the Financial Times
Ms. Zahra Khimji of The Muslim News

On the page Media Presentation at the Institute of Education you can watch the full video or selected highlights, and also download the full media pack given to the journalists.