Soundings Call for papers April 2026 Cultures of Hope

Category: Journals, Soundings

Continuing to seek to better understand the conjuncture implies a continued belief in the possibility of change, as well as commitment to work for it. This issue will focus on cultural and political resources for hope.

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FORUM Blog March Rage for order

Category: FORUM, Journals

With Reform UK polling strongly, Patrick Yarker commends the spring number of FORUM, whose lead article examines the malign phenomenon of contemporary right-wing populism.

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The futures of teaching

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Will the work of teaching become increasingly standardised as an individual teacher’s agency is further constrained?

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FORUM 68.2  Summer 2026 – Call for papers

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Special issue:  ‘The futures of teaching’, co-edited by Professor Viv Ellis and Professor Marie Brennan

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Comprehensive education: completed or defeated? The Caroline Benn Memorial Lecture 2025

Category: FORUM, Journals

FORUM and the Socialist Education Association co-sponsor the annual Caroline Benn Memorial Lecture. Patrick Yarker gives an account of this year’s event.

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Unanswerable evidence?

Category: FORUM, Journals

The Autumn number of FORUM is now available. Patrick Yarker outlines how its contributors examine the purposes of education at a time of widespread child poverty and many another crisis.

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Call for Papers: History, Memory and the Past in Twentieth Century Communism

Category: Journals, Twentieth Century Communism

The proposed issue welcomes proposals on manipulatory practices developed by socialist states and communist parties

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Free to view reads for Black History Month

Category: Books, Journals

A selection of articles available as free to view reads for Black History Month

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Just teach the thing that we tell you

Category: FORUM, Journals

Teachers are increasingly being required to use ‘standardised curricula’. Patrick Yarker considers a recent National Education Union report into a trend which is corroding professionalism.

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