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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
MOREFree to view reads for Black History Month
A selection of articles available as free to view reads for Black History Month
MOREJust teach the thing that we tell you
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.
MOREFORUM Spring 2026: Call for papers -Education and the new populism
Contributions are invited for the spring 2026 number of FORUM (68/1) for which the copy date is Friday 14 November 2025.
MORENot making it better: formal education and mental ill health
The prevalence of mental ill health among young people is on the rise. FORUM’s summer number addresses the way the school system is implicated, and, as Patrick Yarker writes, how it must change.
MOREAll children need a qualified teacher? How can that make any sense!
Architects of the academisation programme lined up in the House of Lords in May 2025 to criticise Labour’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. Patrick Yarker considers one of the more bizarre objections raised.
MORECall for papers: FORUM 67.3 Autumn 2025
Contributions are invited for the Autumn 2025 number (Forum 67.3)
MOREForum 67.1 Spring 2025: In whose interest?
Forum’s newly-published Spring number addresses the way teachers engage responsibly with controversial issues. Introducing it, Patrick Yarker considers whether teachers’ unions really do put children last.
MORECall for papers – Soil
Category: Journals, New Formations
"Grounded Futures: The Poetics and Politics of Soil in a Changing World"
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