In this episode, we speak to Hans Svennevig about citizenship education, particularly, the PGCE citizenship programme at the IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society in the UK. Hans is a veteran educator who has dedicated his career to promoting citizenship education in schools throughout England. As the subject leader for PGCE citizenship at the IOE, Mr. Svennevig has been playing a pivotal role in shaping the next generation of citizenship teachers and equipping them with the requisite skills and knowledge to promote democracy and civic engagement in their communities. Over the course of nearly two decades, Hans has taught citizenship education at various educational institutions, including GCSE and citizenship A-level, and firmly believes that challenges present opportunities to develop research-informed practice-based citizenship teachers who can inspire and encourage informed participants within their communities to improve democracy worldwide. He says that this belief is the driving force behind Svennevig's leadership in developing citizenship education and producing high-quality citizenship educators. He credits his own teaching and leadership roles to the wealth of experience and expertise in the field of citizenship and human rights education taught by Professor Hugh Starkey. In this episode, Hans offers practical examples and reflections on the role of citizenship education in fostering a positive impact on future generations of citizenship educators.

Notes. Citizenship education has been in the English national curriculum since 2002, inspected by Ofsted (Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills in the UK). Although Citizenship education is said to be part of the curriculum in the UK, it is included in the Welsh ‘Curriculum for Life’, the Northern Irish curriculum as ‘Local and Global Citizenship’ and Scotland as ‘Modern Studies’.

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Further information regarding PGCE Citizenship Programme at UCL-IOE by visiting the website: Citizenship PGCE

List of further readings

• Svennevig, H., Moorse, L., Baker, Z., Liddle, A., Barry, T., Jerome, L., . . . Azam, A. (2022). Conflict and Peace: Theory and Practice [Whole issue]. Teaching Citizenship (56).
• Svennevig, H., Jerome, L., Starkey, H., White, K., & Elwick, A. (2022). Powerful Knowledge: Revealing the Citizenship teacher's professional knowledge base. Teaching Citizenship (55).
• Svennevig, H., Starkey, H., Jerome, L., Gronland, G., Hayward, J., & Elwick, A. (2022). Project Report for the Teachers and Citizenship Knowledge Project – Seed Funded by Centre for Teachers and Teaching Research. London, UK: IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society.
• Svennevig, H. (2022). The Metaverse and Citizenship Education. Teaching Citizenship Journal (55).

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