GOV: Faith and community leaders unite to condemn FGM

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/faith-and-community-leaders-unite-to-condemn-fgm

Faith and community leaders unite to condemn FGM

From:

Home Office, Department for International Development, Department for Communities and Local Government, Norman Baker MP, Lynne Featherstone MP and + others

History:

Published 20 June 2014

Part of:

Ending violence against women and girls in the UK and Crime and policing

Representatives met government ministers during a summit at the Home Office.

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GOV: Consultation on promoting British values in school

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/consultation-on-promoting-british-values-in-school

Consultation on promoting British values in school

From:

Department for Education

History:

Published 23 June 2014

Part of:

Making schools and colleges more accountable and giving them more control over their budget and Schools

Announcing the launch of a consultation on strengthening powers to intervene in schools failing to promote British values.

Link

NASACRE: CHANGES IN THE INTER FAITH NETWORK’S MEMBERSHIP POLICY

IFN: CHANGES IN THE INTER FAITH NETWORK’S MEMBERSHIP POLICY When is a religion not a religion? Answer, when it is not recognised as such by the Inter Faith Network (IFN) – or at least that used to be the answer. Until this year, under its faith group category, the IFN’s constitution permitted IFN membership only to nine specific religious traditions, or to sub-groups within these*. In recent years, this arrangement had been coming under increasing questioning and challenge. The IFN took the opportunity provided by the occasion of its 25th anniversary to carry out a Strategic Review of the IFN’s whole operation, including a review of its criteria for membership of the different categories. The Review put forward a series of proposals, many of which were debated and passed at an Extraordinary General Meeting in May this year. Broadly speaking, the constraint of recognising just nine specific religions has been abandoned. This new openness is balanced by an element of “vetting” in the process by which a newly applying faith group can be granted membership, and by the introduction of a code of conduct to be adopted throughout the IFN. It is difficult to overestimate the radical implications of these changes, even if they will take some time to have a major impact. In effect, and in principle, anything goes. No longer will any faith group be able to keep another legitimate faith group from joining the IFN table. No longer will any faith group be able to set itself up as the norm against what it sees as deviant or heretical versions of its own tradition. All is now relative, and this will take many of us well out of our comfort zones and habitual perceptions. As it happens, SACREs are potentially ahead of the game here. Their statutory framework does in fact embody an element of flexibility and local variation, and this has enabled some SACREs to be inclusive in new ways. For example, some SACREs now have a Pagan representative in Group A, and one SACRE has a Chair who is a member of the (Mormon) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. (It is worth recalling that it is the Local Authority that determines which faith groups should be represented on Group A, even if the LA is heavily advised and prompted by the SACRE!) However, inclusiveness may come at a price. The proliferation of recognised faith groups, and of distinct sub-groups, presents a much more disorganised picture than the earlier pattern of a finite set of normative faith traditions, while the loss of normative reference points could well lead to some mainstream groups feeling deeply unhappy and alienated at being required to work alongside and give respect to a faith community or sub-group which they have historically anathematised. Some SACREs at the leading edge are beginning to model ways of coping with these tensions. What is being learned here needs to be shared with other SACREs – and even maybe with the IFN! * The nine are: Baha’i, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Sikhism, and Zoroastrianism.

ADVANCE NOTICE The next Inter Faith Week (November) is likely to have an emphasis on involving young people in the activities of that week. SACREs could contribute significantly to delivering this. Please highlight this with your SACRE now and look out for more detailed information and requests in the September edition of SACRE Briefing.

Bhikkhunī Academy at Manelwatta Temple: A Case of Cross-Tradition Exchange

http://blogs.dickinson.edu/buddhistethics/2014/06/04/bhikkhuni-academy-a-case-of-cross-tradition-exchange/

Bhikkhunī Academy at Manelwatta Temple: A Case of Cross-Tradition Exchange

Cheng Wei-yi
Hsuan Chuang University
This article is the result of an investigation continued from an earlier article on an exchange between Buddhists in Taiwan and Sri Lanka (“A Cross-Tradition Exchange Between Taiwan and Sri Lanka,” Journal of Buddhist Ethics, vol. 18, 2011). In that article, I investigated the exchange between a Mahāyāna Taiwanese nunnery and a Theravāda Sri Lankan missionary monk. After the initial exchange, described in the 2011 article, a more permanent institute for the education of Sri Lankan Buddhist nuns has been established. This article describes the cross-tradition exchange behind the founding of the educational institute and its implication for exchanges across different Buddhist traditions in Asia.
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NATRE: GCSE provision for RE damaged by Policy

http://www.retoday.org.uk/media/display/Impact_of_government_policy_on_GCSE_RS_150614_final.pdf

Government Policy has damaged the level of GCSE provision for Religious Education in England

http://genealogyreligion.net/horton-hatches-spirit-eggs

Horton Hatches Spirit Eggs

In a 2012 Current Anthropology article with a daunting title (“A Hyperreal God and Modern Belief: Toward an Anthropological Theory of Mind”), Stanford professor Tanya Luhrmann has provided us with an excellent summary of Robin Horton‘s work. Because some readers do not have access to the article and others may not have time to read the whole thing (it’s one of those long feature articles with Comments followed by an author Reply), I want to share her précis of Horton:
In a famous series of papers, the anthropologist Robin Horton contrasted African traditional thought with Western science. His first goal was to rescue African religious thought from the charge of irrational confusion and incoherence that generations of interpreters, some of them anthropologists, had laid at its door. They are brilliant, audacious papers, laying out side by side with ex nihilo grandeur what Horton took to be the basic principles of African traditional thought and Western secular scientific philosophy. He pointed out that neither the African accounts of gods, ancestors, and spirits nor the Western scientific accounts of atoms and electrons are commonsense models of the world.

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Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women in Theravada Buddhism By Ajahn Brahm

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=70%2C11880%2C0%2C0%2C1%2C0#.U6HEBxBvJHt

Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women in Theravada Buddhism

By Ajahn Brahm

Hanoi, Vietnam -- Promoting Gender Equality and Empowering Women is No. 3 on the list of eight declared United Nations (UN) Millennium Development Goals, and is strongly supported by the FABC.
One of Australia's senior monks, Ajahn Brahm, was invited to deliver a speech on Gender Equality at the UN Day of Vesak Convention in Vietnam in May 2014. Unfortunately, Ajahn Brahm was prevented from delivering his speech by a ban imposed by conference organising committee the day before it was due to be given at the Convention. Ajahn Brahm's paper had been pre-approved by the conference organising committee several months before the event.
The FABC and Australian Buddhist communities are very disappointed at this missed opportunity to promote the important issue of Gender Equality at an international Buddhist event to celebrate the most important day in the Buddhist calendar.
Ajahn Brahm's paper presented a solid case for the full ordination of women in the Theravadin tradition, supported by references from the Buddha and the Vinaya rules that govern Buddhist monastic life.
Please read below the full text of Ajahn Brahm's banned paper: Theravada Buddhism and UN Millenium Development Goal 3 (MDG 3):

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Huff: Schools and the Failure of Multiculturalism and Multifaithism

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/rumy-hasan/multiculturalism_b_5479818.html

Schools and the Failure of Multiculturalism and Multifaithism

 The spat between Michael Gove and Theresa May focuses on the failure to tackle Islamic extremism in Birmingham's schools. Whether such failure can be attributed to one party or the other is, in fact, a moot point. The real problem has deeper roots: it resides in the failure of multiculturalism and multifaithism.

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PEW:Where Christian churches stand on gay marriage

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/06/18/where-christian-churches-stand-on-gay-marriage/

PEW:Where Christian churches stand on gay marriage

By David Masci

http://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/2014/06/17/religious-studies-project-opportunities-digest-17-june-2014/

Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest – 17 June 2014

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Brighton Dharma School appeal

http://www.dharmaschool.co.uk/summer-fayre-2/


Summer Fayre – we need your donations!

We’re looking forward to our annual Summer Fayre on Saturday 21st June! Find out what’s on offer in our Silent Auction this year and please bring in any donations of bric-a-brac, books and Raffle prizes to the school office.

Teacher Caroline Woods featured in Guardian article

Caroline Woods, who teaches Mountain class (Years 1 & 2) is quoted in a recent article about mindfulness on The Guardian’s website.

School Blog

Lotus class write their own guided meditations

Job Vacancies

The Dharma Primary School is seeking a new Head Teacher. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced educator, with an established connection to a Buddhist sangha, to lead the school into an exciting new phase of development. Anyone interested in the position is invited to send a letter of introduction to headship@dharmaschool.co.uk prior to entering into a more formal recruitment process.
We are also seeking additional Volunteer Trustees – please visit our Job Vacancies for full details.

Zen Buddhist priest urges Stanford graduates to cultivate spiritual practices

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/june/baccalaureate-event-fischer-061414.html

Zen Buddhist priest urges Stanford graduates to cultivate spiritual practices

Baccalaureate speaker Zoketsu Norman Fischer told graduates that their promising lives would be filled with challenges, but love and a regular spiritual practice that has no agenda would bolster them for the journey ahead.

By Kathleen J. Sullivan

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama Calls on Journalists to Promote Human Values and Religious Harmony

http://www.dalailama.com/news/post/1139-his-holiness-the-dalai-lama-calls-on-journalists-to-promote-human-values-and-religious-harmony

His Holiness the Dalai Lama Calls on Journalists to Promote Human Values and Religious Harmony

Independent: Make all state schools secular, and all faith schools – if we must have them – private

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/make-all-state-schools-secular-and-all-faith-schools--if-we-must-have-them--private-9529315.html

Make all state schools secular, and all faith schools – if we must have them – private

Admissions criteria on the basis of religion, or lack of it, is discriminatory and unfair

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NewLotus: Banning Ajahn Brahm’s speech on nuns was a spectacular own-goal

http://newlotus.buddhistdoor.com/en/news/d/40255

Banning Ajahn Brahm’s speech on nuns was a spectacular own-goal

 All religious traditions claim to exert moral and spiritual authority. Most of the great world faiths also like to believe they are aligned with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of the United Nations, the third of which is “to promote gender equality and empower women”. As Buddhists, it would therefore be a spectacular own-goal to diminish our authority on gender issues and make a mockery of the third MDG at an event that was supposed to show off our moral stature.

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TheTimes: Faith schools are divisive. Let’s get rid of them

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/columnists/article4115015.ece

Faith schools are divisive. Let’s get rid of them

Alice Thomson

Published at 12:01AM, June 11 2014

A state education should celebrate all religions equally. Churches, synagogues and mosques can teach the devout

Telegraph: Chaplains to state schools could help stamp out extremism – bishop

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10887830/Chaplains-to-state-schools-could-help-stamp-out-extremism-bishop.html

Chaplains to state schools could help stamp out extremism – bishop

Public school-style chaplains and better RE could help reduce influence of radical clerics in inner cities, says Bishop of Chelmsford

White Robes, Saffron Dreams: A Look at Gender Inequality in Thai Buddhism

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=12,11898,0,0,1,0

White Robes, Saffron Dreams: A Look at Gender Inequality in Thai Buddhism

by Hilary Cadigan, Chiang Mai City News, June 6, 2014

Chiang Mai, Thailand -- One of the most distinct illustrations of gender inequality in Thailand is found in its most entrenched institution: religion. In her fascinating new documentary, White Robes, Saffron Dreams, acclaimed filmmaker Teena Amrit Gill explores the discriminatory treatment of women within Thai Buddhism, a topic that has gone largely unexamined in the past.

 

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Living, loving, laughing and Dying: The Buddhist Way

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=42,11894,0,0,1,0

Living, loving, laughing and Dying: The Buddhist Way

by Jane Cook, The Tibet Post International, June 3, 2014

Mumbai, Maharastra (India) -- His Holiness the Dalai Lama began the final day of his stay in Mumbai by unveiling the foundation stone for the Somaiya Institute of Buddhist Studies, following which he spoke briefly and answered questions in the Somaiya School Hall.

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GOV: Over half of schools found to be failing pupils on religious education

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/over-half-of-schools-found-to-be-failing-pupils-on-religious-education

Over half of schools found to be failing pupils on religious education

Schools and the government have failed to focus effectively on religious education, Ofsted has said.

Read the full press release.

Published:

9 October 2013

Organisation:

Ofsted

Policy:

Making inspections of schools, colleges and children's services more effective

GOV: Reforming qualifications and the curriculum to better prepare pupils for life after school

https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/reforming-qualifications-and-the-curriculum-to-better-prepare-pupils-for-life-after-school

Reforming qualifications and the curriculum to better prepare pupils for life after school

Issue

Employers, universities and colleges are often dissatisfied with school leavers’ literacy and numeracy even though the proportion of young people achieving good grades has gone up in recent years. Around 42% of employers need to organise additional training for young people joining them from school or college.
We believe making GCSEs and A levels more rigorous will prepare students properly for life after school. It is also necessary to introduce a curriculum that gives individual schools and teachers greater freedom to teach in the way they know works and that ensures that all pupils acquire a core of essential knowledge in English, mathematics and sciences.
Finally, we need to address literacy standards in schools and make sure pupils develop good reading skills early.

Full Article/Policy

Organisation:

Department for Education

Page history:

Updated 9 June 2014, see all updates

Detail added: A and AS level reform

9 June 2014 9:55am

Added information about the science, history, geography and langauges GCSEs that will be ready for teaching from September 2016.

9 June 2014 9:44am

Updated information about the GCSE and A level reforms.

9 June 2014 9:36am

Updated 'GCSE reform' page with more detail about the changes we are introducing to GCSEs, including information on the mathematics, English language and English literature GCSEs that will be available for teaching from September 2015.

15 November 2013 4:36pm

Added details of the new national curriculum to be taught from September 2014.

11 September 2013 5:27pm

Added information about the consultation on changing national curriculum assessments to improve the way we measure pupils’ progress through primary school (launched on 17 July).

12 August 2013 11:47am

Details of the consultation of 8 July 2013 on the latest draft of the national curriculum have been added.

22 July 2013 4:27pm

First published.

22 April 2013 10:00am

Detail added: GCSE reform

22 April 2013 10:00am

Topic:

Schools

Minister:

The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP

Applies to:

England

Buddhist Arts of Ministry and Leadership: A Buddhist Perspective on Care of the Dying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tvocWeEmBA

Buddhist Arts of Ministry and Leadership: A Buddhist Perspective on Care of the Dying

Published on Jun 2, 2014

Joan Halifax, founding teacher of the Zen Peacemaker Order, delivered the third in a series of four lectures on March 6, 2007, organized in conjunction with a new course entitled "Buddhist Arts of Ministry and Leadership: Teaching and Adapting Meditative Skills." These public lectures provide a chance for members of Harvard University and the Divinity School's larger community to hear about the work of leading exemplars of Buddhist ministry who are active in the United States today.

Buddhist Arts of Ministry and Leadership: Enlightening the Emotions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDCrbJTXhQw 

Buddhist Arts of Ministry and Leadership: Enlightening the Emotions 

Published on Jun 2, 2014

John Rockwell, resident teacher of meditation and practice at Karmé Chöling, a Tibetan Buddhist retreat center in Vermont, delivered the second in a series of four lectures On November 28, 2006, organized in conjunction with a new course entitled "Buddhist Arts of Ministry and Leadership: Teaching and Adapting Meditative Skills." These public lectures provide a chance for members of Harvard University and the Divinity School's larger community to hear about the work of leading exemplars of Buddhist ministry who are active in the United States today.

 

Buddhist Arts of Ministry and Leadership -- Bernie Glassman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5ry7hj7k-g

Buddhist Arts of Ministry and Leadership -- Bernie Glassman  

Published on Jun 2, 2014

Roshi Bernie Glassman, teacher of Zen Buddhism and founder of the Zen Peacemakers organization, delivers the first in a series of four lectures October 24, 2006, organized in conjunction with a new course entitled "Buddhist Arts of Ministry and Leadership: Teaching and Adapting Meditative Skills." These public lectures provide a chance for members of Harvard University and the Divinity School's larger community to hear about the work of leading exemplars of Buddhist ministry who are active in the United States today.

Trycicle: Distinguishing between problems of human birth and problems of human making

http://www.tricycle.com/feature/man-made-obstacle

Distinguishing between problems of human birth and problems of human making

Rita M. Gross


Obstacles can aid the practitioner on the path of awakening. This perspective, which is found often in Buddhism, teaches appreciation for the obstacles we encounter, because it is by learning to work with them skillfully that wisdom and compassion can be developed. Seen this way, obstacles are the very thing that make awakening possible. At the same time, throughout Buddhism’s history, female birth has been seen as something unfortunate, an obstacle, but not an obstacle that is an aid to awakening; rather, it is said to make awakening extremely difficult, if not impossible. But if obstacles are beneficial on the path, why is the particular obstacle of female birth regarded differently? Shouldn’t women, who have the many “advantages” that come with female birth, be more likely to attain prominence as revered Buddhist teachers? Though there have been important exceptions, that has not been the rule throughout Buddhist history. Instead, we women have most often been told that we should not concern ourselves with awakening but should try to accrue enough merit to be reborn as men in a future life. These two claims—that obstacles are helpful on the path but that female birth is not—are hard to square with one another.


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5 Interesting Facts about Women and Religion

http://feminismandreligion.com/2013/08/03/5-interesting-facts-about-women-and-religion-by-kile-jones/

5 Interesting Facts about Women and Religion

By Kile Jones on August 3, 2013 •


Part of my research is focused on how the social sciences relate to “religion” and religious studies.  More specifically, I spend time examining the sociology of religion.  I look at stats, demographics, and polls.  I look at rates of attendance, frequency of prayer, levels of “religiosity,” apostates (or the less religiously-loaded term “exiters”), and political outlooks.  I also look at how bias this area of study is in favor of religion.

The British Parliament Stops to Meditate

http://www.doyouyoga.com/the-british-parliament-stops-to-meditate/

The British Parliament Stops to Meditate

When you think of the places where you’re likely to encounter mindfulness meditation—like a yoga studio or a temple or a serene health retreat—British Parliament is probably the last place you would think of. With a highly charged atmosphere that sometimes even erupts in shouting matches on the debate floor, it’s hard to imagine any kind of mindful practice taking place in Westminster.
But last week, the British Parliament launched an all-party group given the task of exploring the uses of mindfulness meditation in healthcare, education, and the criminal justice system. To mark the beginning of the group’s efforts, prominent politicians and public figures like former ministers Lord Haworth and Jim Fitzpatrick came together with advocates of mindfulness meditation, such as comedian Ruby Wax, to experience the benefits of meditation for themselves.

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EJES: METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN ADULT EDUCATION IN ENUGU STATE

http://www.ozelacademy.com/ejes.v5.i1-11.pdf

European Journal of Educational Studies 5(1), 2013

METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN ADULT EDUCATION IN ENUGU STATE

ILECHUKWU LEONARD CHIDI
Department of Arts Education, Faculty of Education
University of Nigeria, Nsukka E-mail address for correspondence: chidileo@yahoo.com
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Abstract: This study was carried out to ascertain the methods and materials for Religious education in adult education in Enugu State. The aim of the study was to find out the appropriate methods and materials to be applied in teaching religious education in Adult Education. The study was a descriptive survey. The population of the study was the Adult Education teachers in Adult secondary school in Enugu State. The sample size of the study was 300. Questionnaires were used in data collection and mean for data analysis. The finding included Group discussion, Role play, Lecture, Stories (proverbs and songs), project, questioning, case study, demonstration and field trips methods. The materials required include: Textbooks, the Bible, Koran, Cardboard, Play scripts, Manuals, Puppetry, Audio visual, Visual Aids and Audio Visual Aids. It was recommended that the materials used in Adult learning should be related to the methods being used in the teaching process.
Keywords: religious education in adult education, Nigeria, methods for adults’ religious education

http://www.ozelacademy.com/ejes.v5.i1-11.pdf

Paideia: Religious Education in the Public Schools

http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Soci/SociBart.htm

Religious Education in the Public Schools

Julia J. Bartkowiak
bartokowi@mail.clarion.edu

ABSTRACT: Recently, several authors have cited traditional liberal principles to argue that religious education must be offered in public schools in the United States of America. These authors claim that exposure to a variety of religious beliefs and traditions is a necessary means to attaining the two goals of providing children with "open futures" and encouraging tolerance of religious diversity. This paper contends that these arguments are seriously flawed, and provides reasons which demonstrate that, in practice, these two goals cannot be accomplished by religion courses in the public schools. Additionally, mandatory religion courses in the public schools appear to be unconstitutional and infringe on parental rights and freedom of religion. Consequently, the goals of a liberal state are best achieved by not offering religious education in the public schools.

http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Soci/SociBart.htm

Victorian Department of Education to overhaul religious education after Access Ministries breach

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-29/victoria-department-of-education-to-overhaul-religion-education/5487274

Victorian Department of Education to overhaul religious education after Access Ministries breach

By Karen Percy

Updated Fri 30 May 2014, 11:25am AEST

The way religion is taught in Victorian primary schools will be overhauled after a report found that volunteers from the state's key provider Access Ministries breached its guidelines.

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REC: June 2014 Newsletter

http://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=a742773f8f89e11e47d388c29&id=dca0ce3cac&e=a0f1d3deed

In This Issue Introduction APPG on RE Young Ambassadors for RE EAG on RE RE Professional Development Portal RE Council Website RE Today virtual seminars 3FF recruitment: Schools Coordinator & Schools Officer Updated resources on Humanism for Schools British Humanist Association: free day-conference for RE teachers Animated videos on Humanism, narrated by Stephen Fry 'The Young Atheist's Handbook: Lessons for Living a Good Life without God' Hindu Council UK: GCSE resources on Hinduism Face to Faith video conferences 'What Price Peace?': a new project from Barnabas in Schools Train to be a Section 48 Inspector Board of Deputies: 'Jewish Living Experience' exhibition SCALA: Special offer to REC members PGCE Religious Education places at Bishop Grosseteste University 3forRE support for professional development Lord Karan Bilimoria appointed as Chancellor of Birmingham University Professor Stephen Parker awarded Chair in the History of Religions and Education

REC: Introducing the RE Expert Advisory Group

http://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=a742773f8f89e11e47d388c29&id=7e6e62a33f&e=[UNIQID]

Introducing the RE Expert Advisory Group

 

The EAG for RE has now been established with the support of the DfE and will work alongside similar sector led groups for other curriculum subjects.  Its first newsletter has just been published and gives full details of the group's remit and membership.  To sign up to receive future issues directly, please click here.

 

 

 

REC: updates to the RE Council website

RE Council Website

New updates to the RE Council website include:

• RE Report from the Chair: in this month’s blog post, John Keast, Chair of the RE Council, extends thanks to all of the staff, committees and members of the REC as he is due to step down in September. The blog also links to the Report from the Chair which was given at the RE Council’s AGM in May.
• RE Council AGM: the summary notes of the RE Council’s AGM in May, which was held in Cardiff.
• Wales’ Education Minister addresses the AGM: Huw Lewis, Minister for Education in Wales, addressed members of the Religious Education Council of England and Wales at its annual general meeting
• RE Regional Strategy Pilot launched: A new strategy for RE professional development has been launched. It aims to make sure there are more robust arrangements for training and supporting teachers of RE and is based on Recommendation 4 of the REC's Review of Religious Education in England (2013).  

RE Today virtual seminars

RE Today virtual seminars

Getting out of the classroom for CPD opportunities can be difficult; to support you RE Today Services are launching a range of termly virtual seminars, which you can take part online wherever you are. This term’s online training includes:

• Using story in Primary RE, Monday 16^th June: This online seminar will provide participants with an overview of how to use story in Primary RE, with practical ideas and a forum for discussion, plus downloadable training materials.
• Revising your KS3 for next year, Tuesday 24^th June: This online seminar is for anyone interested in the development of the 11-14 curriculum, taking on board the new RE Council Framework, plus fresh ways of shaping the RE curriculum, linking to other subjects and establishing the best of RE. 

3FF recruitment: Schools Coordinator & Schools Officer

http://www.3ff.org.uk/

 

3FF recruitment: Schools Coordinator & Schools Officer

Would you like the opportunity to work with one of the UK’s leading interfaith charities? The Schools Team at 3FF are recruiting for two exciting roles this summer:

• Schools Coordinator
• Schools Officer

The deadline for both roles is 10am, Monday 9^th June. For more information and to apply for the opportunity to work as part of the dynamic and innovative education team at 3FF, see the 3FF website.