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29 May 2011

Bible links literacy, film and late learning in Kenya

A film about Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge, an 84-year-old man who enrolled in primary school in 2003 so he could learn to read the Bible, has inspired the creation of an educational charity for unprivileged children around the world.
16 May 2011

Department for Education clarity needed over ‘creationism’ in schools

Organisations and individuals from scientific, religious and secular backgrounds have joined together to call for clarity in Department for Education guidance on the teaching of ‘creationism’.
13 May 2011

Michael Gove, the DfE, and creationism in schools

On 12 May 2011 an open letter was sent to the Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, signed by key figures from both the scientific and religious communities. It calls for a change to the national Department for Education (DfE) guidelines to prevent creationism being taught, presented, or otherwise promoted as a valid scientific position to children in publicly-funded schools.
13 May 2011

Official teaching guidelines on creationism
13 May 2011

Education Secretary asked to stop creationism masquerading as science

A new campaign called CrISIS - Creationism In Schools Isn't Science - has been launched with the aim of keeping classrooms places of learning.
9 Mar 2011

Education about beliefs ‘vital’ for a plural society

A senior educationist has said that good quality teaching about the religions and beliefs is vital for the development of shared understandings and positive citizenship practices in a plural society.
8 Mar 2011

PM needs to pay attention to religious diversity, says educationalist

A leading educationalist says PM David Cameron needs to recognise the importance of religion and belief education in building a truly multicultural society.
28 Jan 2011

Mixed response to Education Bill from inclusive education coalition

Campaigners for inclusive education have given a mixed response to the government's new Education Bill and its implications for equality
15 Dec 2010

Bishop makes passionate plea against tuition fee hike and student debt

Trebling student tuition fees will normalise debt for the young and contradicts Christian teaching, says the Anglican Bishop of Lincoln.
11 Dec 2010

Gradgrind economics and the public university

Since the 1970s, successive governments have reinforced a social tendency to know the cost of everything and the value of nothing. Education has not escaped this destructive culture and John Heathershaw has given a chilling warning of the death of the public university. http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/13749

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