by Sean Reilly | Sep 9, 2008
Parents in Northern Ireland, which is seeking to recover from years of conflict and sectarianism, would like to see single-faith denominational schools replaced by integrated ones, a new survey has shown. They says that the country’s power sharing executive...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 8, 2008
GMTV presenter Lorraine Kelly has said she believes that education for all, rather than schools divided on religious lines, in what Scotland needs to overcome sectarianism and to build lasting community. Her comments come at the end of a week of debate following the...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 4, 2008
Quite a lively debate has opened up on faith schools policy reform following the launch of Accord. What is clear from this is that those who justify discrimination in admissions and employment in state-funded religious schools are losing the argument from principle....
by Sean Reilly | Sep 4, 2008
In a surprise move, a major Anglican newspaper has joined a growing number within the Church of England, who are asking whether it is time to open up, or even ‘call time’ on church schools. In an editorial, responding to the launch of Accord, a broad...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 1, 2008
One of the significant features of the new coalition Accord, which Ekklesia has helped to establish, is that it is bringing together people from different religious backgrounds who have concerns about current policies on admissions and employment in relation to faith...