News: Education
Helping Children - The Rahula Trust
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Thursday, 21 January 10 - 09:49 AM (GMT) By Chris Ward in Education |
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There are a lot of charities run by Buddhists. Often they are run on a shoe-string with little publicity. One that I am personally aware of, and that does good work, is the Rahula Trust. From its website the Rahula Trust explains what it does: 'The Rahula Trust--a fully-registered charity in the...
All Faiths and None
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Friday, 09 January 09 - 01:36 PM (GMT) By TG Staff in Education |
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All Faiths and None (AFAN) is aimed at providing resources on religion and belief for colleges. AFAN is composed of a group of people with different worldviews, both religious and non-religious who are exploring some of the big questions in life from their personal viewpoints. The AFAN website pr...
Religious and plant names removed from children's dictionary
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Tuesday, 09 December 08 - 11:28 AM (GMT) By Chris Ward in Education |
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Apparently, Oxford University Press has removed words like "abbey" "aisle", "bishop", "chapel", "empire" "monarch" "monastery" "monk" "nun" and "sin" from its Junior Dictionary along with many word...
Buddhist Faith School?
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Thursday, 19 June 08 - 12:16 PM (GMT) By Chris Ward in Education |
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In the article 'Faith and Education - A Potent Mix' Shahid Naqvi writes a good article about the proposal to set up a new state funded Buddhist faith school in Birmingham which is also reported here. He highlights the concerns of many that : Those who are against these generally object on three a...
Further Education and Community Cohesion
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Tuesday, 12 February 08 - 10:17 AM (GMT) By TG Staff in Education |
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Inner or Outer Social Cohesion?On the 11th February, the government launched a consultation exercise which lasts until 6th May entitled:The Role of Further Education Providers in Promoting Community Cohesion, Fostering Shared Values and Preventing Violent ExtremismFurther details and how to give ...
Faith Schools
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Monday, 28 January 08 - 03:53 PM (GMT) By Chris Ward in Education |
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An interesting debate - The Richard Dimbleby big debate - on faith schools and religious education may be heard here. Dimbleby is joined by Professor Richard Dawkins, Schools Select Committee chairman Barry Sheerman MP, the Bishop of Bath and Wells, Oona Stanard (Catholic Education) and a multi-f...
Faith in Higher Education?
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Wednesday, 16 January 08 - 03:50 PM (GMT) By Chris Ward in Education |
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The Church of England Board of Education organised a conference entitled 'Chaplaincy for All' on 15th January in conjunction with other partners, including the National Council for Faiths and Beliefs in Further Education. The conference aimed to look at meeting students' spiritual needs in the mu...
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