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The logos of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Queen's University Belfast, Stranmillis College, St Mary's College, Ulster University and teh Open University. These institutions are the contributing members of the Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series.
Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series
The logos of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Queen's University Belfast, Stranmillis College, St Mary's College, Ulster University and teh Open University. These institutions are the contributing members of the Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series.
Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series

Diversity and Religious Education: Considerations when Legislating

Creative Learning in Education to Affirm Religious, Ethnic & Cultural Diversity

Dr John Maiden, Prof Stefanie Sinclair, Dr Katelin Teller & Prof John Wolffe, The Open University This presentation is relevant to Assembly discussion addressing the following matters: (1) the forthcoming Race Equality Bill and the related consultation findings reporting young people’s suggestion to widen curriculum on racism and diversity, including the scope of Religious Education (RE); (2) the forthcoming Education and Training Bill concerning 16-18s, which

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Diversity, anti-racism and school curricula in Religious Education

Dr James Nelson, Queen’s University Belfast, & Dr Rebecca Loader, University of Cambridge This presentation shares evidence-based findings from two academic research projects that examined schools and Religious Education (RE) curricula – entitled “Experiences of Education among Minority Ethnic Groups in Northern Ireland”, which was funded by the Nuffield Foundation, and “Religion and Worldviews Education for All” (RWE4All), funded by Culham St Gabriel’s Trust.  It aims to inform

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