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What does RE mean to you?
In this issue of REToday, we have explored the messiness of religions and worldviews. What an oversight it would be not to explore the messiness of RE itself, a subject whose aims, purposes, methods and very existence...
Local teacher groups for RE :RS Aylesbury Vale Hub’s Ice Cream Club
Karen Crussell tells us about her local group, based in Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire.
STARME
"Paul Fuller reports on the development of a new association for Scottish teachers of RME."
Explore the Bible with new eyes: Introducing the Visual Commentary on Scripture Introducing the Visual Commentary on Scripture
The Visual Commentary on Scripture (VCS, see thevcs.org/) is a freely accessible online publication that provides theological commentary on the Bible in dialogue with works of art.
Making a difference through RME: whether you’re an Early Career or Late Career RE teacher
Brady Robertson, Faculty head of RME at a school in Ayrshire
Investment from local authorities in RE: How much?
Paul Smalley, Edge Hill University, NASACRE Executive Assistant.
Small change for RE?
Mark Chater argues for radical reform of RE. Abbreviated from a keynote given to the Humanists UK RE conference, 28 November 2020.
How a NATRE-supported parental complaint resulted in improved provision for RE at an Academy
Sept 2018: The initial parental complaint The complaint focused on the academy’s failure to comply with its Funding Agreement (FA) with the DfE (Department for Education) regarding provision of RE. A subsidiary...
Obituary: Dr Bill Gent
With great sadness and affectionate memories, we share the news that Dr Bill Gent, Redbridge’s brilliant and much-loved RE adviser and a long-time supporter of RE Today and editor of our magazines REsource and...
Damn the syrup!
Humanities 2020: a campaign for a fresh vision for the primary curriculum, including RE, history and geography
An update on the Commission on RE from the RE Council
Since the Commission on Religious Education’s final report came out in autumn 2018, its vision and recommendations have been at the heart of discussions about the future of the subject. Should any readers of REtoday...
The joy of education
Nigel Genders is the Chief Education Officer for the Church of England. He spoke about transformation through education at the Head Teachers’ conference for the Diocese of Leicester. This perspective from within the...
‘I–Thou’: the world, our students, ourselves
Queen Elizabeth, servant of God?
Shredded Wheat, funny zebras and Greek earthquakes
It is hardly a startlingly new insight to say that the process of learning is intrinsically bound up with memory and memorisation. We know this now, as have human beings and societies since the dawn of time (but how...
Bishop Libby – The first of her kind
The Church of England consecrated the Right Reverend Libby Lane, 48, as Bishop of Stockport in front of more than 1000 people at York Minster earlier this year. REtoday interviewed her about her appointment.