Is Section 28 making a return to UK schools?
A report in the Independent notes that a number of UK schools appear to be introducing bans on “promoting homosexuality”, in measures reminiscent of the restrictions enforced by the infamous…
Education & Children
Exam board will no longer permit redaction of questions at religious schools
The OCR examination board has announced that it will not longer permit schools to edit or redact questions appearing on its papers. The announcement follows investigations by the National Secular…
Exam board condones religious schools’ redaction of evolution questions
A freedom of information (FOI) request by the National Secular Society (NSS) has revealed that the OCR examination board is willing to permit the redaction of evolution questions on its…
London South Bank University Students’ Union bans poster with Flying Spaghetti Monster
An atheist student society at London South Bank University has been banned from displaying posters at the University’s “refreshers fair” because they were deemed “offensive”. The South Bank Atheist Society’s…
“Godless secular humanism” – Scotland’s new state religion?
Humanist Society Scotland and Church of Scotland unite to reform religious observance in Scottish schools
Even if you’re suspicious of the campaign against gender segregation in universities, that’s no reason to keep silent
It's possible to challenge both sexism and racism at once. In fact, we have been doing it for years, writes Priyamvada Gopal
Accelerated Christian Education is a) useless b) a helicopter c) fudge cake
The first weekend after I started at my Accelerated Christian Education school, aged 11, I went to stay with my Grandad. I couldn’t wait to show him my ACE workbooks.…
Adding up with The Simpsons
Simon Singh is one of our best science writers, but a gruelling libel battle derailed his career. Now, he tells Paul Sims, he’s back to doing what he loves
Report: ‘clear correlation’ between schools’ religious selection and socio-economic exclusivity
The Fair Admissions Campaign’s new study suggests religious state-funded secondaries overrepresented among ‘worst offenders’ of social and ethnic inclusivity
Exclusive: British government carrying out “spot checks” for radicalisation in Pakistani classrooms
This report is a preview from the Winter 2013 issue of New Humanist magazine. You can subscribe here. The British government is carrying out spot-checks in Pakistani classrooms to ensure…