The Fair Admissions Campaign’s new study suggests religious state-funded secondaries overrepresented among ‘worst offenders’ of social and ethnic inclusivity
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…
Christianity at risk of dying out in a generation, warns Lord Carey The former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey has told a Christian conference that the religion is “a generation…
In a newly launched pilot scheme, UK women will be offered shopping vouchers, writes Samira Shackle
It may seem like stating the obvious, but when cultural sensitivities lead to the toleration of FGM, it’s vital that we treat the practice as the crime it is, says…
Campaigners demonstrate that faith schools are failing to reflect the demographics of their areas, with potentially damaging consequences for community cohesion
Pakistanis have reason to mistrust the actions of governments, but this risks obscuring a very real need to fight for education and against extremism, writes Samira Shackle
National Secular Society warns about growing incursion of evangelical Christians into state schools.
Starting next year, non-religious scouts can recite their Scout Promise without mention to God. But, the Scouting Association will also be holding on to its religious pledge.
More than half of England’s schools are failing in religious education A new Ofsted report highlights low standards, weak teaching, weak examination provision and confusion about the purpose of RE.…