Wendy Dossett is best known to teachers for leading the University of Chester’s Department of Theology and Religious Studies A-level webinar series. She has been an A-level Examiner, Secretary of the Shap Working Party, and TRS-UK representative on the REC. After suffering a heart attack in 2023, Wendy retired from lecturing. The University of Chester appointed her as Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies, and she still actively supports RE.
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Real Voices – Mapping RE
We asked some real people questions to get them thinking about their own worldviews and perspectives relating to our theme of ‘mapping RE’. You might want to use these personal, real-life reflections in your RE lessons, or perhaps invite pupils to respond to the questions themselves.
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Lat Blaylock
Stephen Orchard is a retired United Reformed Church minister and former Director of Christian Education.
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African Apocalypse
African Apocalypse, directed by Rob Lemkin (2020),
written by Femi Nylander and Rob Lemkin and starring Femi Nylander
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David Baddiel: The God Desire
David Baddiel, The God Desire:
On Being a Reluctant Atheist (TLS Books 2023)
94pp, hardback £9.99
ISBN: 978-0-00-855028-8
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DEFEATING THE EVIL-GOD CHALLENGE
Dr Jack Symes is a public philosopher and writer. He is Producer of The Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast and Editor of the Bloomsbury series Talking about Philosophy.
www.jacksymes.co.uk and [email protected]
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WITCH AND WITCHCRAFT AS A WORLDVIEW
Dr Maggie Webster is the Course Lead for BA (hons) in Religion and a Senior Lecturer in Education and Religion at Edge Hill University.
@maggiewebster (the digital witchdoctor) and [email protected]
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RELIGIOUS/NON-RELIGIOUS: PLANNING BEYOND THE UNHELPFUL BINARY?RELIGIOUS/NON-RELIGIOUS
Stephen Pett was a Head of RE for 14 years before joining RE Today as a National Adviser. He trains teachers, supports SACREs, and writes and edits curriculum resource publications. He worked with the Understanding Unbelief and Explaining Atheism research programmes, and was Project Lead for the RE Council’s worldviews project.
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INCLUDING FAR-RIGHT EXTREMISM AS A TOPIC IN SECONDARY RE: IS IT ALLOWED?
Fay Lowe is a PhD student at the University of Glasgow, and a Head of RE at a secondary school in Rochdale.
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‘HELP! I HAVE TO TEACH RE WITH LIMITED TRAINING AND NON-EXISTENT SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE’
SARAH DENNIS
With an introduction from RUTH FLANAGAN
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USING PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH WITH STANDING ADVISORY COUNCILS ON RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (SACRES)
A CASE STUDY
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Developing as professionals
Janet Orchard and Linda Whitworth
Associate Editors
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MAPPING FAITH: Theologies of Migration and Community
DR LIA DONG SHIMADA of the Susanna Wesley Foundation has edited a colourful book examining migration and faith. Mapping Faith: Theologies of Migration and Community is both a book and a dialogue.
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Pots of Gold
BBC TEACH has a rich suite of resources for primary schools that is curated to meet the needs of teachers across the school calendar, says its Executive Producer Alex Harris.
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Aims in RE
Where is our CONVERSATION at present?
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Doers, dreamers, place makers
USING A VIRTUAL TOUR TO TEACH ABOUT HUMANISM PAST AND PRESENT
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A Somerset SACRE CURRICULUM SYMPOSIUM
Michelle Sullivan is Head of RE at Holyrood Academy in Somerset
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Windows on Worldviews
A NEW FREE FILM RESOURCE FOR RE TEACHERS
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The pleasures of a one-day pupil pilgrimage
Camilla Harrison was the Head of the RE department at Lacon Childe School in Shropshire for 20 years, before teaching part time on the Philosophy and Ethics A Level course at Worcester Sixth Form College.
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Playlist for RE the community
After teaching RE and PSHE in the UK for 20 years, Ruth Marx now lives in France and is an RE and PSHE consultant and author currently writing curriculum with United Learning and the Ann Taves Barnet Syllabus project. She has published the OCR GCSE RS Workbook (Hodder Education 2023) and, with Rebecca Neale, Key Thinkers: Philosophy (Illuminate 2024). She runs the Islam @ A Level Facebook group and networking events.
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