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At the 2017 Labour Party conference, colleagues from the REC had a good discussion about RE with Shadow Secretary of State for Education, Angela Rayner -
Colleagues from the RE Council, NATRE and RE Today were delighted to speak to Schools' Minister Nick Gibb at the Conservative Party conference. -
The Young Ambassadors for RE at Queen Katherine School in Kendal, Cumbria, invited local MP, Tim Farron, to observe high quality RE being taught at their school, and to discuss why RE matters.
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October 4, 2019PoliticalThe Welsh Government has announced that it is consulting on key potential changes to the teaching of Religious Education (RE). The reforms up for consultation include a potential change...- July 11, 2019Media Appearances, PoliticalOn 11th July 2019, NatCen released the results of the 36th British Social Attitudes survey, which included a detailed chapter on the topic of attitudes towards religion. RE Council of...
- December 15, 2018Commission on RE, Media releases, PoliticalThe Secretary of State for Education, Damian Hinds, has written to the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Chair of the Commission on Religious Education, with a response to the...
- August 16, 2018PoliticalOn 4th July 2018 the REC organised a Parliamentary luncheon to discuss the barriers and challenges to RE teacher recruitment with MPs and policy experts. The lunch was attended...
- July 31, 2018Political, Young AmbassadorsOn Monday 9th July 2018, 80 Year 10-12 students from schools across England came to Parliament to debate some of the key issues around the teaching of Religious Education.Four...
- June 12, 2018PoliticalThe RE Council's Chief Executive, Rudolf Eliott Lockhart, and the drafter of the Commission on Religious Education, Amira Tharani, went to 10 Downing Street on Monday 11 June to...
- June 11, 2018Media releases, PoliticalThe Religious Education Council (REC) has appointed Kishan Devani FRSA to undertake ambassadorial work on its behalf. Kishan will be working with faith and belief communities, and with politicians,...
- May 9, 2018Media releases, PoliticalNew guidance in Wales has clarified the position of non-religious people sitting on SACREs in Wales. Kirsty Williams AM, the Cabinet Secretary for Education in Wales, in a letter...
- October 10, 2017PoliticalFor the fourth year running, the RE Council, NATRE and RE Today represented religious education on stands at the Labour and Conservative party conferences. Representatives from all three organisations,...
- April 20, 2017Educators, Political, SchoolsWith the General Election fewer than 50 days away, and political parties hurrying to put together their manifestos, here are four things that we would like to see them...
- September 27, 2016PoliticalRE Teacher Naomi Anstice on the stand at the Labour Party Conference For the third year running, the RE Council, NATRE and RE Today will be representing RE on stands at the...
- July 1, 2016PoliticalIn a week of high drama at Westminster, three MPs still found the time to meet with the REC to discuss the important work that we are undertaking. On Tuesday...
- May 3, 2016Political, Young AmbassadorsOn Friday 15th of April, 2016 the Young Ambassadors for RE at the Queen Katherine School in Kendal invited Tim Farron, the leader of the Liberal Democrats Party and their...
- April 2, 2016PoliticalOn 8th March the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Religious Education met in order to discuss changes to its purpose statement. At that meeting, the APPG agreed a...
- January 14, 2016PoliticalIn January 2016, the REC made a statement to clarify its new relationship with the APPG on RE, for which the REC had previously acted as secretariat.
- June 14, 2015PoliticalOn Monday 13th June the REC met with the Schools Minister, Nick Gibb MP. Trevor Cooling, Rudolf Eliott Lockhart, and Deborah Weston, respectively the Chair of the REC, the...
- January 30, 2015Political, Young AmbassadorsOn 27 January, Stephen Lloyd, chair of the APPG on RE hosted an event at 1 Parliament Street, during which MPs had the opportunity to publicise their support for...
- January 28, 2015Political, Young AmbassadorsSixteen MPs from across the main political parties took part in an All Party Parliamentary Group event to publicise their belief that good RE should be available for all...
- December 23, 2014Educators, PoliticalResponse from the REC Board to the DfE exam criteria consultation: 23 December 2014
- November 12, 2014Educators, Members, PoliticalNick Gibb, Minister of State for School Reform, addressed a meeting of member representatives of the RE Council on 7th November at the Zoroastrian Centre, Harrow. Mr Gibb affirmed the government's support...
- May 8, 2014Members, PoliticalHuw Lewis, Minister for Education in Wales, addressed members of the Religious Education Council of England and Wales at its annual general meeting yesterday. Welcoming them to the historic...
- March 17, 2014Media releases, PoliticalMPs publish report on RE’s contribution to community relations An inquiry by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Religious Education (RE) has found that RE lessons have a key role...
- March 17, 2014PoliticalThe All Party Parliamentary Group on RE has published a summary report following a five-month inquiry into the contribution of RE to good community relations. The inquiry, co-ordinated by Dr...
- July 4, 2013Media releases, PoliticalSecretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, has admitted that RE has become an "unintended casualty of reforms" and has committed the Department for Education to "revitalising the conversations...
- June 27, 2013PoliticalYoung Ambassadors for RE made a big impression when they spoke to MPs on Monday 24th June 2013. The focus of this APPG meeting was to celebrate the best...
- May 21, 2013Political, Young AmbassadorsYoung Ambassadors from the Venerable Bede CE Academy tell us: This is one of our latest developments in the Young Ambassador project. We have recently contacted our local MP -...
- March 18, 2013Media releases, PoliticalAll party report ‘RE: The Truth Unmasked highlights lack of support for and provision of qualified RE teachers A report by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Religious Education...
- March 18, 2013Media releases, PoliticalOn Friday, 15th March Stephen Lloyd MP visited the Cavendish School in Eastbourne, where he met with staff and pupils in the RE department which has as an excellent...
- February 8, 2013Educators, PoliticalComments on Michael Gove’s statement in the House of Commons and DfE publication of new arrangements for the national curriculum, GCSEs and school accountability on 7 February 2013 from...
- November 26, 2012Media releases, PoliticalA group of cross party MPs has joined forces to launch an inquiry into the supply of and support for teachers of Religious Education (RE) in all schools. The inquiry...
- November 6, 2012PoliticalThe All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Religious Education was launched on Monday, 11th June 2012.
- October 22, 2012Educators, PoliticalCommenting on the Department’s MORI survey of 618 state-maintained secondary schools to assess the effects of the EBacc, John Keast, chair of the RE Council said: “The EBacc has sent a...
- October 19, 2012Educators, PoliticalDear Mr Clegg, We were delighted to hear of your remarks about the importance of education following your visit to Auschwitz with the Holocaust Educational Trust. We agree, “Indifference and...
- October 12, 2012Educators, PoliticalDear Mr Gove, The vocal responses to Gary Lineker's 'eating grass' comments on Al Jazeera only go to show how important religious literacy is in our society. It should not...
- March 30, 2012Media releases, PoliticalMinister of State for Schools, Nick Gibb, has asked the Religious Education Council for England and Wales (REC) to consider excellent practice in RE teaching and present its findings...
- February 17, 2012Media releases, PoliticalToday, the Church of England, the Catholic Church, the Buddhist, Jewish, Sikh and Muslim faiths, the British Humanist Association and professional RE teaching associations are joining forces to support...
- December 15, 2010Educators, Media releases, PoliticalResearch among young people, including school leavers and those in full-time education, indicates that Religious Education (RE) is a valued subject that leaves a lasting impression on those who...
