Sentences with phrase «humanist education»

Naturally, we wanted to maintain our core educational philosophy, which for a Steiner school includes providing a comprehensive, general humanist education, which aims to educate students for life beyond employment and further study.

In this world in which every day it becomes more difficult to maintain social cohesion, we believe it is suitable to guide the training of future teachers to humanist education, that comes close to the needs and the reality of life of the inhabitants of the planet and educate the citizens aware of the context in which we live.

Modernists and postmodernists would argue that historical styles in architecture are inherently undemocratic, because they assume a high level of humanist education and taste — privileges of the elite.

Not exact matches

Thus the Commission called for a Christian concern for Higher Education which helps critical rational and humanist evaluation of both the western and Indian cultures to build a new cultural concept which subordinated religious traditions, technology and politics to personal values according to the principle «Sabbath is made for man and not man for the Sabbath», enunciated by Jesus and illustrated in the idea of Incarnation of God in Christ.

Humanists say Catholic donations to new education secretary «represents inappropriate influence»

Humanists UK have highlighted how several MPs, including the new Education Secretary Damian Hinds, have received money from the Catholic Bishops» Conference in return for intern placements.

Unlike Luther, whose education had been apart from humanism, the two outstanding creators of Reformed Protestantism, Zwingli and Calvin, had been under strong humanist influence.

He expressed his own view of the importance of education to his old poet friend Eobanus in March 1523, in a letter which takes us into the Renaissance world of the humanists: «I do not intend that young people should give up poetry and rhetoric... it is through these studies, as through nothing else, that people are really well prepared for grasping sacred truths, as well as for handling them skilfully and successfully.»

Humanists UK have highlighted how several MPs, including the new Education Secretary Damian Hinds, have... More

Humanists UK will be writing to the Education Secretary Damian Hinds immediately to seek clarification on his remarks.

Collective worship: https://humanism.org.uk/campaigns/schools-and-education/collective-worship/ «Faith» schools: http://humanism.org.uk/campaigns/schools-and-education/faith-schools/ PSHE and Sex and Relationships Education: https://humanism.org.uk/campaigns/schools-and-education/school-curriculum/pshe-and-sex-and-relationships-education/ Abortion: https://humanism.org.uk/campaigns/public-ethical-issues/sexual-and-reproductive-rights/ The British Humanist Association is the national charity working on behalf of non-religious people who seek to live ethical and fulfilling lives on the basis of reason and humanity.

Website: http://www.humanism.org.uk/meet-up/events/view/152?page=1 Sara Passmore Head of Education and Promotion British Humanist Association (BHA) 1 Gower Street, London WC1E 6HD Tel: [phone] Mobile: [phone] Fax: [phone] www.humanism.org.uk Find us on social networking sites via www.humanism.org.uk/meet-up / online

In Humanists UK's view, any attempt to boost integration in the education system is likely to be a non-starter if new and existing faith schools can still religiously discriminate in admitting all of their places.

The British Humanist Association (BHA) is today publishing the names, locations and religious characters of all Free School applications from the «ninth wave», after the Department for Education (DfE) provided the information in response to a Freedom of Information request submitted by the BHA earlier this year.

Read more about the British Humanist Association's work on Sex and Relationships Education: http://www.humanism.org.uk/campaigns/religion-and-schools/sex-and-relationships-education

In response to a parliamentary question tabled in the House of Lords, the Department for Education (DfE) has at last conceded that the overwhelming majority of objections submitted to school admission policies by the British Humanist Association (BHA) and Fair Admissions Campaign (FAC) correctly identified breaches of the law.

The Information Tribunal has today ordered the Department for Education (DfE) to release two documents from 2010 that helped form the policy that led to the state funding of Steiner Free Schools to the British Humanist Association (BHA).

The changes, which promote values supported by the British Humanist Association (BHA) and emphasise that there is one law for all, represent a «significant victory» in the campaign against extremism, and in favour of citizenship education.

These statements come from a Minister who in the past has attacked secularism as «intolerant and illiberal», has said that religious people contribute more to society than the non-religious, has championed religious groups as being at the heart of the «Big Society», and even tried to amend the Equality Bill in a way which would leave humanists unprotected against discrimination and unequal treatment in the provision of, and access to, public services, employment, education, funding, and elsewhere.

She has also said that religious people contribute more to society than the non religious, has championed religious groups as being at the heart of the «Big Society», and even tried to amend the Equality Bill in a way which would leave humanists unprotected against discrimination and unequal treatment in the provision of, and access to, public services, employment, education, funding, and elsewhere.

Among the signatories to the joint letter are former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, Humanists UK Chief Executive Andrew Copson, President of the Accord Coalition for Inclusive Education Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain OBE, former government integration tsar Ted Cantle CBE, the General Secretaries of the National Education Union Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney, as well as a number of high - profile authors, academics, and entertainers.

In a major ruling, the British Humanist Association (BHA) has won its case against the Department for Education (DfE) over its refusal to publish a list of all groups proposing to establish Free Schools.

Supporters of the campaign include the British Humanist Association, Professor Ted Cantle and the iCoCo Foundation, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, British Muslims for Secular Democracy, the Campaign for State Education, the Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education, the Christian think tank Ekklesia, the Hindu Academy, the Green Party, the Liberal Democrat Education Association, Liberal Youth, the Local Schools Network, Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign, the Runnymede Trust, the Socialist Educational Association, and the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches.

It supported Humanist and Secularist Liberal Democrats (HSLD) in their efforts to draft the motion, and the BHA's Director of Public Affairs and Policy spoke in favour of the motion at a fringe event organised by HSLD and the Liberal Democrat Education Association on Friday.

44 schools continue to have sex and relationships education (SRE) policies that either replicate section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 or are unhelpfully vague on the issue, the British Humanist Association (BHA) can reveal.

The British Humanist Association (BHA) has today welcomed a number of new reports and surveys showing strong support for making Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education and Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) compulsory ineducation and Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) compulsory inEducation (SRE) compulsory in schools.

The British Humanist Association (BHA) has been added as a respondent to a legal case between the Department for Education (DfE) and Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) over whether the DfE must publish a list of all proposed Free Schools, including their religious character.

Briefings produced in 2010 by civil servants in the Department for Education (DfE) on the principle of whether or not Steiner schools should gain state funding through the Free Schools programme express serious concern about issues such as racism, systemic bullying, academic rigour, secrecy and whether or not the schools would be able to pass Ofsted inspections, the British Humanist Association (BHA) can today reveal.

The Department for Education (DfE) has been forced to amend its education green paper by the UK Statistics Authority, following a complaint made by the British Humanist Association (BHA) over the «misleading» figures it presents on the impact of religious selection at «faith»Education (DfE) has been forced to amend its education green paper by the UK Statistics Authority, following a complaint made by the British Humanist Association (BHA) over the «misleading» figures it presents on the impact of religious selection at «faith»education green paper by the UK Statistics Authority, following a complaint made by the British Humanist Association (BHA) over the «misleading» figures it presents on the impact of religious selection at «faith» schools.

[37] The campaign has support from both religious and non-religious organizations at both the national and local level including the Accord Coalition, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, the British Humanist Association, British Muslims for Secular Democracy, ICoCo Foundation, the Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education, Ekklesia, the Hindu Academy, the Liberal Democrat Education Association, Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign, the Runnymede Trust, the Socialist Educational Association, the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches.

, particularly members of the All Party Parliamentary Humanist Group (APPHG), on legislation related to faith schools and education in Parliament, and organising debates in the House of Commons and House of Lords on relevant issues.

The British Humanist Association (BHA) wrote to the Executive Principal, Jennifer Bexon - Smith, to question the legality of the proposed changes, and was alarmed to receive a reply on her behalf from the Birmingham Diocesan Director of Education.

Concerns about the Education Bill's potential to increase further religious discrimination in schools were raised during its «second reading» in the House of Lords yesterday by Labour, Conservative and Crossbench peers including Christians, Hindus and humanists.

Commenting on the announcement, BHA head of Education and Promotion Sara Passmore said, «The British Humanist Association is honoured to have Rebecca Goldstein present this year's Shelley Lecture.

British Humanist Association hopes the government will take action to help those who have been denied their basic right to an education

Whistleblowers at the centre of the «Trojan Horse» scandal were assured right from the start by Department for Education (DfE) officials that their identities would be kept a secret, the British Humanist Association (BHA) can reveal.

«There is no good evidence to support the substance of this bill: abstinence education does not work,» commented British Humanist Association head of public affairs Naomi Phillips.

For further comment or information please contact Humanists UK Education Campaigns Manager Jay Harman on 0207 324 3078 or [email protected].

The British Humanist Association (BHA) is one of almost 100 organisations to have signed a letter organised by the Sex Education Forum (SEF) and published today in The Times, calling for strong teaching around sex education as part of national curriculum science inEducation Forum (SEF) and published today in The Times, calling for strong teaching around sex education as part of national curriculum science ineducation as part of national curriculum science in England.

Respond to the national curriculum review: http://humanism.org.uk/campaigns/what-you-can-do-to-help/respond-to-the-national-curriculum-review/ Read more about the BHA's campaigns work on PSHE and Sex and Relationships Education: http://humanism.org.uk/campaigns/schools-and-education/school-curriculum/pshe-and-sex-and-relationships-education/ The British Humanist Association is the national charity working on behalf of non-religious people who seek to live ethical and fulfilling lives on the basis of reason and humanity.

The British Humanist Association (BHA) has welcomed the publication today of a new report by Education For Choice (EFC), examining the quality of education on abortion and contraception in UKEducation For Choice (EFC), examining the quality of education on abortion and contraception in UKeducation on abortion and contraception in UK schools.

The letter, organised by the Accord Coalition for Inclusive Education, of which the British Humanist Association (BHA) is a co-founder, has been signed by more than 70 prominent public figures.

Humanists UK Education Campaigner Jay Harman commented, «We have raised the issue of gender segregation in religious schools for some time now, and we're glad that this practice has finally been deemed unlawful.

They include religious and non-religious leaders representing Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, and humanist organisations, the general secretaries of three education trade unions, and parliamentarians from across the political spectrum.

by Richy Thompson, Campaigns Officer (Faith Schools and Education), British Humanist Association

The British Humanist Association (BHA), whose Campaigns Manager is a member of the advisory group of the Sex Education Forum and has long campaigned for statutory SRE in schools, has welcomed the reports, while stressing the need for the subject to be comprehensive and inclusive.

A council in Wales has withdrawn its decision to exclude a humanist representative from the local body responsible for overseeing religious education (RE), following a legal challenge by a local humanist parent.

Humanists UK Chief Executive Andrew Copson added, «Humanists UK is a founding member of the Religious Education Council of England and Wales, and humanists have always advocated in the strongest terms for the importance of good quality, inclusive education in schools about religious and humanistHumanists UK Chief Executive Andrew Copson added, «Humanists UK is a founding member of the Religious Education Council of England and Wales, and humanists have always advocated in the strongest terms for the importance of good quality, inclusive education in schools about religious and humanistHumanists UK is a founding member of the Religious Education Council of England and Wales, and humanists have always advocated in the strongest terms for the importance of good quality, inclusive education in schools about religious and humanistEducation Council of England and Wales, and humanists have always advocated in the strongest terms for the importance of good quality, inclusive education in schools about religious and humanisthumanists have always advocated in the strongest terms for the importance of good quality, inclusive education in schools about religious and humanisteducation in schools about religious and humanist beliefs.

The British Humanist Association (BHA) has welcomed the news, and commends the Department for Education (DfE) in seeing reason in rejecting the bid.

Read Humanists UK's previous news item «Humanist parent in High Court challenge to exclusion from local religious education body»: https://humanism.org.uk/2017/07/19/humanist-parent-in-high-court-challenge-to-exclusion-from-local-religious-education-body/