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Integrating SMSC within Teaching and Learning in Further Education is a resource for FE and Sixth Form College teaching staff, offering ideas and guidance on drawing out the Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural implications of their curriculum area. Created out…
God and the Big Bang is an innovative education programme focusing on the relationship between science and religion, working with schools. Developed by the Diocese of Manchester and involving professional scientists, the programme offers day workshops for schools covering a…
How, in practice, do Church of England schools endeavour to create cohesive communities which respect both their Anglican Christian ethos and the diverse, often multi-faith demographic of their student bodies? This is being explored in Birmingham in case study research…
Understanding Christianity is a major resource designed to support teaching about Christianity in Religious Education for pupils between the ages of 4 and 14 of all faiths and none. It seeks to help students grasp both the over-arching story of…
We’re pleased to welcome Phil Metcalf as the new further education chaplaincy ambassador for the West Midlands region. This new role provides strategic support and development for the churches’ work with colleges of further education within the West Midlands region,…
West Midlands Churches’ Further Education Council supports colleges in their provision for students’ faith and spiritual/moral development, and supports the churches’ engagement with the FE sector. Started with Saltley Trust help in 1987, it undertakes a variety of project work….
Life Plus is an initiative being run by the Schools Christian Worker Project, covering Oswestry and Ellesmere in North Shropshire. It seeks to develop educational and personal development resources for school children, with particular emphasis on those who are vulnerable…
Spiritual, moral, social and cultural development doesn’t stop when you leave school. This partnership project between WM Churches’ FE Council and Dare2Engage seeks to develop interactive learning resources for 16-19s, using themes and dispositions from the 2007 Birmingham Agreed Syllabus….
3FF (Three Faiths Forum) are currently recruiting Birmingham Primary Schools to participate in their two-year Trust-funded ‘faith school linking’ project. Could your school take part? 3FF’s ‘Faith School Linking’ project brings together students from different cultural and faith backgrounds who…