Second of three reflections on religious education in England: the Curriculum and Assessment Review of 2025 recommends RE join the National Curriculum, compatible with the ‘religion and worldviews’ and Big Ideas for RE approaches. Advantages,...
Dave Francis and Denise Cush describe the neglect and structural problems of Religion and Worldviews Education in England and argue for an objective, critical and pluralist approach that students can find personally transformative.
Describes a Big Ideas for RE unit marking a century since the Scopes trial, which combines religious education and science lessons on evolution, creationism, interpretation of texts and worldviews for ages 11 to 14.
Our 2025 conference theme, Education for this Life, celebrated the growing educational work of the network through the Solarity online materials for Religion and Philosophy Clubs, and through being a key partner of the Big...
Denise Cush reviews Religion and Generation Z, nine Oxford student essays on why young people say they have no religion, and comments on RE, non-Abrahamic traditions and the religion/no-religion binary.
Dave Francis and Denise Cush trace the Solarity education project from 2006: religion and philosophy clubs website, links with Big Ideas for RE and Religion and Worldviews, and funding from the Network.
Denise Cush surveys the rise of the religious ‘nones’ in Britain, patchwork religiosity, Paganism and young people’s attitudes, and suggests responses for religious education and the Network.
Denise Cush reviews David Usher’s Life Spirit, twelve discussion units for groups exploring spirituality, faith, death, God and moral choice, noting its Western, Christian framing and its suitability for liberal groups such as SOF local...
