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Free RME CLPL – James Burt -Thinking Hard: From Incels to Ideology – Tuesday 2nd March

Two years before the release of ‘Adolescence’, and around the time we started hearing about someone called Andrew Tate, our department planned a series of BGE lessons with the aim of helping our pupils to become better thinkers. We wanted our pupils to see that, in an increasingly polarised world, settling for easy answers is often a mistake. Two years later, this unit is receiving top feedback from S4 pupils and even increasing our SQA course uptake. This session will look at the process of planning the unit, its content, and will share details of how to access the lessons and documentary clips used.

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No Time for RME Development? The Farmington Scholarship Gives You the Gift of Time

Have you had an amazing idea for how to progress your RME practice but just have no time to develop it? Want to complete a bit of research but aren’t sure where to start? Always dreamed of going to University of Oxford? The Farmington Scholarship is a fabulous initiative that not many people know about. The Farmington Institute funds around 30 scholars every year to undertake some research into a project of their choice. This could be the development of a series of lessons, a primary transition plan, a research piece into something you are passionate about, or an IDL project you’ve always dreamed of. Anything that enhances and improves Religious Education in your context. Find out how you can gain the gift of time and professional development that will benefit your students and the wider RMPS community.

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Poetics and paideia: the transmission of knowledge as production – Lecture 1st September 2025

The Advanced Pedagogical Theory research subtheme and the Strathclyde Institute ofEducation is delighted to welcome the Philosophy of Education Society of Great BritainDistinguished Lecture Series. As part of the series the Institute will host a distinguishedlecture by Professor Catherine Pickstock, Norris Hulse Professor of Divinity at theUniversity of Cambridge. The Read more

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Scottish Interfaith Week 2025 & Competition for Schools by Jill Stevens Interfaith Scotland

As we aspire to the safe and thriving futures we want for faith communities in Scotland, we must prioritise the education of today’s young people.

Festival events for Scottish Interfaith Week 2025 will explore the key priorities of Scotland’s youth: Education, climate, mental health, poverty and discrimination.

Our hope is to encourage young people to engage in the festival, learn about other cultures and meet people from diverse religious and belief backgrounds.

When we make space for dialogue and understanding, our whole society flourishes.

Find out about our competition for schools and ways to engage young people in the festival.

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Festival of Learning 2025 – Call for Sessions

STARME invites educators and practitioners in Religious Education to present at the Festival of Learning on 2 May 2025, at the University of Edinburgh. Interested individuals should submit a form by 14 March 2025, proposing their session and its significance. Presenters enjoy free admission and must attend in person.

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