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Next week, Humanists UK will be intervening in a landmark education case at the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal. The case has reached this stage because the Department of Education has chosen to appeal the judgment of May 2022, which found that exclusively Christian RE and worship in Northern Ireland schools is discriminatory. Humanists UK, which… Read more »
The infrastructure of the assurance scheme built by British Game Assurance (BGA) will be transferred to Aim to Sustain (A2S), it was announced today (Monday October 16th). The transfer should be completed later in the Autumn and in the meantime, the scheme remains unchanged and open to new members. Following completion, Aim to Sustain will… Read more »
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“Fundamental” changes to the Northern Ireland peace process are just “weeks away,” the Secretary of State has said. Paul Murphy said he believed the Democratic Unionist Party, the province’s biggest representative of protestantism, was willing to share power with Sinn Fein as the IRA was committed to decommissioning its weapons for good. “I would hope… Read more »
The Government has no plans to abolish GCSEs and A-levels, the Prime Minister said last night. Tony Blair’s comments came after former chief schools inspector, Mike Tomlinson, published his 18-month inquiry into the shape of secondary school education. Mr Blair said Mr Tomlinson’s proposals would help improve the existing system, not overturn it. Speaking to… Read more »