• PGCE RE Professionalism Conference – Cowley International College (18.9.18)

    Today trainees got the chance to visit one of our outstanding partnership schools, Cowley International College in St Helens. Led by the experienced RE team, trainees were able to reflect on the notion and importance of professionalism, benefit from the experiences of ex-Alumni and get some top tips for being professional from Principal Cameron Sheeran.…

  • RE PGCE & UG: Sue Philips & The Island 2.7.18

    Giving us a flavour of experiential RE, Sue Philips delivered her usual creative and engaging approach to RE to some Yr2 UG and PG trainees this week. Trainees were able to experience her work on experiential pedagogy, religion-neutral exercises, life as a homeless person and of course, her work on ‘The Island’ as a way…

  • RE PGCE: RE & ICT with Paul Hopkins 28.6.18

    ICT Guru Paul Hopkins paid a visit to the RE PGCE trainees in the final week of their course, to talk through some of the gadgets they can use in their classrooms. We forget to take photos of the session but as it was our last day together before some trainees began their new posts…

  • NATRE Conference 2017 at Edge Hill

    NATRE Conference 2017 at Edge Hill

    Just before Christmas, Editor of RE Today magazine and NATRE Adviser, Lat Blaylock delivered an outstanding and engaging conference for UG and PG ITT trainees entitled ‘RE for All: Entitlement and Opportunity’.  As current PGCE students,  we found the  day to be extremely informative and enjoyable. Lat discussed and demonstrated activities which we could use…

  • Research Shared

    Research Shared

    As summer shone its brightest in the weeks before term started, RE staff from Edge Hill were busy sharing the findings of their research. Prof. Vini Lander along with Dr Francis Farrell organised a Day conference for Edge Hill staff on Fundamental British Values – a key part of the government’s education agenda.  The day, which…

  • Experiencing Hajj in Frodsham

    Experiencing Hajj in Frodsham

    Paul Smalley and a small number of Year 1 Undergraduate RE students were recently invited to take part in the Cheshire West & Chester SACRE Primary Pupil conference.  This two-day event, funded by a generous grant from NASACRE and organised by Naomi Anstice, was held at the Forest Hills Hotel in Frodsham and brought together…

  • Teaching A-level with the Vardys

    Teaching A-level with the Vardys

    We were delighted to recently welcome Charlotte and Peter Vardy to Edge Hill to spend a day with a postgraduate and third year undergraduate RE students and a small number of school based patrners, helping them think about how to teach RS to pupils in the sixth form. The day began with a discussion of…

  • NATRE Network Day

    NATRE Network Day

    The RE Team welcomed Stephen Pett and Fiona Moss from NATRE to Edge HIll for the Annual RE Network Conference.  This year the Conference was generously supported by the Jerusalem Trust and drew together Undergraduate and Postgraduate students from Edge Hill as well as guests from Liverpool Hope’s RE PGCE.  Around a dozen of our…

  • No Rest for the Weekend!

    No Rest for the Weekend!

    It was a busy weekend for over 200 RE teachers, including a number of Edge Hill mentors  and former students Paul Jones, Ben Davies, Nichola Rodden and Kerril Casey.  They gathered for a weekend of inspiring workshops and seminars led by some of the country’s leading figures in RE, including our own Paul Smalley, and…

  • Conferences Galore

    Conferences Galore

    Members of the RE team at Edge Hill have been busy presenting the findings of their research at conferences up and down the country.  Paul has presented his work on Using Twitter  with undergraduates at the SOLSTICE conference at Edge Hill.  At the CLIS Conference at Edge Hill Francis presented some of the early findings of his…