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Dharma Day
Our latest cohort of Year 3 Undergraduates spent a day in Manchester as part of their Sikhism and Jainism Module. At the Jain Samaj Manchester, our host Suresh explained about the beliefs, history and practices of the faith, and allowed us to explore their fantastic temple, handmade in Indian Marble. We then journeyed across the…
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Interfaith Week in Liverpool
For Inter-faith week, the University’s Chaplaincy team organised a trip to visit the three Abrahamic faiths’ places of worship in Liverpool. Thre years of Undergraduate students and the PGCE students came together for this fantastic trip. First year Undergraduate Hailey wrote this about the day: Arriving at the Cathedral I thought that we had turned…
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RE PGCE Subject Knowledge Enhancement course 2016
Life in places of learning tends to follow a seasonal pattern and each year in late summer just prior to the new academic year commencing the RE team at Edge Hill along with eminent visiting tutors delivers a subject knowledge enhancement course . The course is designed to give our new PGCE students a refresher…
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A day at Schul
Today was an insightful opportunity to experience first hand an Orthodox Jewish Synagogue and find out more about what is involved within Jewish worship. Those of the Jewish faith refer to the Synagogue as ‘Schul’ which translated from Hebrew means ‘assembly’ as those of the Jewish faith assemble together within to worship G-d. Above: In…
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Another Temple Visit
As part of the Second Year Undergraduate Buddhist Dharma module course students travelled to the Lake District to visit the Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre. This is the head centre for the movement around the world and as described by our guide for the day it is where many Buddhists live together as part of their retreat. The…
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The Preston England Temple
Year 3 Secondary RE undergraduates recently visited the Preston England Temple as part of their Religion in the 21st Century module. One of the students, Sadie Parish, wrote this blog post: As soon as we approached the centre we were immediately taken back by its beauty! It almost felt as if we were in another world.…
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Looking to the East (Manchester!)
Undergraduate Third year students are currently learning about two Dharmic religions: Jainism and Sikhism. As part of this we visited two temples in Manchester, the Jain Samaj and the Sikh Gurdwara. The first visit of the day was to the Jain temple. Housed in converted building the main room is a sports hall, which is…
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Deanery Day
Final year Undergraduate students recently spent a Day in Deanery High School in Wigan. Renya has blogged about the visit: It was an interesting day as there were many things to learn whilst we were there. A level First we watched an A level lesson with Taco Michiels, the Head of RE and a former…
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Experiencing Hindu Dharma
Year 1 Undergraduates recently had the privilege to go and not only see what a Hindu temple looks like, but were lucky enough as a class to witness how worship happens in the Hindu Mandir. Mary wrote this on her blog page: It doesn’t matter how many books you read or how many assignments you can…
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I actually felt like a real teacher!
Year one Secondary RE with QTS Undergraduates had an opportunity, as part of their work on Hindu Dharma, to go into a local Primary School and get their first taste of teaching. Feliciity wrote this in her blog: We were introduced as ‘The teachers from Edge Hill’ today, we officially became teachers! I don’t think I could…
