Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit Seminar Programme
WRERU has an international reputation for its research and curriculum development
in religious education. It has produced many research publications and the Warwick
RE Project, a series of teacher and pupil books for use in schools.
WRERU hosts a series of Religions and Education Research Seminars, held several
Tuesday evenings a term in the Institute. Those leading the seminars come from a
variety of backgrounds including:
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practising teachers
advisers in the field of RE or education generally
Farmington Fellows
university based researchers
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WRERU Seminars 1997Date
Speaker
Theme
28/1/97
Sissel Østberg
25/2/97
Sophie Gilliat, University
of Warwick
Michael Grimmitt,
University of Birmingham
John Hull, University of
Birmingham
Studying religious nurture:
Muslim children in Oslo
Theological education for
a multifaith Britain
Current pedagogies in RE
6/5/97
20/5/97
17/6/97
Linda Rudge, University
of East Anglia
7/10/97
Ron Geaves
28/10/97
Professor Jonathan Tritter
(University of Warwick)/
Priscilla Chadwick
(Principal Berkhamsted
Collegiate School)
Anne Krisman,
Farmington Fellow
27/11/97
and
Phil Leivers, Farmington
Fellow
Problems of method in the
research into and the
pedagogy of adult
education
Justice and injustice in
curriculum and society
(Britain 1997)
The borders between
religions. The challenge to
the world religions
approach to RE
Mission impossible: Grant
maintained status and
Church school.
‘Speak from the heart’:
Exploring and responding
to RE in the special school
Effective questioning in
primary RE and the
assessment of children’s
10/2/98
10/3/98
5/5/98
9/6/98
16/6/98
20/10/98
1/12/98
2/2/99
23/2/99
9/3/99
8/6/99
22/6/99
16/11/99
7/12/99
25/1/00
learning from religion
Adam Hardy, De Montfort Form and symbol in Indian
University
Temple architecture
Joyce Miller (Adviser for
Circles and spirals. Using
RE Bradford)
the Arts in RE.
Marie Parker-Jenkins,
‘Equality within Islam, not
University of Derby
without it’: Perspectives of
Muslim school girls in
Britain
Barbara Easton,
Understanding the Hindu
Farmington Fellow
tradition: a guide for
teachers
Dr Pat Sikes (University of Becoming an RE teacher.
Sheffield)/Judith
A life history approach.
Everington (University of
Warwick)
Denise Cush, Bath Spa
Learning from the concept
University
and concepts of a religious
tradition: RE beyond
ethnography, using the
example of Jainism
Fiona Moss, Farmington
Edification and learning
Fellow
from religion
John Keast (QCA)
RE and the review of the
curriculum. Proposed
guidance from QCA.
Elisabeth Hole, Uppsala,
Reflections on a
Sweden
comparative study of
Hindu women in Sweden
and Britain
Geoff Marshall Taylor
Issues in preparing KS2&3
(BBC)
Hinduism and Sikhism
Programmes.
Julia Ipgrave (Teacher
Methodological issues in
Uplands Primary
the study of inter-faith
Leicester)
influence in the primary
school.
Andrew Raine/Kevin
RE and ICT in the primary
James (Farmington
school/ Presenting the
Teacher Fellows)
Buddhist tradition at a
Level.
Lat Blaylock
Issues in assessing
(CEM/PCfRE)
achievement.
Phil Leivers (Head of
Mentoring in RE
Secondary RE Dept)
Anthony Reddie (Research Christian Education of
Fellow The Queen's
black children in Britain.
Foundation Birmingham)
Towards a new paradigm
of liberation.
15/2/00
2/5/00
27/6/00
31/10/00
28/11/00
16/1/01
22/5/01
27/2/01
26/6/01
1/5/01
6/11/01
4/12/01
4/12/01
19/2/02
30/4/02
21/5/02
Dr Cornelia Roux
(University of
Stellenbosch South Africa)
The Ven.Dr Richard
Cheetham (Archdeacon of
St Albans)
RE in the new South
Africa.
How do we find out what's
going on in Collective
Worship? Empirical
research.
Dr Dennis Bates
The Lancaster legacy. A
critical assessment of
Ninian Smart and the
Schools Council Working
paper 31.
Irene Donohoue
Do Islamic schools meet
(University of
Muslim parents’
Melbourne)
expectations?
Ruth Lambert (Farmington Sikhism at KS1. Resource
Teacher Fellow)
links with the National
Literacy Strategy.
Dr Mark Chater (Bishop
The teachers' lives project.
Grosseteste College
Methodology and findings
Lincoln)
on teachers' spiritualities in
the workplace.
Professor Tim Jensen
Religious Education in
(University of Odense,
Primary and Secondary
Denmark)
Schools: Current Issues of
Method and Politics in
Danish RE and RS.
Ursula McKenna
Questions raised by
University of Warwick
research into RE and SEN
at KS2.
Mary Hayward (University Curriculum Christianity.
of Leeds)
An appraisal.
Vivien Northcote
The first illustrated RE
textbooks
Barbara Wintersgill (HMI RE course content at KS3.
Adviser to Ofsted for RE) Issues for teachers and for
Agreed Syllabuses.
Naina Parmar (Teacher
Key teachings of Lord
Earlham Primary School,
Krishna in Bhagavad Gita
Haringey)
for KS 1&2
Alison Gardner (Teacher
Issues in producing
Dorrington School,
materials on a Jehovah's
Birmingham)
Witness Church
Andrew Wright (Lecturer, The contours of Critical
King's College London)
Religious Education
John Keast, Principal
RE, Citizenship and Other
Manager for RE,
Issues: A National
Citizenship, PSHE, QCA
perspective
Elisabeth Arweck
The Brahma Kumaris and
1/10/02
19/11/02
25/2/03
13/5/03
02/6/03
14/10/03
17/2/04
9/3/04
4/5/04
12/10/04
23/11/04
22/2/05
8/3/05
19/4/05
(Research Fellow, Institute
of Education, University
of Warwick)
Dr Rebecca Nye,
University of Cambridge
Eystein Gulbeck, Visiting
Fellow from Norway
Kevin O’Grady, Head of
RE, High Storrs School
Sheffield and PhD student
Carolyn Reade, St Martin's
College
Bill Gent, Senior Advisor
(School Improvement),
Redbridge
Dr Elisabeth Arweck,
Research Fellow,
University of Warwick
Karen Steele, Farmington
Fellow/Teacher Kineton
High School Warwick
Barbara Wintersgill, HMI,
Specialist Adviser for RE
to Ofsted
Professor John Hull,
Emeritus Professor of
Religious Education,
University of Birmingham
Dr Adrian Samuel,
Humanities, Richmond
upon Thames College
Oddrun Hovde, Senior
Visiting Fellow,
Trondheim University
Nigel Fancourt, Head of
RE, Lord William’s
School, Thame
Lizzie McWhirter, RE,
Spirituality and Schools
Officer, Diocese of
Coventry
Revd John Hall, Director
Spiritual Development
‘It’s just like a big
explosion in your mind’:
children’s spirituality –
how it feels to them and
how it is heard by us
Fieldwork in Coventry and
Norway in Primary RE
Motivation in RE
ICT and Religions
Education - Charting a
New Landscape
Education and the Muslim
Community in Redbridge,
North London
Sathya Sai Education in
Human Values:
Challenges and
Implications of the
Research
The contribution of
religious education to
citizenship education
Issues in researching
teenagers' spirituality
Religious education,
violence and peace
Educating children for
informed decision making
in a religiously diverse
society
Religious Education in
Norway
Assessment in RE
Godly play: A fresh
Approach to Spiritual
Development
Silence and racism:
17/1/06
8/3/06
20/6/06
for Social Responsibility,
Diocese of Coventry
Sarah Horsfield, Myton
School
Judith Robinson, Lovat
Middle School
Amy Whittall
12/10/06
Rabbi Dr Jonathan A.
Romain
16/10/07
Professor Leslie Francis
and Dr Mandy Robbins
Institute of Education,
University of Warwick
Damian Breen
Institute of Education,
University of Warwick
6/11/07
22/1/08
Dr Julia Ipgrave
Oxford Brookes
University
26/2/08
Dr Bill Gent
Institute of Education,
University of Warwick
12/3/08
2/12/08
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Dr Stephen Parker
Farmington Fellow
Institute of Education
University of Warwick
Professor William Kay,
University of Wales,
Bangor
Professor Viv Baumfield,
University of Glasgow
27/1/09
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Professor Eleanor Nesbitt
& Dr Elisabeth Arweck
13/10/09
Dr Andrew
Village, Associate Fellow,
Warwick Religions and
7/10/08
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identities and discourse
RE and pupils on the
autistic spectrum
What makes a good RE
co-ordinator?
Using the interpretive
approach for teaching RE
to gifted and talented
students at KS3: An action
research perspective
Investigating the religious
identity formation of
young people in mixed
faith families
Assessing spiritual health
among pupils from the RE
classroom
Preparing to investigate
faith school ethos in
voluntary aided and
independent schools
The language of
friendship: children’s
communication choice in
an interfaith email
exchange
Using life-story methods
to understand the Islamic
journeys of British
Muslims
First Thoughts on
Spirituality in Sixth Form
Colleges
Two Accounts of mental
and religious development
From intention to
enactment and impact:
Does RE work?
Enrichment or
enstrangement? How
young people in mixed
faith families see their dual
heritage
Pupils and Prejudice: Race
and religion among
secondary-school children
10/3/2010
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12/10/10
30/11/10
1/3/11
1/3/12
17/1/13
18/7/13
Education Research Unit
Dr Keld Skovmand,
Lecturer, University
College Lillebaelt (UCL),
Odense, Denmark
Professor Leslie Francis,
Dr Julia Ipgrave
Dr Nigel Fancourt
WRERU, University of
Warwick
Dr Julia Ipgrave
Dr Elisabeth Arweck,
WRERU, University of
Warwick
Dr Joyce Miller, Associate
Fellow, WRERU,
University of Warwick
in northern England
Building bridges in teacher
training and RE
Dr Dzintra Ilisko,
Associate Professor and
Director of the Institute of
Sustainable Education at
Daugavpils University,
Latvia
Joanne Beavan: Secondary
RE teacher and
Farmington Fellow
Sustainability and
Religion: An Eastern
European Perspective
Materials Used to Teach
about World Religions in
Schools
Young People's Attitudes
to Religious Diversity:
impressions from the field
Religious education and
religious extremism: some
questions and answers for
teachers
Dr Julia Ipgrave, WRERU, Dialogue with Scripture:
University of Warwick and inter faith activity with
Debbie Danon, 3 Faiths
teenagers
Forum
Exploring and assessing
the role of visits and
visitors in Secondary RE.
and
29/10/13
Barbara Usher: Secondary
RE teacher and
Farmington Fellow
(cancelled due to illness)
How innovative can
teachers be, in providing
sustained opportunities for
meaningful inter-faith
dialogue, even in schools
in mainly white, monofaith areas?
Professor Robert Jackson
WRERU
Signposts towards
religions and beliefs within
European intercultural
education.
Dr Mia Matilainen
Human Rights Education
and Religious Education in
the Finnish Educational
Context: Some Research
Findings and Plans
Last updated 17/09/13