THE PROGRAMME 26th November 2007

09.15         REGISTRATION
10.00         LECTURE—Is Religion Dangerous?
  Professor Keith Ward
Former Regius Professor of Divinity, Christ Church, University of Oxford
11.15  COFFEE
11.30 SEMINARS
   
Paul Hopkins ICT and RE— Prep & Seniorpaul hopkins
Keith Ward &Stephen Law Debate on Lecture — Prep & Senior
Lesley Pollard Let’s Make RE Fun! — Prep
John Keast & Dick Powell Future Developments in RE — Prep & Senior
Mel Thompson The Dangers of Decisiveness: did Nietzsche get it wrong about religion? - Senior
Michael Wilcockson Old and new wineskins: tackling the new CE syllabus.— Prep
12.45 DRINKS and LUNCH
14.00 INFORMATION FORUM
14.30 SEMINARS
   
Paul Hopkins Science and Religion in Schools  — Prep & Senior
Imam Monawar Hussain Islamaphobia— Prep & Senior
Lesley Pollard Dramatic RE — Prep
Susan Grenfell Teaching Common Entrance in one lesson a week —Prep
Peter Sutton RS & Spirituality —Senior
Robert Weaver Texts and Terror: Can religious reading damage your health? An exploration of some key controversial passages from over the centuries — Senior
Michael Wilcockson Daniel in the Common Room: tactics and diplomacy of running an RS department

15.45

AFTERNOON TEA

Resource Stands are provided by leading RS publishers throughout the Conference including BIRCHFIELD INTERACTIVE plc, HODDER & MURRAY, NELSON THORNES,

and there is the opportunity to meet Subject Officers from the Exam Boards.