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Help give every child a fair start in life. Support Humanists UK’s Every Child, Every Chance appeal today
Humanists UK has launched its 2025 Faith Schools Fundraiser, ‘Every Child, Every Chance’, aiming to raise £40,000 on JustGiving to support its ongoing campaign for a fair, inclusive, and non-discrimin...
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Across the UK, thousands of children are still being denied the fair education every child deserves – shut out of local schools because their families are the ‘wrong’ faith, or hidden away in illegal ones with no real lessons at all.
#EveryChildEveryChance 🧵
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A huge honour to be a patron of @humanists.uk 🙏🏽👇🏽
Thrilled to welcome @anilseth.bsky.social as @humanists.uk's newest patron. At a time when understanding who we are is more important than ever, we're honoured to have such a lucid and compelling voice joining us to champion the power of rational inquiry.
New patron for Humanists UK: Professor Anil Seth
Humanists UK is delighted to announce the appointment of its newest patron, Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience Anil Seth. He joins a stable of over 200 Humanists UK patrons with not...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:51 AM
A huge honour to be a patron of @humanists.uk 🙏🏽👇🏽
Welcome to Humanists UK! @anilseth.bsky.social delivered our Rationalist Press Lecture earlier this month tackling one of philosophy and science’s most enduring questions: What is consciousness? And could AI ever have it? We're very pleased to have him onboard. humanists.uk/2025/11/20/n...
November 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Welcome to Humanists UK! @anilseth.bsky.social delivered our Rationalist Press Lecture earlier this month tackling one of philosophy and science’s most enduring questions: What is consciousness? And could AI ever have it? We're very pleased to have him onboard. humanists.uk/2025/11/20/n...
It would take peers 20 years to get through all the amendments at this pace.
When an unelected chamber deliberately stalls a bill backed by the Commons, it does more than delay legislation; it undermines representative democracy.
#AssistedDyingBill
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When an unelected chamber deliberately stalls a bill backed by the Commons, it does more than delay legislation; it undermines representative democracy.
#AssistedDyingBill
humanists.uk/2025/11/21/a...
House of Lords will talk out the Assisted Dying Bill unless changes are made
The House of Lords will talk out the Assisted Dying Bill, causing it to fail, unless they speed up the debate. Humanists UK and My Death, My Decision are dismayed that the unelected House is frustrati...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
It would take peers 20 years to get through all the amendments at this pace.
When an unelected chamber deliberately stalls a bill backed by the Commons, it does more than delay legislation; it undermines representative democracy.
#AssistedDyingBill
humanists.uk/2025/11/21/a...
When an unelected chamber deliberately stalls a bill backed by the Commons, it does more than delay legislation; it undermines representative democracy.
#AssistedDyingBill
humanists.uk/2025/11/21/a...
'Worship for for the church... Religious Education is for schools, and it should be plural, objective, and critical'. Northern Ireland Humanists Coordinator on BBC Radio Foyle, speaking about this week's Supreme Court ruling that RE in NI is 'indoctrination.'
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'Worship is for the church, Religious Education (RE) is for schools.' Northern Ireland Humanists
Northern Ireland Humanists Coordinator Boyd Sleator featured on BBC Radio Foyle to discuss the Supreme Court Ruling that the Religious Education (RE) curriculum and collective worship amounted to 'ind
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November 21, 2025 at 11:59 AM
'Worship for for the church... Religious Education is for schools, and it should be plural, objective, and critical'. Northern Ireland Humanists Coordinator on BBC Radio Foyle, speaking about this week's Supreme Court ruling that RE in NI is 'indoctrination.'
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You can listen to What I Believe wherever you get your podcasts. Listen to episode two with author, broadcaster, and Humanists UK patron Janet Ellis today. humanists.uk/what-i-belie...
November 21, 2025 at 11:22 AM
You can listen to What I Believe wherever you get your podcasts. Listen to episode two with author, broadcaster, and Humanists UK patron Janet Ellis today. humanists.uk/what-i-belie...
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A very welcome ruling in Northern Ireland - supporting that basic right of freedom of/from religion. The state - and state schools - should not teach a religion as truth or push it on children.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
Religious education: Supreme Court rules the Christian-focused RE taught in NI schools is unlawful
In a unanimous judgement the Supreme Court allowed an appeal by an unnamed father and daughter from Northern Ireland.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
A very welcome ruling in Northern Ireland - supporting that basic right of freedom of/from religion. The state - and state schools - should not teach a religion as truth or push it on children.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
To put it simply, the entire RE curriculum – currently written by the four largest denominational churches and quite literally starts with ‘The Revelation of God’ – will have to be re-written. A huge victory for our campaign, and for the rights of children. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/w...
Northern Ireland Must Change How Its Schools Teach Religion, Court Says
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November 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
To put it simply, the entire RE curriculum – currently written by the four largest denominational churches and quite literally starts with ‘The Revelation of God’ – will have to be re-written. A huge victory for our campaign, and for the rights of children. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/w...
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Thrilled to welcome @anilseth.bsky.social as @humanists.uk's newest patron. At a time when understanding who we are is more important than ever, we're honoured to have such a lucid and compelling voice joining us to champion the power of rational inquiry.
New patron for Humanists UK: Professor Anil Seth
Humanists UK is delighted to announce the appointment of its newest patron, Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience Anil Seth. He joins a stable of over 200 Humanists UK patrons with not...
humanists.uk
November 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Thrilled to welcome @anilseth.bsky.social as @humanists.uk's newest patron. At a time when understanding who we are is more important than ever, we're honoured to have such a lucid and compelling voice joining us to champion the power of rational inquiry.
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'A new curriculum needs to be written. Currently, it's written by the four largest denominational churches... It has to be written by education professionals and include humanist content.' Northern Ireland Humanists Coordinator Boyd Sleator featured on BBC Newsline. Boyd appears at 1:33 👏
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
'A new curriculum needs to be written. Currently, it's written by the four largest denominational churches... It has to be written by education professionals and include humanist content.' Northern Ireland Humanists Coordinator Boyd Sleator featured on BBC Newsline. Boyd appears at 1:33 👏
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1/ The Supreme Court's ruling on RE & collective worship in Northern Ireland is a huge moment with major repercussions for the rest of the UK. THREAD 🧵
Northern Ireland RE curriculum is ‘indoctrination’ – Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled in favour of a non-religious father and his child that the exclusively Christian teaching of Religious Education (RE) and collective worship in Northern Ireland...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
1/ The Supreme Court's ruling on RE & collective worship in Northern Ireland is a huge moment with major repercussions for the rest of the UK. THREAD 🧵
Our Northern Ireland Humanists Coordinator was asked on BBC Radio Ulster 'But how does education in Northern Ireland amount to indoctrination?'
Boyd's response was fantastic. The RE Curriculum starting with Module 1: The Revelation of God' is a dead giveaway, too. Please do listen to the interview.
Boyd's response was fantastic. The RE Curriculum starting with Module 1: The Revelation of God' is a dead giveaway, too. Please do listen to the interview.
• RE is written by the 4 main churches
• That content literally starts with 'THE REVELATION OF GOD'
• Christianity is taught as fact.
• ALL NI schools are Christian schools
Listen to our Northern Ireland Humanists Coordinator Boyd Sleator on BBC Radio Ulster 👇
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• That content literally starts with 'THE REVELATION OF GOD'
• Christianity is taught as fact.
• ALL NI schools are Christian schools
Listen to our Northern Ireland Humanists Coordinator Boyd Sleator on BBC Radio Ulster 👇
soundcloud.com/humanistsuk/...
How does Northern Ireland's education system actually indoctrinate children?
Northern Ireland Humanists Coordinator Boyd Sleator appeared on The Nolan Show on 20/11/2025 to discuss the Supreme Court ruling that the RE Curriculum amounts to indoctrination.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Our Northern Ireland Humanists Coordinator was asked on BBC Radio Ulster 'But how does education in Northern Ireland amount to indoctrination?'
Boyd's response was fantastic. The RE Curriculum starting with Module 1: The Revelation of God' is a dead giveaway, too. Please do listen to the interview.
Boyd's response was fantastic. The RE Curriculum starting with Module 1: The Revelation of God' is a dead giveaway, too. Please do listen to the interview.
• RE is written by the 4 main churches
• That content literally starts with 'THE REVELATION OF GOD'
• Christianity is taught as fact.
• ALL NI schools are Christian schools
Listen to our Northern Ireland Humanists Coordinator Boyd Sleator on BBC Radio Ulster 👇
soundcloud.com/humanistsuk/...
• That content literally starts with 'THE REVELATION OF GOD'
• Christianity is taught as fact.
• ALL NI schools are Christian schools
Listen to our Northern Ireland Humanists Coordinator Boyd Sleator on BBC Radio Ulster 👇
soundcloud.com/humanistsuk/...
How does Northern Ireland's education system actually indoctrinate children?
Northern Ireland Humanists Coordinator Boyd Sleator appeared on The Nolan Show on 20/11/2025 to discuss the Supreme Court ruling that the RE Curriculum amounts to indoctrination.
soundcloud.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
• RE is written by the 4 main churches
• That content literally starts with 'THE REVELATION OF GOD'
• Christianity is taught as fact.
• ALL NI schools are Christian schools
Listen to our Northern Ireland Humanists Coordinator Boyd Sleator on BBC Radio Ulster 👇
soundcloud.com/humanistsuk/...
• That content literally starts with 'THE REVELATION OF GOD'
• Christianity is taught as fact.
• ALL NI schools are Christian schools
Listen to our Northern Ireland Humanists Coordinator Boyd Sleator on BBC Radio Ulster 👇
soundcloud.com/humanistsuk/...
Education in Northern Ireland:
✝️ RE written by 4 largest churches
✝️ Collective worship and Christian ethos in all schools
✝️ Church representatives on Boards of Governors
'This in its totality amounts to indoctrination'
Our Northern Ireland Coordinator Boyd Sleator speaking facts on ITV 👏
✝️ RE written by 4 largest churches
✝️ Collective worship and Christian ethos in all schools
✝️ Church representatives on Boards of Governors
'This in its totality amounts to indoctrination'
Our Northern Ireland Coordinator Boyd Sleator speaking facts on ITV 👏
November 20, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Education in Northern Ireland:
✝️ RE written by 4 largest churches
✝️ Collective worship and Christian ethos in all schools
✝️ Church representatives on Boards of Governors
'This in its totality amounts to indoctrination'
Our Northern Ireland Coordinator Boyd Sleator speaking facts on ITV 👏
✝️ RE written by 4 largest churches
✝️ Collective worship and Christian ethos in all schools
✝️ Church representatives on Boards of Governors
'This in its totality amounts to indoctrination'
Our Northern Ireland Coordinator Boyd Sleator speaking facts on ITV 👏
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'This is what we've been working for since we set up shop 10 years ago.' Northern Ireland Humanists Coordinator Boyd Sleator speaking on BBC Talkback. The ruling means the RE curriculum will have to be re-written because it currently amounts to 'indoctrination.'
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Supreme Court rules RE in Northern Ireland is 'equivalent to indoctrination'
Northern Ireland Humanists Coordinator Boyd Sleator featured on BBC Talkback with William Crawley to discuss the UK Supreme Court's ruling that RE in Northern Ireland was 'equivalent to indoctrination
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November 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
'This is what we've been working for since we set up shop 10 years ago.' Northern Ireland Humanists Coordinator Boyd Sleator speaking on BBC Talkback. The ruling means the RE curriculum will have to be re-written because it currently amounts to 'indoctrination.'
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This evening at 19:30 we join Professor Paul Howard-Jones for our #BlackhamLecture. He’ll be exploring the neuromyths shaping our classrooms, culture, and even our response to climate change. Read our interview with Paul below and stay tuned 🧵
humanists.uk/2025/11/14/n...
humanists.uk/2025/11/14/n...
Neuromyths and the future of climate education: interview with Paul Howard-Jones
Ahead of the Blackham Lecture on 19 November, we spoke with Paul Howard-Jones, Professor of Neuroscience and Education at the University of Bristol, about the themes of his upcoming talk. Your lecture...
humanists.uk
November 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This evening at 19:30 we join Professor Paul Howard-Jones for our #BlackhamLecture. He’ll be exploring the neuromyths shaping our classrooms, culture, and even our response to climate change. Read our interview with Paul below and stay tuned 🧵
humanists.uk/2025/11/14/n...
humanists.uk/2025/11/14/n...
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GCSE RS teachers, are you looking for ways to improve your pupils' responses on non-religious worldviews? Then don't miss tomorrow's CPD webinar! Find out more and register below. understandinghumanism.org.uk/training/
Understanding Humanism teacher training
We deliver teacher training about humanism to help with subject knowledge and practical ideas for the classroom. We can offer training as part of initial teacher training (ITT) and for continued profe...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
GCSE RS teachers, are you looking for ways to improve your pupils' responses on non-religious worldviews? Then don't miss tomorrow's CPD webinar! Find out more and register below. understandinghumanism.org.uk/training/
'This is what we've been working for since we set up shop 10 years ago.' Northern Ireland Humanists Coordinator Boyd Sleator speaking on BBC Talkback. The ruling means the RE curriculum will have to be re-written because it currently amounts to 'indoctrination.'
soundcloud.com/humanistsuk/...
soundcloud.com/humanistsuk/...
Supreme Court rules RE in Northern Ireland is 'equivalent to indoctrination'
Northern Ireland Humanists Coordinator Boyd Sleator featured on BBC Talkback with William Crawley to discuss the UK Supreme Court's ruling that RE in Northern Ireland was 'equivalent to indoctrination
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November 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
'This is what we've been working for since we set up shop 10 years ago.' Northern Ireland Humanists Coordinator Boyd Sleator speaking on BBC Talkback. The ruling means the RE curriculum will have to be re-written because it currently amounts to 'indoctrination.'
soundcloud.com/humanistsuk/...
soundcloud.com/humanistsuk/...
This evening at 19:30 we join Professor Paul Howard-Jones for our #BlackhamLecture. He’ll be exploring the neuromyths shaping our classrooms, culture, and even our response to climate change. Read our interview with Paul below and stay tuned 🧵
humanists.uk/2025/11/14/n...
humanists.uk/2025/11/14/n...
Neuromyths and the future of climate education: interview with Paul Howard-Jones
Ahead of the Blackham Lecture on 19 November, we spoke with Paul Howard-Jones, Professor of Neuroscience and Education at the University of Bristol, about the themes of his upcoming talk. Your lecture...
humanists.uk
November 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This evening at 19:30 we join Professor Paul Howard-Jones for our #BlackhamLecture. He’ll be exploring the neuromyths shaping our classrooms, culture, and even our response to climate change. Read our interview with Paul below and stay tuned 🧵
humanists.uk/2025/11/14/n...
humanists.uk/2025/11/14/n...
'A new curriculum needs to be written. Currently, it's written by the four largest denominational churches... It has to be written by education professionals and include humanist content.' Northern Ireland Humanists Coordinator Boyd Sleator featured on BBC Newsline. Boyd appears at 1:33 👏
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
'A new curriculum needs to be written. Currently, it's written by the four largest denominational churches... It has to be written by education professionals and include humanist content.' Northern Ireland Humanists Coordinator Boyd Sleator featured on BBC Newsline. Boyd appears at 1:33 👏
If exclusively Christian RE is indoctrination, then so is collective worship ‘wholly or mainly of a broadly Christian character' – a legal requirement in ALL state schools.
End collective worship. Introduce educational assemblies that all children can participate in. humanists.uk/2025/11/19/s...
End collective worship. Introduce educational assemblies that all children can participate in. humanists.uk/2025/11/19/s...
November 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
If exclusively Christian RE is indoctrination, then so is collective worship ‘wholly or mainly of a broadly Christian character' – a legal requirement in ALL state schools.
End collective worship. Introduce educational assemblies that all children can participate in. humanists.uk/2025/11/19/s...
End collective worship. Introduce educational assemblies that all children can participate in. humanists.uk/2025/11/19/s...
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Are we all getting stupider, or discovering new ways to think? Our "intelligence" edition brings together neurobiologists, philosophers, tech experts and more to discuss and debate how to stay smart in a changing world. OUT TOMORROW
November 19, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Are we all getting stupider, or discovering new ways to think? Our "intelligence" edition brings together neurobiologists, philosophers, tech experts and more to discuss and debate how to stay smart in a changing world. OUT TOMORROW
There are more non-religious people in Wales than Christians. Schools should reflect this by replacing collective worship that all children can participate in. We urge the Welsh Government to act swiftly, and bring assemblies into the 21st century.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
There are more non-religious people in Wales than Christians. Schools should reflect this by replacing collective worship that all children can participate in. We urge the Welsh Government to act swiftly, and bring assemblies into the 21st century.
humanists.uk/2025/11/19/w...
humanists.uk/2025/11/19/w...
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a Belfast-based non-religious father and his child that the exclusively Christian teaching of Religious Education and mandatory Christian collective worship in Northern Ireland are discriminatory under human rights law.
November 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a Belfast-based non-religious father and his child that the exclusively Christian teaching of Religious Education and mandatory Christian collective worship in Northern Ireland are discriminatory under human rights law.
Huge education news today: The Supreme Court ruled Christian RE in Northern Ireland is ‘indoctrination’.
A historic win for the rights of children. The core syllabus is written by the 4 big churches and starts with:
‘LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1: THE REVELATION OF GOD’.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
A historic win for the rights of children. The core syllabus is written by the 4 big churches and starts with:
‘LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1: THE REVELATION OF GOD’.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
Religious education: UK Supreme Court rules the RE taught in NI schools is unlawful
In a unanimous judgement the Supreme Court allowed an appeal by an unnamed father and daughter from Northern Ireland.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Huge education news today: The Supreme Court ruled Christian RE in Northern Ireland is ‘indoctrination’.
A historic win for the rights of children. The core syllabus is written by the 4 big churches and starts with:
‘LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1: THE REVELATION OF GOD’.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
A historic win for the rights of children. The core syllabus is written by the 4 big churches and starts with:
‘LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1: THE REVELATION OF GOD’.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
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Big news! The Supreme Court has ruled that RE in Northern Ireland is indoctrinatory. Alongside mandatory collective worship and a ‘stigmatising’ right of withdrawal, this is discriminatory under human rights law. All eyes on how the governments of the UK respond 👀 humanists.uk/2025/11/19/s...
Northern Ireland RE curriculum is ‘indoctrination’ – Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a non-religious father and his child that the exclusively Christian teaching of Religious Education (RE) and collective worship in Northern Ireland are ‘indoct...
humanists.uk
November 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Big news! The Supreme Court has ruled that RE in Northern Ireland is indoctrinatory. Alongside mandatory collective worship and a ‘stigmatising’ right of withdrawal, this is discriminatory under human rights law. All eyes on how the governments of the UK respond 👀 humanists.uk/2025/11/19/s...