RE - what do people say?

In this section you will find a range of statements from people in the UK and around the world about the importance and value of RE.

RE: value and importance (PowerPoint presentation)

The following statements are amongst those collected at an event held at the Zoroastrian Centre, Harrow during Celebrating RE month
Click here to download.

RE - what do people say?

The individual endorsements of RE can be accessed by clicking on a name below. Statements can be printed off and used in your classroom or for publicity about why RE matters.

To print an individual statement from a page: click on the selected page, click on the print icon. When the new page opens, click on the print icon in the top left corner.

RE - what do people say? (PowerPoint presentation)

The endorsements can also be downloaded as a looped presentation. Click here to download. PLEASE NOTE: This is a LARGE file.

	Name		Title/Role
	Abbhirami Balasubrahmaniam		Trainee Chartered Accountant
	Samuel Barnett		Actor
	Gail Benmeriem		Muslim mum and Teaching Assistant
	Alan Brine		HMI, National Adviser for RE
	Jane Chipperton		Diocesan RE Adviser, Chair, Association of Religious Education Inspectors, Advisers and Consultants (AREIAC)
	Charles Clarke		Former Secretary of State for Education
	Andrew Copson		Chief Executive, British Humanist Association
	Denise Cush		Professor of Religion and Education, Bath Spa University, Chair of the Association of University Lecturers in Religion and Education (AULRE)
	Naomi Dalton		Religious Education Council Administrator
	Leslie J Francis		Professor of Religions and Education Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit
	Muhammad Abdel Haleem		OBE, Professor of Islamic Studies, University of London
	Joanna Hann		Primary School Teacher and RE Coordinator
	Mary Hayward		Associate Fellow, Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit, University of Warwick
	John Hull		Honorary Professor of Practical Theology in The Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education and Emeritus Professor of Religious Education in The University of Birmingham
	Solly Irving		Holocaust survivor
	Bob Jackson		Director, Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit, University of Warwick and Professor: European Wergeland Centre, Oslo
	Boris Johnson		Mayor of London
	Carwyn Jones		First Minister of Wales
	Reza Shah Kazemi		Managing Editor, Encyclopaedia Islamica
	Felicity Kendal		CBE, Actress
	Clive A Lawton		Chair SHAP Working Party on Education in World Religions
	Terence Lovat		Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
	Jonathan Marshall		MBE, Director Plymouth Centre for Faiths and Cultural Diversity
	Elizabeth A Matear		Moderator of the Free Churches
	Molly		Year 7 School Student
	Bill Moore		Chair, National Association for Standing Advisory Councils on Religious Education
	Vincent Nichols		Archbishop of Westminster
	Peter Owen-Jones		Priest, author and television presenter
	Ed Pawson		Chair of the National Association Teachers of Religious Education (NATRE)
	Ana Perona-Fieldstadt		Director, European Wergeland Centre, Oslo
	Gervase Phinn		Teacher, author and speaker
	Mark Raeside		QC
	Jonathan Sacks		Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth
	John Sentamu		Archbishop of York
	Clare Short		Former Secretary of State for International Development
	Geir Skeie		Professor, Stockholm University, Sweden and Stavanger University, Norway
	Opinderjit Kaur Takhar		Department of Religious Studies, University of Wolverhampton
	Phra Nicholas Thanissaro		Buddhist monk
	Dame Janet Trotter		DBE, Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire
	Che Webster		PGCE student, Bishop Grosseteste University
	Rowan Williams		Archbishop of Canterbury