Launch of Report - Making space for faith:
values, beliefs and faiths in the learning and skills sector.
A report on the national enquiry into the opportunities for spiritual and moral development in further education.
By - NEAFE - National Ecumenical Agency in Further Education
and the FIFEF - Faiths in Further Education Forum.
with forwards by Bill Rammell MP, Dr Ann Limb (Chair of the enquiry and NEAFE), Lynne Sedgmore (Chief Executive of Centre for Excellence in Leadership CEL) and Paul Head (Principal of The College of North East London).
This report is the result of the work comissioned by the Quality Improvement Agency (QIA) in which NEAFE and FIFEF were asked to undertake a sector wide review of opportunities for spiritual and moral development in FE, focussing on a national enquiry in to values, beliefs and faiths in the Further Education system. The evidence was gathered and research undertaken by an independant and specialist organisation Purple International, a not-for-profit arm of Focus Consultancy Ltd.
The result is a piece of work that will be of great value to many. The aim is to inform everyone from policy makers to local college and recommends actions that should be taken. The information is primarily in the form of statistcal data and individual participant comment which makes for easy accessibility. The recommendations are divided into the various categories of readers from government and government funded agencies, the various levels of management in the colleges, other stakeholders and interested bodies and finally chaplains and the faith communities.
It is a good read for anyone with an interest in understanding of ‘faith’ and the hopes and fears of those who work and study in our colleges. It should inform prayer. It will definately provide a resource for all who want to see better provision in the future with plenty of quotable quotes! Maybe having read it you will feel you could recommend it to others to read. Oh and by the way you will also see an acknowledgement to Dare2Engage for participating in the work.
How can you get hold of a copy? Chaplains and Principals should get a hard copy by post. Others can obtain one either by post or in pdf form from the website www.neafe.org
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