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SUMMARY:Sex Education and Faith Communities in the UK: Challenges and Oppo
 rtunities  - Speakers listed below
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CONTACT:Dr Alireza Tabatabaie
DESCRIPTION:Panel Discussion organised by the Education\, Equality and Dev
 elopment academic group in the Faculty of Education\, university of Cambri
 dge\, and the British Association of Sexual Educators (BASE)\n\nSex Educat
 ion has always been a challenging\, controversial and politically charged 
 issue for British schools. The increasing cultural and religious diversity
  of UK society has brought greater complexity to the sex education debate\
 ; introducing multiple\, and sometimes conflicting interpretations of what
  constitutes right and wrong\, appropriate and inappropriate. New national
  guidelines emphasising the importance of consulting parents and the wider
  community have tried to address this situation and help schools plan sex 
 education policy and practice. However\, developing religiously tailored a
 nd culturally acceptable sex education programmes has proved to be easier 
 said than done.\n\nSo should sex education in schools be as open as possib
 le and or is it best left to families and faith groups? Is there a workabl
 e and practicable middle ground? What do these questions mean for educatio
 n policy and where do the politicians and educators stand? The Education\,
  Equality and Development academic group in the Faculty of Education and t
 he British Association of Sexual Educators (BASE) have organised this pane
 l discussion of experts and activists in the field to explore these issues
  and dilemmas and stimulate dialogue.\n\nSpeakers at the event will be: Si
 mon Blake OBE\, Chief Executive of Brook\; Colleen McLaughlin\, Professor 
 of Education and Head of the Education Department at the University of Sus
 sex\; Yusuf Patel\, founder of SREIslamic\; Michael Reiss\, Anglican pries
 t and Professor of Science Education at the Institute of Education\, Unive
 rsity of London\; Audrey Simpson OBE\, acting CEO of the Family Planning A
 ssociation\; and Alireza Tabatabaie\, medical doctor and specialist in cli
 nical sexology. \n\nFor more information on the event and directions go to
  www.educ.cam.ac.uk/about/reachus/ and www.baseuk.org. 
LOCATION: Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ
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