Flourishing Together: Recent Episodes
Diocese of St Albans Schools Team
Reflecting on Journeys of Hope and Stewardship in Education.
Join Ryan, The RE and Christian Ethos Adviser to the Diocese of St Albans Schools Team as each episode he talks to colleagues from the world of education to explore a different topic, where he'll be asking for their wisdom and their top-tips.
Welcome to Season 2 of the Flourishing Together podcast!
In episode 7, Ryan is joined by Zameer Hussain, a Religious Studies Consultant and an experienced secondary school Religious Education teacher and Head of Department
- ‘Diversity in Islam in British RE’ by Philip Wood: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/13617672.2024.2315400
- ‘Ijtihad in the RE classroom’ by Zameer Hussain and Christopher Cooper-Davies: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13617672.2024.2312337
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With thanks to Zameer Hussain
Thank you for journeying with us, and we hope that you can join us next time!
Welcome to Season 2 of the Flourishing Together podcast!
In episode 6, Ryan is joined by Rachel Buckby and Deborah Yeomans.
Links:
- NATRE: https://www.natre.org.uk/
- National Content Standard: https://religiouseducationcouncil.org.uk/resource/national-content-standard-1st-edition-2023/
- Nobody Stands Nowhere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFRxKF-Jdos
- RE Hubs:https://www.re-hubs.uk/
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With thanks to Rachel Buckby and Deborah Yeomans.
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Welcome to Season 2 of the Flourishing Together podcast!
In episode 5, Ryan is joined by Lat Blaylock, National RE Advisor.
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With thanks to Lat Blaylock
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Welcome to Season 2 of the Flourishing Together podcast!
In episode 4, Ryan is joined by Christina Easton and Angela Goodman.
- Critical Religious Education in Practice: A Teacher’s Guide for the Secondary Classroom – https://www.routledge.com/Critical-Religious-Education-in-Practice-A-Teachers-Guide-for-the-Secondary/Easton-Goodman-Wright-Wright/p/book/9781138123229?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw48-vBhBbEiwAzqrZVKg1qtMS8_QThhLY4X7k7yIl-xioXPy-WXacoSRNrBd3kKGyOD4kvhoCHbMQAvD_BwE
- Link to the CRE Teachers Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/265123990596031
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With thanks to Christina Easton and Angela Goodman.
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Welcome to Season 2 of the Flourishing Together podcast!
In episode 3, Ryan is joined by Professor Bob Bowie, Professor of Religion and Worldviews Education at Canterbury Christ Church University and Director of NICER, a University Research Centre focussed in Christianity and education.Information on the ‘Texts and Teachers’ project, and associated resources, can be found here: https://nicer.org.uk/texts-and-teachers
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With thanks to Bob Bowie
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Welcome to Season 2 of the Flourishing Together podcast!
In episode 2, Ryan is joined by Dr. David Lewin, Senior Lecturer in Education at Strathclyde University, Glasgow.
After RE Project: https://www.afterre.org/
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With thanks to David Lewin.
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In episode 9 of the Flourishing Together podcast, Ryan is joined by Mark Arnold, the Additional Needs Ministry Director for Urban Saints.
Link to Creating Inclusive Worship for All resource: https://resource.stalbansdiocese.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Creating-Inclusive-Collective-Worship-for-All.pdf
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With thanks to...
- Mark Arnold
- Steve Brodie
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Welcome to Season 2 of the Flourishing Together podcast!
In episode 1, Ryan is joined by Professor Trevor Cooling, Emeritus Professor of Christian Education at Canterbury Christ Church University. Together they discuss worldviews in RE.
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With thanks to Trevor Cooling.
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In episode 8 of the Flourishing Together podcast, Ryan is joined by Revd Mary Hawes, Assistant Priest and former National Children and Youth Advisor for the Church of England. Together they discuss spirituality and faith.
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With thanks to...
- Mary Hawes
- Steve Brodie
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In episode 7 of the Flourishing Together podcast, Ryan is joined by Jane Whittington, a member of the Diocese of Guildford Schools Team. Together they discuss prayer spaces and spiritual reflection areas.
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With thanks to...
- Jane Whittington
- Steve Brodie
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In episode 6 of the Flourishing Together podcast, Ryan is joined by Caz Weir, RE Advisor for the joint Schools Team of Durham and Newcastle Dioceses. Together they discuss all things courageous advocacy within church school education.
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With thanks to...
- Caz Weir
- Steve Brodie
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In episode 5 of the Flourishing Together podcast, Ryan is joined by Bill Moore, an RE advisor and consultant. Together they discuss spirituality within SMSC.
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With thanks to...
- Bill Moore
- Steve Brodie
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This conversation was recorded in Spring 2021 as an ‘In Conversation with…’ (https://www.youtube.com/@stalbansschoolsteam2330). Thank you to Rebecca for agreeing for it to be published as part of this podcast series.
In episode 4 of the Flourishing Together podcast, Ryan is joined by Rebecca Swansbury, Deputy Director of Education for Canterbury Diocese. Together they discuss the importance of pupil-led worship and the best ways to establish it in schools.
The ‘William and Lucy lead Collective Worship’ resource can be found here: https://www.canterburydiocese.org/childrenandyoungpeople/our-schools/collective-worship/william-lucy-lead-collective-worship/.
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With thanks to...
- Rebecca Swansbury
- Steve Brodie
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In episode 3 of the Flourishing Together podcast, Ryan is joined by Anne Lumb, Schools Advisor at the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham. Together they discuss spirituality, why it is important and how schools can create the right conditions for spirituality to flourish.
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With thanks to...
- Anne Lumb
- Steve Brodie
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In episode 2 of the Flourishing Together podcast, Ryan is joined by Ruth Valerio, Global Advocacy & Influencing Director at Tearfund. Together they discuss the important topic of climate change.
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Find out more about the work of Ruth, and the charity Tearfund, here:
- https://ruthvalerio.net
- www.tearfund.org
With thanks to...
- Ruth Valerio
- Steve Brodie
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For our first ever episode, Ryan is joined by Fr. Simon Cutmore - parish priest, school incumbent and member of the Diocese of St Albans Board of Education. Simon helps us to reflect on the biblical text that will be underpinning this podcast series - Luke 24:13-35: On the Road to Emmaus.
If you want to watch the video of this podcast, you can find it on our YouTube channel, here: https://youtu.be/XFs-aaDymIU
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With thanks to...
- Fr. Simon Cutmore
- Steve Brodie
Thank you for journeying with us, and we hope that you can join us next time!