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CERES WORK: 2007-2009
CERES continues in this period to work on the anti-sectarian education website ‘Don’t Give It, Don’t Take It’. CERES is commissioned by the Scottish Government to provide content updates till March 2009. In this period, the site is being extended to include other forms of religious intolerance particularly relating to Islam and Judaism.
In addition, CERES took an active part in assisting the Scottish Government take forward the 100K fund to support anti-sectarian projects in schools in 2007 and will do so again for 2008. The CERES Director was also a judge for the Scottish Education Award Anti-sectarian category. The winners of the 2007 award was Earnhill Primary and Sacred Heart Primary in Greenock, Inverclyde. CERES will again be assisting in the Scottish Education Awards 2008 judging the One Scotland- Active Citizenship Award.
Progress of the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 in Scottish Education (local authorities)
Equality and Diversity Education Officers Network Scotland (EDEONS)
Progress of the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 in Scottish Education (local authorities)
In November 2007, CERES began a piece of work to:
- consider the extent to which, and by what means, Education Services within Scottish local authorities have addressed the objectives of the General Duty (GD) of the RR(A)A 2000 and its associated Scottish Order
- capture the (potential) benefits of the RR(A)A to date in terms of progress made by Education Services, difficulties encountered and the identification of good practice
The data collection and analysis elements were undertaken in the period November 2007–January 2008. To avoid making unnecessary demands on council staff it was decided that the work be desk-based and concentrate on the RR(A)A implementation data for Scottish authorities, the responsible public bodies, which were available online. Such information was supplemented by accessing HMIE INEA inspection reports for the period November 2002–December 2007 (the 5-year period since the Act became operational in Scotland) as a means of including further available material relevant to the evaluation of RR(A)A implementation.
A summary report will be available in April 2008.
Equality and Diversity Education Officers Network Scotland (EDEONS)
CERES continues to support EDEONS which is a network for officers in local authorities who are assisting the development and promotion of equality, anti-discrimination and inclusion work in schools. This network was formerly the Race Relations Officers Network which CERES started in 2003. The network agreed in 2007 to widen its remit to encompass all equality areas.
The network meets three times per year in Edinburgh.
The network is an opportunity for officers to discuss latest equality legislation, policy and research developments relating to curriculum and learning and teaching. It is also a forum for sharing practice and concerns.
Academics, policy makers, organisations and practitioners interested in providing an input to the network are asked to contact Alan Bell who co-ordinates the network. A message can be left for Alan on 0131 651 6371 or via e-mail to abell4@education.ed.ac.uk
The next meeting of EDEONS is on March 4th 2008. There will be another meeting in June 2008, date to be confirmed.
Progress of the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 in Scottish Education (local authorities)
Equality and Diversity Education Officers Network Scotland (EDEONS)