Research Insight: Religion and Belief in UK Higher Education
Religion and Belief in UK Higher Education is the first of its kind to examine how student outcomes may differ according to religion and belief. Religion and belief became one of nine protected characteristics in the Equality Act 2010, yet there has been little research done into the impact of this on students since then. This research was made ...
Religion and Belief in Higher Education
44% considered that campus facilities for people of their religion were adequate, 15% inadequate, with the remainder unsure. 27% were members of a religion or belief society in their institution, rising to 63% of Jews, 48% of Muslims and 44% of Sikhs. 94% felt that they had not been discriminated against or harassed because of their actual or ...
First ever report into effect of students' religion and belief
This research was made possible by new requirements from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), introduced in the 2017-18 academic year, which made the return of data about student's religion and belief mandatory. The report uses data collected from over two million HE students. HESA statistics show around half of all students ...
Reflecting on research impact: diversity of religion and belief in
The research impact agenda. Set against a landscape of marketisation and demand for public accountability in the higher education sector, there is a growing interest in the formal measurement of research impact from policymakers across the 'advanced knowledge economies' (Chubb and Reed Citation 2018).The UK has been at the forefront of these developments with the inclusion of impact in its ...
Britain's religion and belief landscape
Abstract. An overview of the scale and multi-dimensional nature of the current change in British religious belief, belonging and identity with a concluding reflection from a humanist perspective. Before looking at the data, it is important to be aware of what is being measured here. 'Religion or belief' is an umbrella term used in ...
Internationalisation and Religious Inclusion in United Kingdom Higher
Internationalisation and Religious Inclusion in United Kingdom Higher Education. ... [email protected]; Centre for Social and Educational Research across the Lifecourse, Leeds Metropolitan University. ... Jewish and Christian students studying at a UK post‐1992 university the paper highlights the ways in which religion, a fundamental ...
Religion and Belief in Higher Education Project
The Religion and Belief in Higher Education project, based at the Faculty of Education, Health and Sciences, University of Derby, has just entered its primary data-gathering phase, with separate online surveys launched for higher education staff and students.
How religion or belief frame participation and access in UK higher
The relation between religion or belief and higher education (HE) remains a complex and varied one. Within the HE system of the United Kingdom, there is a wide variety of different kinds of institution. These range from the ancient, collegiate universities (such as Oxford, Cambridge and Durham); through civic universities of late nineteenth and early twentieth century foundation (such as the ...
(PDF) Religion and the Cultures of Higher Education: Student
Guest, Mathew (2 015) 'Religion and the cultures of Higher Education: studen t Christianit y in the UK.', in Issues in religion and education : whose religion? Le i d en: Brill, pp. 346-366.
Religion and belief, equality and inequality in UK higher education
Because of its increasing centrality to society it is important that higher education institutions (HEIs) promote equality and avoid inequality. This chapter explores this issue with reference to religion and belief. It argues that in the context of HE, the issue of religion and belief has often been ignored in research that examines equality ...
Everyday experiences of Islamophobia in university spaces: A
As such, the main contribution of this article is to provide insights into students' experiences of higher education in the UK and to do so through their own testimony. Framing islamophobia. ... Codiroli Mcmaster N (2020) Research insight: Religion and belief in UK higher education. Available at: https: ...
Intersectional oppression: A reflexive dialogue between Muslim
For example, resources from London Metropolitan University (UK) and Coventry University (UK) have shown that operating under the guise of the 'secular university space' has translated to barriers for Muslims specifically in observing religion on campus, whether through utilising prayer spaces, religious holidays, or Halal food provisions in ...
How religion or belief frame participation and access in UK higher
Weller, P & Hooley, T 2016, How religion or belief frame participation and access in UK higher education. in K Aune & J Stevenson (eds), Religion and Higher Education in Europe and North America. Society for Research into Higher Education Series, Taylor and Francis, pp. 39-54, Exploring Religion on Campus, London, United Kingdom, 14/02/17.
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This is a time when many young people re-evaluate their religious beliefs, and either solidify their religious beliefs, change religion, or cease to hold any religious beliefs at all. HESA encourages higher education institutions to update returns annually, but it is yet to be seen whether the data will provide an accurate insight into changing ...
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'Research Insight: Religion and Belief in UK Higher Education; Analysis of Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) student data for 2017/18'. Advance Higher Education. ... The policies and practices of higher education do not take sufficient account of either the academic or the social needs of young Muslims.
Reflecting on research impact: diversity of religion and belief in
action research in Religious Education (RE) has achieved impact through commu-nities of practice (e.g. Husebø, Johannessen, and Skeie 2023; Ipgrave, Jackson, and ... the higher education sector, there is a growing interest in the formal measurement ... ingly interested in diversity of religion and belief in education and the extent to which ...
Religion and belief in Higher Education: the experiences of ...
This report presents key evidence from 'Religion and belief in higher education: researching the experiences of staff and students', a research project commissioned by ECU. The research methods used for this project took into consideration institutional contexts and backgrounds to religion or belief issues to ensure sensitivity to the issues involved.
PDF Counting Religion in Britain
Advance HE has published Natasha Codiroli Mcmaster's 49-page Research Insight: Religion and Belief in UK Higher Education - Analysis of Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Data for 2017/18 , being the first year in which it became mandatory for higher
Full article: Reactive religiosity? The longitudinal relationship
A reactive increase in religious belief or behaviour is thus only likely among those who ... age (year), immigrant, ethnicity, education and prior religious affiliation. In other words, people who experienced or anticipated ethnic or religious harassment subsequently score about 1 point higher on the GHQ-12 scale (predictive margin 12.030, SE ...
Religion and belief in HE: researching the experiences of staff and
Little research has been conducted in this area, and ECU commissioned a study to provide a national evidence-base and to explore what issues there might be around religion and belief in higher education. Overall, 3077 staff and 3935 students responded to a survey as part of this study. Others took part in case-study work, focus groups and ...
The Representation of Muslims in Higher Education
AdvanceHE Research Insight: Religion and Belief in UK Higher Education (2020) This Research Insight presents analysis of student data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), which includes all students studying in UK higher education institutions (HEIs) in the academic year 2017/18. This is the first year that returns of information ...
Religion in Britain: Challenges for Higher Education
These papers demonstrate how religion is intertwined with a range of issues and themes in society including the inter-relationship of religion, politics and life choices. They also reveal how religion is not well integrated within higher education institutions generally since many are secular in terms of their foundation and ethos.
Tackling religion and belief-related harassment in universities
Kristin Aune is Professor of Sociology of Religion at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations at Coventry University and co-editor (with J. Stevenson) of Religion and Higher Education in Europe and North America (Routledge, 2017). Lucy Peacock is a fourth year PhD student at the centre and Research Assistant to this project.
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Religion and Belief in UK Higher Education is the first of its kind to examine how student outcomes may differ according to religion and belief. Religion and belief became one of nine protected characteristics in the Equality Act 2010, yet there has been little research done into the impact of this on students since then. This research was made ...
44% considered that campus facilities for people of their religion were adequate, 15% inadequate, with the remainder unsure. 27% were members of a religion or belief society in their institution, rising to 63% of Jews, 48% of Muslims and 44% of Sikhs. 94% felt that they had not been discriminated against or harassed because of their actual or ...
This research was made possible by new requirements from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), introduced in the 2017-18 academic year, which made the return of data about student's religion and belief mandatory. The report uses data collected from over two million HE students. HESA statistics show around half of all students ...
The research impact agenda. Set against a landscape of marketisation and demand for public accountability in the higher education sector, there is a growing interest in the formal measurement of research impact from policymakers across the 'advanced knowledge economies' (Chubb and Reed Citation 2018).The UK has been at the forefront of these developments with the inclusion of impact in its ...
Abstract. An overview of the scale and multi-dimensional nature of the current change in British religious belief, belonging and identity with a concluding reflection from a humanist perspective. Before looking at the data, it is important to be aware of what is being measured here. 'Religion or belief' is an umbrella term used in ...
Internationalisation and Religious Inclusion in United Kingdom Higher Education. ... [email protected]; Centre for Social and Educational Research across the Lifecourse, Leeds Metropolitan University. ... Jewish and Christian students studying at a UK post‐1992 university the paper highlights the ways in which religion, a fundamental ...
The Religion and Belief in Higher Education project, based at the Faculty of Education, Health and Sciences, University of Derby, has just entered its primary data-gathering phase, with separate online surveys launched for higher education staff and students.
The relation between religion or belief and higher education (HE) remains a complex and varied one. Within the HE system of the United Kingdom, there is a wide variety of different kinds of institution. These range from the ancient, collegiate universities (such as Oxford, Cambridge and Durham); through civic universities of late nineteenth and early twentieth century foundation (such as the ...
Guest, Mathew (2 015) 'Religion and the cultures of Higher Education: studen t Christianit y in the UK.', in Issues in religion and education : whose religion? Le i d en: Brill, pp. 346-366.
Because of its increasing centrality to society it is important that higher education institutions (HEIs) promote equality and avoid inequality. This chapter explores this issue with reference to religion and belief. It argues that in the context of HE, the issue of religion and belief has often been ignored in research that examines equality ...
As such, the main contribution of this article is to provide insights into students' experiences of higher education in the UK and to do so through their own testimony. Framing islamophobia. ... Codiroli Mcmaster N (2020) Research insight: Religion and belief in UK higher education. Available at: https: ...
For example, resources from London Metropolitan University (UK) and Coventry University (UK) have shown that operating under the guise of the 'secular university space' has translated to barriers for Muslims specifically in observing religion on campus, whether through utilising prayer spaces, religious holidays, or Halal food provisions in ...
Weller, P & Hooley, T 2016, How religion or belief frame participation and access in UK higher education. in K Aune & J Stevenson (eds), Religion and Higher Education in Europe and North America. Society for Research into Higher Education Series, Taylor and Francis, pp. 39-54, Exploring Religion on Campus, London, United Kingdom, 14/02/17.
This is a time when many young people re-evaluate their religious beliefs, and either solidify their religious beliefs, change religion, or cease to hold any religious beliefs at all. HESA encourages higher education institutions to update returns annually, but it is yet to be seen whether the data will provide an accurate insight into changing ...
'Research Insight: Religion and Belief in UK Higher Education; Analysis of Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) student data for 2017/18'. Advance Higher Education. ... The policies and practices of higher education do not take sufficient account of either the academic or the social needs of young Muslims.
action research in Religious Education (RE) has achieved impact through commu-nities of practice (e.g. Husebø, Johannessen, and Skeie 2023; Ipgrave, Jackson, and ... the higher education sector, there is a growing interest in the formal measurement ... ingly interested in diversity of religion and belief in education and the extent to which ...
This report presents key evidence from 'Religion and belief in higher education: researching the experiences of staff and students', a research project commissioned by ECU. The research methods used for this project took into consideration institutional contexts and backgrounds to religion or belief issues to ensure sensitivity to the issues involved.
Advance HE has published Natasha Codiroli Mcmaster's 49-page Research Insight: Religion and Belief in UK Higher Education - Analysis of Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Data for 2017/18 , being the first year in which it became mandatory for higher
A reactive increase in religious belief or behaviour is thus only likely among those who ... age (year), immigrant, ethnicity, education and prior religious affiliation. In other words, people who experienced or anticipated ethnic or religious harassment subsequently score about 1 point higher on the GHQ-12 scale (predictive margin 12.030, SE ...
Little research has been conducted in this area, and ECU commissioned a study to provide a national evidence-base and to explore what issues there might be around religion and belief in higher education. Overall, 3077 staff and 3935 students responded to a survey as part of this study. Others took part in case-study work, focus groups and ...
AdvanceHE Research Insight: Religion and Belief in UK Higher Education (2020) This Research Insight presents analysis of student data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), which includes all students studying in UK higher education institutions (HEIs) in the academic year 2017/18. This is the first year that returns of information ...
These papers demonstrate how religion is intertwined with a range of issues and themes in society including the inter-relationship of religion, politics and life choices. They also reveal how religion is not well integrated within higher education institutions generally since many are secular in terms of their foundation and ethos.
Kristin Aune is Professor of Sociology of Religion at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations at Coventry University and co-editor (with J. Stevenson) of Religion and Higher Education in Europe and North America (Routledge, 2017). Lucy Peacock is a fourth year PhD student at the centre and Research Assistant to this project.