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Memorial for Professor Hugh Huxley, biophysicist and distinguished supporter of humanism 25 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
A memorial is being held today in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, to honour the life of Professor Hugh Huxley, scientist and Distinguished Supporter of the British Humanist Association (BHA). He died on 25...
Schools remove section 28-like policies 21 Aug 2013 | 09:39 pm
On Monday the British Humanist Association (BHA) identified 46 schools which, in their sex and relationships education policies, either replicated section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 (which fo...
UK and Welsh Governments launch investigations into schools with section 28-style policies 20 Aug 2013 | 04:08 pm
Update 21 August: See the latest statement on this from the BHA: https://humanism.org.uk/2013/08/21/schools-remove-section-28-like-policies/ The UK and Welsh Governments have both announced they are ...
BHA identifies 45 schools that continue to have section 28-like policies 19 Aug 2013 | 04:58 pm
If you are concerned about this there is a petition calling on some of the schools to revise their policies which you can sign. 45 schools continue to have sex and relationships education (SRE) polic...
BHA congratulates winners of the 2013 James Hemming essay competition 16 Aug 2013 | 08:07 pm
The British Humanist Association (BHA) today congratulated the winners of the 2013 annual James Hemming essay competition, which is sponsored by the BHA, the Rationalist Association, and Conway Hall E...
IHEU launch Freedom of Thought Report website 16 Aug 2013 | 04:26 pm
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU), the global umbrella group for Humanist, atheist and secularist organisations worldwide, have launched a new website Freethoughtreport.com, which en...
Information Commissioner rules DfE was wrong to withhold list of proposed Free Schools from BHA 14 Aug 2013 | 05:07 pm
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has ruled that the Department for Education (DfE) was wrong to withhold from the British Humanist Association (BHA) a list of all proposals to establish Fre...
Survey finds RE considered the ‘least beneficial subject’, sex education the most beneficial 9 Aug 2013 | 09:44 pm
A new survey published today has found that more UK adults consider religious education (RE) to have been the ‘least beneficial subject’ they were taught at secondary school than any other subject. Th...
BHA responds to latest English national curriculum consultation 8 Aug 2013 | 08:05 pm
The British Humanist Association (BHA) has today responded to the latest consultation as part of the review of the English national curriculum. The consultation finalises programmes of study and attai...
Assisted suicide cases rejected by Court of Appeal 31 Jul 2013 | 02:11 pm
The Court of Appeal has today dismissed the widely publicised cases of Jane Nicklinson, the widow of Tony Nicklinson, who sought an assisted death and Paul Lamb, immobilised after a road accident and ...
