This new e-journal includes a wide variety of free articles for teachers and others interested in learning more about religions and beliefs, with contributions from perspectives rarely found in conventional text books, for example Zoroastrian, Pagan, Bahá’i, Humanist, Orthodox Christian, as well as from the more familiar religions.

We are proud to announce that Robert Jackson has been appointed as Professor II in Education and Religious Diversity at the European Wergeland Centre.

EWC's Special Adviser Gunnar Mandt participated at this seminar on the religious dimension of intercultural dialogue. Presentations and other relevant documents from this seminar are now available.

The workshop "Dialogue about religion – Integrating students with and without religious identification" is meant for teacher trainers, teacher students and others who are interested in the topic of religion in education. It will take place on September 14, 2010, from 9.15 – 14.30.

The 7th Meeting of the United Nations Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee “Human Rights Education in the School System” was held in Geneva to evaluate the 1st phase of the World Programme for Human Rights Education and to discuss possibilities for the 2nd phase, which will begin in 2010.

The United Nations celebrations of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 will this year include the staging of the first World Human Rights Moot Court Competition.

It’s the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In 1989, world leaders decided that children needed a special convention just for them because people under 18 years old are often neglected in the human rights debate. The leaders wanted to make sure that the world recognized that children have human rights too.

The recent referendum in Switzerland has re-ignited the controversial debate of religious freedom and tolerance in Europe. Following this development, a group of education and interfaith experts from Asia and Europe point to the urgent need to refocus public attention on our common values.

Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit (WRERU) has just published the results of a large scale study on "Materials used to Teach about World Religions in Schools in England". This study, the first ever to focus on the use of materials used in religious education, involved 29 researchers and reviewers.

The "Forum on Universality of Human Rights" will be held in Oslo 21-22 October, organized by the Education Committee of INGOs at the Council of Europe, and the EWC.