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Tag Archives: A Levels
Counting Religion in Britain, August 2018
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 35, August 2018 features 22 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: No 35 August 2018 OPINION POLLS Boris Johnson and the burka The debate over the … Continue reading
Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, church attendance, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religious beliefs, Religious Census, Religious prejudice, Survey news
Tagged A Levels, Allan Vint, Anti-Semitism, apology, Asian elephants, attendance at religious services, BBC Asian Network, BMG Research, Boris Johnson, Brexit, British Asians, Burka, census of population, Censuswide, Charity Awareness Monitor, Church of England, Church of Scotland, church schools, ComRes, Conservative Party, criticism of Christianity, dating apps, Deltapoll, Department for Education, discipline, division and conflict, Donald Trump, England, ethnicity, European Union, evangelicals, Faith schools, Fraser Sutherland, GCSEs, Greg Smith, Hindus, Humanist Society Scotland, Humanists UK, Immigration, importance of religion, inter-faith relationships, Ipsos-MORI, Islamophobia, Israel, Jeremy Corbyn, Jewish News, Jews, Joint Council for Qualifications, Labour Party, lifestyle, Linda Woodhead, local politicians, Matthew Weldon, ministry, Muslims, National Records of Scotland, National Secular Society, Newsbeat, nfpSynergy, Opinium Research, personal identity, populism, Populus, Radio 4, Rafaela Dancygier, Religion State and Society, Religious Affiliation, religious beliefs, religious broadcasting, religious prejudice, Religious Statistics, religious studies, school admissions, Scotland, Scottish Government, Sikhs, Sky Data, social integration, Sun on Sunday, Sunday Express, Survation, Tell MAMA, The Observer, Thought for the Day, tourism, Tunisia, uniformed organizations, volunteering, YouGov, Young People in Scotland Survey, Youth United Foundation
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Counting Religion in Britain, March 2017
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 18, March 2017 features 25 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: No 18 March 2017 OPINION POLLS Belief at work ‘British employers struggle to manage … Continue reading
Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religion Online, Religious beliefs, Religious prejudice, Rites of Passage, Survey news
Tagged A Levels, Abby Day, Albion Urdank, Andrew Village, Annual Population Survey, Anti-Semitism, Association of Leading Visitor Attractions, atheism, Baptists, Bloomsbury, British Journal of Religious Education, Callum Brown, Christian conferences, Church of England, Clive Field, ComRes, conversation, Daniel Staetsky, David Geary, death anxiety, devolution, Ecumenism, educational attainment, Equality Act 2010, European Court of Justice, Faith Research Centre, Faith schools, Gijsbert Stoet, Hannah Stuart, Henry Jackson Society, historical demography, humanism, ICM, iCoCo Foundation, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Intelligence, Islam, Islamic terrorism, Islamist terrorism, Jamin Halbertstadt, Jewish News, Jewish schools, Jonathan Boyd, Jonathan Jong, Journal of Beliefs and Values, Journal of the British Academy, Katie Harrison, Ken Livingstone, Labour Party, Leeds Beckett University, Leslie Francis, Lexington Books, Linda Woodhead, London, Mandy Robbins, marriages, Martin Camroux, mathematics, Nailsworth, Naomi Simons, Office for National Statistics, oral history, Oscar Watkins, Oxford University Press, Peter Webster, prayer, Project 3:28, Religion Brain and Behviour, Religious Affiliation, religious ceremonies, Religious discrimination, religious dress, religious education, religious nones, religious studies, religious symbols, rites of passage, Robert Ross, Rowan Williams, SchoolDash, science, Scotland, Scottish Crime and Justice Survey, segregation, Sharia law, Si-Hua Chang, Smith Commission, Social Compass, St Paul's Cathedral, Stephen Parker, The Challenge, threat to the UK, TNS-BMRB, Tristan Philip, UCL Press, United Reformed Church, University of Edinburgh, values, visitor attractions, Westminster Abbey, women, workplace, World Wide Web, YouGov
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Counting Religion in Britain, November 2016
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 14, November 2016 features 29 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: no-14-november-2016 OPINION POLLS Freedom of speech The case involving Ashers Bakery in Belfast, found … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religious beliefs, religious festivals, Religious prejudice, Rites of Passage, Survey news
Tagged 2021 census, 5Ks, A Levels, Accord Coalition, All Hallows’ Eve, Andrew Village, Anti-Semitism, Ashers Bakery, Balfour Declaration, Belfast, BICOM, BMG Research, Board of Deputies of British Jews, Bonfire Night, Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre, British Humanist Association, British Sikh Report, British values, business people, Cabinet Office, charitable giving, Chief Rabbi, Christian Today, Christianity, Christmas, Christopher Deacy, Church Army Research Unit, church growth, Church of England, Claire Dalpra, Coalition for Marriage, Community Life Survey, ComRes, conservative evangelical churches, court action, cryogenics, Dabinderjit Singh, Daniel Staetsky, David Lankshear, David Wasdell, Department for Culture Media and Sport, dominant world faith, Donald Trump, economic prosperity, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, faith in God, Faith schools, freedom of speech, Fresh Expressions of Church, friends, fundamental clash, George Lings, Glasgow Household Survey, goods and services, Halloween, higher education, Hillary Clinton, Historic England, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, International Longevity Centre–UK, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Islamophobia, Israel, Jas Singh, Jeff Astley, Jewish schools, Jews, John Vivian, Jonathan Boyd, Journal of Beliefs and Values, Judaism, Leslie Francis, Major Parish Churches, Millward Brown, moral values, Nick Spencer, Northern Ireland, old people, Olwyn Mark, parents and children, Populus, Protestant ethic, Purcell, Randeep Singh, Religion and Politics, Religious Affiliation, Religious discrimination, religious groups, religious socialization, religious studies, rites of passage, Rural Theology, same-sex marriage, school admission policies, Scotland, Scottish Surveys Core Questions, secularization, ShabbatUK, Sikh Genocide, Sikh Manifesto, Sikh Network, Sikhs, state-funded schools, statistics for mission, Stephen Parker, Student Christian Movement, system of beliefs, Taking Part, Theos, Theresa May, TNS-BMRB, transmission of faith, UK Sikh Survey, Understanding Society, United States presidential election, Universities UK, University of Cambridge, university students, volunteering, workplace, YouGov, YouGov-Cambridge
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Trustworthiness of Clergy and Other News
Trustworthiness of clergy Clergy occupy the middle ground of professionals in terms of their perceived trustworthiness, according to two Opinium Research surveys published on 12 August 2015, for which representative samples of adults were interviewed online in the UK … Continue reading
Posted in Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religious prejudice, Survey news
Tagged A Levels, Beaufort Research, Cambre Associates, church growth, Church of England, clergy, diversity, European Union, examinations, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Islamic State, Islamophobia, John Hayward, Joint Council for Qualifications, LBC Radio, London, London mayoral election, Muslims, National Survey for Wales, Opinium Research, professions, Religious Affiliation, religious studies, TNS-BMRB, trustworthiness, YouGov
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Islamic State and Other News
Islamic State According to opinion polling published in the past week, the British public is becoming uneasy about the advances being made by the armed forces of the Islamic State (IS, formerly known as ISIS) in northern Iraq, its … Continue reading
Posted in Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news
Tagged A Levels, Anti-Semitism, asylum, Ben Clements, Church of England, Church Times, clergy, Clive Field, ComRes, examinations, finance, Gallup Poll, homosexuality, Iraq, Islamic State, ITV News, Jewish Chronicle, Jews, Joint Council for Qualifications, Linda Woodhead, Public Opinion Quarterly, religious studies, Sunday Times, The Times, Westminster Faith Debates, Yazidis, YouGov
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Church Growth Debated and Other News
An academic debate about church growth in Britain provides our lead story today, but we also find space for four new sources of religious statistics. Church growth in Britain Last year, in our post of 9 June 2012, BRIN featured … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Survey news
Tagged A Levels, Cabinet Office, Cathedrals, Centre for Economics and Business Research, charitable giving, church attendance, church growth, Church of England, Community Census, Community Life Survey, David Goodhew, Ecclesiastical Insurance Group, Joint Council for Qualifications, Journal of Religion in Europe, Opinium Research, religious organizations, religious studies, secularization, Steve Bruce, TNS-BMRB, volunteering
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Religious Studies A Levels, 2012
The number of UK students sitting for an A Level in Religious Studies (RS) in June 2012 was 3.2 per cent more than in June 2011, maintaining the steady upward trend since the early 1990s, albeit the rate of growth … Continue reading
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Tagged A Levels, examinations, Joint Council for Qualifications, religious education, religious studies
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Religious Studies A Levels, 2011
There were 4.9% more UK candidates sitting A Level Religious Studies (RS) in June 2011 than in 2010, but the proportion of them getting A* and A grades was 2.1% down, according to data released today (18 August) by the … Continue reading
Participation in Higher Education and Religion
‘Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs more likely to go to university than their Christian classmates’, proclaimed the headline to Richard Vaughan’s article in The TES for 22 July 2011. The story was subsequently picked up by the Daily Telegraph on 23 … Continue reading
Posted in Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Survey news
Tagged A Levels, Christians, Department for Education, educational attainment, ethnicity, GCSEs, higher education, Hindus, Longitudinal Study of Young People in England, LSYPE, Muslims, Richard Vaughan, sex, Sikhs, Steve Strand, TES, Times Educational Supplement
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British Muslim Students’ Experience of Higher Education
British Muslim students get comparatively low A Level grades, overwhelmingly enter post-1992 universities (former polytechnics), live at the parental home during term-time, and are decreasingly satisfied with the quality of the higher education which they receive. These conclusions emerge from … Continue reading
