Dr Ruth Wareham

A victory for children’s rights! But today’s Supreme Court ruling on RE and collective worship matters well beyond Northern Ireland. Here's why:

Philosophy of Education This textbook provides an introductory account of the philosophy of education, focussing on the questions raised by educational policy and practice.

🎉Out now! Philosophy of Education, my new book with @lauradol4.bsky.social & @janegatley.bsky.social (Palgrave Philosophy Today series). It explores how thinking philosophically about educational concepts can clarify aims & address challenges in policy & practice. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Symposium Introduction: Educating Responsible Believers Click on the article title to read more.

Educating Responsible Believers - a symposium featuring articles by Nick Burbules, Jeff Standley, @drruthwareham.bsky.social, @lauradol4.bsky.social, @leeseunghyun.bsky.social, Danielle Diver, Nick Tanchuk, Rebecca Taylor, Martha Perez-Mugg, Ben Kotzee and me. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

No free trade with US without free speech, Starmer warned Sir Keir Starmer’s attempts to strike a free trade deal with the US are at risk over a free speech row.

That an ally of the UK might make trade contingent on allowing women to be harassed accessing their healthcare is shocking enough, but this story is *full* of monstrous implications that remind us Christian nationalist pressure on our country is only just beginning.

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Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

A number of my academic papers are listed here, but they're all open access. Is this still a concern? www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Should Teachers Promote Vaccination? The Covid-19 pandemic brought the importance of vaccination and public attitudes toward it firmly to the fore. However, vaccine hesitancy and refusal remain significant barriers to global uptake, wit....

Should teachers promote vaccination in the classroom? In my latest (open-access) article, I argue that they should – not only as a safe and effective way to prevent disease, but also as a civic duty. Read more here 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Should Teachers Promote Vaccination? The Covid-19 pandemic brought the importance of vaccination and public attitudes toward it firmly to the fore. However, vaccine hesitancy and refusal remain significant barriers to global uptake, wit...

📢New article in Educational Theory:
Should teachers promote vaccination? I argue yes - & show that all the major criteria for teaching controversial issues (epistemic, political, & pluralist) support this. #Vaccination #ScienceEducation #CivicEducation onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

If you (or someone you know) have recently left a high-control religious group or cult, Faith to Faithless is here to help. You can find out more below👇

I'm pretty sure she doesn't mean Immanuel! 😂 youtu.be/8qNK1tt6L5k?...

Bigger Finding # 2:
Outrage-evoking misinfo seems to have little concern for truth

It is shared more w/out reading, but people still could tell you it wasn't true, they just don't care

In other words, we basically prove the adage "YOU CAN'T BRING FACTS TO A FEELINGS FIGHT"

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And our findings:

Big Finding #1:
First we found that misinfo consistently evokes more outrage than trustworthy news, and when it does it is shared more.

Interestingly, *this is specific to outrage* !! It is not just a general association with negative emotion in general.

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It is vitally important that the Children’s Wellbeing & Schools Bill doesn't inadvertently reintroduce higher levels of religious selection in state schools. Faith-based admissions are bad for children, families, & local communities. Ideally, they should be scrapped altogether.

People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.

Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea

No, should I?

left: Nicolas Cage with long black hair and a moustache in a black top right: Spinoza with long black hair and a moustache in a black top

a short thread of Nicolas Cage resembling various philosophers

1. Spinoza

Don't search for me.

The School Admissions Codes in both countries must be updated to make sure care-experienced children are a priority in *all* school admissions, regardless of whether those schools have a religious character or not.

Children in care excluded from 76% of Catholic and all Jewish secondaries through admissions – new research Religious state schools routinely de-prioritise children who are or were in care in their admissions policies, by making use of their powers to select pupils on faith grounds. That’s the finding of a ...

Sadly, this doesn't just happen in Wales. @humanists.uk research shows it happens in faith schools in England too: humanists.uk/2021/08/06/c...

Almost half of Welsh Catholic schools discriminate against children in care Catholic schools are failing disadvantaged and vulnerable children across Wales. This is the damning conclusion from a new report which scrutinised school admissions arrangements in every school in Wa...

Yesterday, Wales Humanists published damning research showing the nearly half of Welsh Catholic schools discriminate against vulnerable care-experienced children in their admissions. humanists.uk/2024/12/05/a...

The parliamentary debate on #AssistedDying today was impressive. Emotional, carefully argued, and respectful points were made on all sides. Democracy at its best.

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has passed its Second Reading.

A historic first step to meet the aspirations of the public, who overwhelmingly support having choice, dignity, and compassion at the end of their lives.

#AssistedDyingBill #YestoDignity #AssistedDying

The fight for a compassionate assisted dying law needs you. This Friday at 09:00-12:00, we're rallying in Parliament Square, London, to coincide with the first debate of the Assisted Dying Bill. Will you stand with us? humanists.uk/events/assis...

The Case for Compassion: Reforming Assisted Dying Laws in the UK - ChamberUK In this exclusive op-ed, Nathan Stilwell highlights the urgent need for assisted dying reform in the UK, emphasising the suffering caused by current laws and lessons from compassionate practices abroa...

‘You can’t ban assisted dying, you can only ban people doing it safely.’

Nathan Stilwell from @humanists.uk calls for reforming the UK’s assisted dying laws, highlighting the suffering of families and terminally ill under the current system 📜

Read more👇
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Philosophy Bites Philosophy Podcast · 379 Episodes · Monthly

It’s #WorldPhilosophyDay today, so why not listen to a few episodes of the Philosophy Bites podcast - over 300 to choose from on Spotify, Apple Podcasts etc podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...

The challenge of teaching about conspiracy theories Philosophy of Education Research Seminar Series

Next week Glenn Bezalel will address the challenge of teaching about conspiracy theories in the University of Birmingham Philosophy of Education Research Seminar Series. All welcome.