Supporting and developing leadership in RE and collective worship
Conference
Downloads from previous conferences
(members only)
AREIAC online mini-conference
March 19th, 2026
Towards Consensus: Ensuring Space for Diverse Voices in a National Curriculum for RE
This one day online mini-conference will examine who has a voice in determining the National Curriculum for RE. It will take place online from 13:00 to about 18:00. We hope you will be able to attend some or all of this. We want to hear from our members. If you are interested in contributing a presentation or panel discussion at the conference, please send a brief outline to AREIAC co-vice chair, Katie Gooch via conference@areiac.org.uk
RE:Generations ...
Sunday June13th - Tuesday, June 15th, 2026
The third joint AREIAC / AULRE conference will take place at Birmingham City University South campus (B15 3TN) with a focus on how RE / RVE / REW and RTS is changing and adapting to the needs of wider changes in education, curriculum and society.
More news will follow soon including submissions information.
Conference 2025: TO BOLDLY GO ...
Thursday June 26th - Friday June 27th, 2025
The second joint AREIAC / AULRE conference took place at the University of Exeter on 26th and 27th June, 2025. A large number of seminars, symposia and workshops took place over the two days as well as time for networking, conversations and just catching up.
Threaded around the idea of moving into the future, keeping in mind the curriculum review currently taking place, the conference addressed the idea of how RWE can move boldly into the future keeping in mind wider global issues as well as more local educational ones.
The conference brought together researchers, teacher educators, advisers and teachers. and those working in aligned fields such as Education Studies, Moral Education, Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Theology as well as from within Childhood and Youth studies. Delegates came from the UK and overseas.
