Talk to honour NSS’s longest-serving president in Leicester
Posted: Thu, 05 Jul 2018
The NSS and Leicester Secular Society will hold a talk on the longest-serving president of the NSS, Chapman Cohen, in September. Read More »
NSS backs home education reform
Posted: Thu, 05 Jul 2018
The NSS has backed a registration scheme and improved guidance for parents and local authorities on elective home education. Read More »
Eleven inadequate independent faith schools facing closure
Posted: Wed, 04 Jul 2018
Seven Christian and four Islamic schools were among 26 private schools served with warning notices by the DfE in February and March. Read More »
NSS welcomes plan to ban LGBT ‘conversion therapy’
Posted: Tue, 03 Jul 2018
The NSS has welcomed a government announcement that it will bring forward proposals to end LGBT 'conversion therapy' in the UK. Read More »
NSS backs campaign to save town hall in west London
Posted: Mon, 02 Jul 2018
The NSS has backed a campaign to prevent a town hall in west London from being leased out to a local Hindu temple. Read More »
Brewery: we took down Saudi flag from pubs to avoid offence
Posted: Fri, 29 Jun 2018
A brewery has told the NSS that it told thousands of pubs to remove Saudi Arabia's flag from World Cup displays to avoid causing offence. Read More »
US secularist groups condemn travel ban which targets Muslims
Posted: Fri, 29 Jun 2018
Secularist and atheist groups have lined up to condemn a US Supreme Court decision upholding a travel ban which targets Muslims. Read More »
NSS renews call for marriage reform after civil partnerships ruling
Posted: Thu, 28 Jun 2018
The NSS has renewed its call for reform of England and Wales's marriage laws after a Supreme Court ruling on civil partnerships. Read More »
Mixed-sex schools shouldn’t segregate children, says DfE
Posted: Thu, 28 Jun 2018
Mixed-sex schools in England should not generally separate pupils by sex or faith, the government has said. Read More »
Restrictions on religion increasing globally, says Pew report
Posted: Thu, 28 Jun 2018
More than four in ten countries had "high" or "very high" levels of restrictions on religion in 2016, according to a new report. Read More »
NSS appeals to ombudsman over judge’s remarks on Islam
Posted: Wed, 27 Jun 2018
The NSS has appealed to the judicial ombudsman over remarks a judge made to the Parsons Green bomber Ahmed Hassan. Read More »
Ofsted: Jewish school failing on safety, curriculum and tolerance
Posted: Tue, 26 Jun 2018
Ofsted has deemed a state-funded Jewish school inadequate and strongly criticised its approach to safety, the curriculum and tolerance. Read More »
NHS withdraws faith-based fasting advice after NSS request for review
Posted: Fri, 22 Jun 2018
NHS Choices has removed advice which drew heavily on Islamic theology from its website and will consider replacing it. Read More »
C of E’s “industrial-scale whitewash” of sexual abuse exposed
Posted: Fri, 22 Jun 2018
The C of E covered up sexual abuse by vastly reducing the number of cases it deemed to require formal action, according to a BBC report. Read More »
Activists resist expansion of religious education in Turkey
Posted: Thu, 21 Jun 2018
A movement to resist the expansion of religious education in Turkey is coordinating activists from 20 cities around the country. Read More »
NSS: Irish referendum should prompt “celebration of free speech”
Posted: Thu, 21 Jun 2018
The NSS has said Ireland's upcoming referendum on blasphemy should "prompt a debate about celebrating free speech as a positive value". Read More »
Spanish PM’s secularist outlook prompts Catholic fears over privileges
Posted: Thu, 14 Jun 2018
Spain's new prime minister has prompted concern from religious groups over his support for secularism. Read More »
NSS’s 2018 Bradlaugh Lecture to explore rise of Hindu nationalism
Posted: Wed, 13 Jun 2018
The human rights activist Gita Sahgal will explore the rise of Hindu nationalism in the NSS's 2018 Bradlaugh Lecture in Manchester. Read More »
Scottish education union calls for entitlement to paid religious leave
Posted: Tue, 12 Jun 2018
Scotland's oldest teaching union has called for teachers from non-Christian faiths to be given paid leave on their faiths' holy days. Read More »
NSS asks NHS Choices to review advice on fasting during Ramadan
Posted: Tue, 12 Jun 2018
The NSS has asked NHS Choices to review health advice on its website which draws heavily on Islamic theology. Read More »
