Cheltenham Ladies College attend Religious Studies Conference

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Cheltenham Ladies College attending the conferenceOver 400 students from schools across Gloucestershire and further afield attended the 8th annual Religious Studies Conference on Wednesday 25th January hosted at The Cheltenham Ladies’ College.

Pupils from schools including Bournside, Chosen Hill and Sir Thomas Rich’s heard from two eminent speakers. Michael Wilcockson, author of several key Ethics books, Head of Divinity at Eton College and a Chief Examiner for OCR, led a session entitled ‘How far can you go? Sexual Ethics’.

During the second session, students heard from Baroness Warnock, a respected author and life peer who has chaired committees on Special education, human fertility treatment and animal experimentation. Baroness Warnock spoke passionately on the topic of Euthanasia, of which she is a committed advocate, having previously written numerous articles on the topic. Her talk prompted lively debate amongst the students during the afternoon session which took the form of a panel debate between the students and visiting speakers.

Dr Victoria Sherwood, Religious Studies teacher at Cheltenham Ladies’ College and Conference Organiser said, “The Conference gave students from many different schools across Gloucestershire the fantastic opportunity to hear from two eminent speakers and to engage in discussion and debate with them. It was an extremely stimulating day and the combination of the thought-provoking speeches and the more practical examiners’ sessions will be of great help to students in their forthcoming exams.

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