Fundamental(ly) British values

Speakers

• Prof. Douglas Bourne (Prof. of Development Education, UCL, Institute of Education)
• Dr. Oliver Gerstenberg (Reader in EU Law, UCL Faculty of Laws)
• Dr. Myriam Hunter-Henin (Reader in Law and Religion, UCL Faculty of Laws)
• Dr Germ Janmaat (Reader in Comparative Social Science, UCL Institute of Education)
• Dr. Ronan McCrea (Senior Lecturer in EU Law and Law and Religion, UCL Faculty of Laws)
• Prof. Colm O’Cinneide (Professor of Human Rights Law, UCL Faculty of Laws)
• Prof. Carol Vincent (Professor of the Sociology of Education, UCL Institute of Education)

About this event

The “Fundamental British Values” discourse has been highly controversial and is of significant importance in a wide range of areas.

The UCL Faculty of Laws, together with the Institute of Education will bring together a range of experts in the areas of EU constitutional law, law and religion, discrimination law, philosophy, citizenship education and sociology of education to discuss the significance and consequences of this discourse from a wide range of perspectives.

This event will allow participants to understand the Fundamental British Values discourse from a number of perspectives, specifically

• How the emphasis on “values” has changed education and affected the complex inter-relationships between faith, values and civic virtues at school
• How the fundamental British values discourse fits into the overall approach of the English legal order to the relationship between religion, law and state.
• The interaction between the duty to promote British values at school and duties to promote social cohesion and avoid discrimination on grounds of religion and belief.
• How the security agenda underlying the Fundamental British Values discourse has reshaped the relationships between religion, education and extremism
• The significance of British fundamental values in the English constitutional legal order
• The impact of the fundamental British Value discourse on human rights and legal reasoning
• The interactions between the Fundamental British Value discourse, democracy and the political legal order

Queries

Please email the UCL Laws events team at laws-events@ucl.ac.uk