Professor Brian Gates

'Target practice', 'playground', 'oasis', 'life laboratory' and 'cosmic enquiry' are all words which Brian Gates uses to characterise RE. He is Chair of the RE Council of England & Wales and sees its National Strategy for RE as an opportunity for government to demonstrate that rhetoric about beliefs and values is matched in the curriculum experience of every learner 3-19 years. Brian is also Professor of Religious & Moral Education at St Martin's College/University of Cumbria, which has a special interest in Religion, Philosophy and Ethics in its academic and professional degree programmes.