Between January and July 2012 NUS ran a pilot project that aimed to support staff and students in Further Education colleges to tackle tensions, real and perceived, between LGBT equalities, and religion and belief equalities.

The 'Facilitating Dialogue on Faith and Sexuality in FE' resource pack is the result of this pilot project. It includes sample activity plans, case studies from HE and FE unions, and an exploration of what a dialogue approach is and how it can help build good relationships between students on your campuses.

At the heart of the project was the belief that good mutually respectful relationships between learners from different backgrounds are more likely to be developed when learners can express and explore their personal experiences, rather than rehearse fixed opposing principles.

Download ‘Facilitating Dialogue on Faith and Sexuality in FE’ here.

For further information on the project and the interface between faith and sexuality you may also like to see;

• An outline of the project
• A list of research on faith and sexuality conducted by other organisations
• Organisations that support individuals who have a faith and are LGBT, across the main world religions
• Examples of films that explore faith and sexuality issues

You can also get in touch to find out more or to talk about faith and sexuality issues on your campus;

Kat Luckock (Interfaith Coordinator) on kat.luckock@nus.org.uk

or Finn McGoldrick (NUS LGBT Officer – Women’s Place) on finn.mcgoldrick@nus.org.uk