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In March 2011, responding to a letter from the BCSE expressing concern about the possibility that the government might fund schools based on a Creationist viewpoint, the Department of Education stated that the
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sent information packs to every UK secondary school in September 2006. BCSE estimated that TiS had, at that point, spent around £116,000, including employment of a full-time administrator. In a
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The BCSE features a website on which it tracks leading creationists and creationist organizations, particularly those active in the
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that has the goal of "countering creationism within the UK" and was formed to campaign against the teaching of
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could possibly flourish even in Britain; while Mike Brass, then chairman of BCSE, said in a letter to
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The BCSE has been operating since the summer of 2006. Its appearance was noted by the
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The appearance of the BCSE has been met with hostility by the main promoter of
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was "crystal clear that teaching creationism is at odds with scientific fact".
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Graebsch, Almut; Schiermeier, Quirin (23 November 2006).
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Educational organisations based in the United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
creationism
American
National Center for Science Education
intelligent design
Truth in Science
letter to the editor
Financial Times
creationism
The Guardian
Graham Stringer
Secretary of State for Education
United Kingdom
intelligent design
Discovery Institute
William Dembski
website of the BCSE.


"Anti-evolutionists raise their profile in Europe"
Nature
doi
10.1038/444406a
PMID
17122815
The dangers of creationism in education
Archived
Wayback Machine
Council of Europe
Creationism news from around the world

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