British values - 2nd year

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British values.

As a returning student at Colchester Institute, you will have previously looked at British Values. 

This presentation is designed to refresh your memory and to check your understanding of the British values agenda.

In pairs...

Discuss the following: 

• What you know about British Values.
• What are British values?
• Where did the term come from?
• Why is it important?

What does it mean to be British?

British values

Part of the government PREVENT strategy; 

What are the government trying to prevent?

What are five British values?

Five British values

• Democracy
•  The rule of law
• Individual Liberty
• Mutual respect
• Acceptance of others of different faiths and beliefs

	All people and institutions are subject to and accountable to the law that is fairly applied and enforced.
	The proper regard for an individual's dignity, which is reciprocated
	A state of society characterized by equality of rights and privileges. It can also refer to our nation's electoral systems.
	A fair, objective, and permissive attitude to those whose faith and beliefs may differ from one's own.
	The free exercise of rights generally seen as outside government control.

The rule of law

Mutual Respect

Democracy

Tolerance of different faiths and beliefs

Individual Liberty

A recent example of student democracy

University students voted to have a portrait of the then Queen removed from their common room.

British value	Definition	College Examples
DEMOCRACY	People power - all have a role in influencing decision making. Involves freedom to express opinions and a willingness to listen to other views
The RULE of LAW	Laws protect everyone equally, no one is above the law and all are aware of rights and responsibilities
INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY	Freedom, including the individual’s right to hold beliefs, to act and express themselves as they choose within the law
Mutual RESPECT	Equality and fairness for all regardless of their background or religious beliefs

Students at Colchester Institute are able to make individual choices. Students make their own choices regarding progression into different career paths.

Students are expected to treat others fairly and equally; this expectation is supported by a range for College policies.

At Colchester Institute the rules and the code of conduct apply in the same way to all students.

At college this is demonstrated via the opportunity to elect a staff representative, to attend Learner Voice meetings, Course Meetings and to meet with the Principal.

Who rules Britain?

The King

The Government

The police

The Army

The people

Britain has a system of government called

democracy.

Democracy means 'rule by the people‘. It

comes from the Greek words dêmos, which

means people, and krátos which means rule

or strength.

This is because the idea of democracy

developed in Greece in about 507BC.

The rule of law

Many British laws can be traced back to the Magna Carta or the Great Charter. 

Many other countries base their own system on the British legal system. 

INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY

In Britain, provided that we do not break the law, we can live as we choose and we can have our own opinions about things.

What do we need to consider when we express our opinions?

Mutual respect

• What does mutual respect mean to you?
  
• What examples of mutual respect can you think of from your own life?
  
• Can you think of any examples of when you haven’t been respected? What did you do about it?
  
• What should you do if you are not being treated with respect and fairly?
  

ACCEPTANCE OF OTHERS OF DIFFERENT FAITHS AND BELIEFS

• Do you know any faiths and beliefs which might be different from your own?
  
• What examples from around the world can you think of where acceptance of different faiths and beliefs is not embraced?
  
• How can we be more accepting of different faiths and beliefs?
  

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