New Report: Teaching Phronesis to Aspiring Police Officers
20th September 2022Publications As part of the ‘Virtues in Policing’ research project, and the wider focus on Virtues in the Professions, the Jubilee Centre has published Teaching Phronesis to Aspiring Police Officers. This research report is the second report published under the project, following on from Character Virtues in Policing that was published in 2021. […]
Integrating Research on Character and Virtues: 10 Years of Impact
20th September 2022Centre News 10th Anniversary Year Celebrating the first decade of it’s work the Jubilee Centre brought together more than 120 experts from a range of disciplines for its 10th anniversary conference at Oriel College, Oxford, between the 8th and 10th of September 2022. ‘Integrating Research on Character and Virtues: 10 Years of Impact’ took stock of the impact that the Centre’s work has […]
Centre Director Receives Expanded Reason Award
20th September 2022Centre News Awards In recognition of his global leadership in the field of character education, neo-Aristotelian thinking and virtue ethics, and following his keynote presentation at the Centre’s tenth annual conference, Professor James Arthur was presented with the 2020 Expanded Reason Award by Professor Max Bonilla on 8th September 2022 at Oriel College, Oxford. […]
Dan Wright, Dr. Karen Bohlin, and Julie Taylor recognised as Ambassadors of Character
20th September 2022Centre News 10th Anniversary Year As part of the Centre’s tenth annual conference, Integrating Research on Character and Virtues: 10 Years of Impact, a further three Ambassadors of Character were recognised at Oriel College, Oxford. Recognising their exceptional contributions to character education, these commendations were presented by Heather Templeton Dill (President, John Templeton Foundation), Professor Jon […]
Jubilee Centre Launches First ‘Framework in Action’ Project
20th September 2022Schools A new training tool has been developed, in partnership between Colmore Junior School and The Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, which supports new teachers to understand the importance of character and how to teach it to their pupils. Character education is a term used to describe the teaching of good character. […]
Cricketer Heather Knight OBE Guest on Conversations on Character Podcast
20th September 2022Podcast In the fourth of the Jubilee Centre's Conversations on Character Commonwealth Games Special's, presented in collaboration with the Sports Legacy Foundation, host Professor Tom Harrison welcomes England Cricket Allrounder Heather Knight OBE. England’s World Cup winning Cricket Captain and one of Wisden Cricketers of the Year for 2017, in this episode Heather reflects on her role as a […]
Centre Director Gives Keynote Adress at 6th Annual Aretai Conference
3rd October 2022Conference On 1st October 2022 Centre Director Professor James Arthur gave a keynote address to the 2022 Virtue Ethics & The Ends of Moral Action Conference in Rome, Italy. The 6th annual conference of Aretai – Center on Virtues, an interdisciplinary research centre that gathers scholars from several Italian universities. Professor Arthur's presentation was titled […]
Imogen Sinclair joins Civic Virtue, Devolving Power and Empowering Citizens Webinar
9th October 2022Civic Virtues The fourth session in the Jubilee Centre's Civic Virtue and the Common Good’ webinar series, ‘Civic Virtue, Devolving Power and Empowering Citizens’ will be held on Tuesday 18th October. The session will now welcome Imogen Sinclair, Director of the New Social Covenant Unit, a thought leading organisation seeking to create a […]
Centre Jointly Hosts Nursing Ethics Conference
9th October 2022Events The Jubilee Centre and the journal Nursing Ethics organised a joint conference in Exeter on October 7 and 8, entitled Cultivating Character for Care. 10 papers were presented at the conference, which will form the basis of a special issue of the journal in 2023. Among the speakers were two from the Jubilee Centre: Professor […]
Jubilee Centre’s ‘Framework in Action’ Second Project Launched
12th October 2022Schools The Jubilee Centre has partnered with five schools to showcase how the Framework for Character Education in Schools has been used as a source of inspiration in a school setting. To demonstrate how civic virtues can be developed through social action, Yeading Junior School has produced a set of resources including lesson plans […]