Dr. Liz Gulliford Appointed as Honorary Research Fellow
14th November 2022Centre News The Centre is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Liz Gulliford as an Honorary Research Fellow. A former member of staff at the Centre, Liz is now Associate Professor in Psychology at University of Northampton and is Senior Psychology Advisor with the Oxford Character Project. In this new honorary role […]
Outstanding Schools: Ofsted, School Improvement, and Character Education Annouced
15th November 2022Events Welcoming teachers from across the country, the Jubilee Centre is pleased to announce the second in its series of schools focussed one day conferences, to be held on Friday 3rd March 2023. Outstanding Schools: Ofsted, School Improvement, and Character Education will welcome representatives from Ofsted, as well as outstanding head teachers and leading […]
Research Associate Meets Secretary of State
17th November 2022Centre News Research Associate, Ali Fazel, recently met with the Secretary of State for Education, the Rt Hon. Gillian Keegan MP. Their discussions included the extensive work of the Jubilee Centre, the future of character education in UK schools and the Centre’s most recent report, Schools, Civic Virtues and The Good Citizen. The […]
New Book: Educating Character Through the Arts
18th November 2022Publications On 18th November 2022, Aidan Thompson published a co-edited collection of chapters under the title Educating Character through the Arts. The collection brings together the proceedings from the 2018 conference by the same name that the Jubilee Centre hosted in Birmingham. Containing contributions from keynote speakers and seminar presentations, the volume investigates […]
Centre Hosts Common Ground for the Common Good Dinner
21st November 2022Events On 16th November 2022 the Jubilee Centre hosted a dinner titled ‘Common Ground for the Common Good’ at the Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. Welcoming politicians, charity leaders, journalists, headteachers, and noted academic thinkers in the field, the evening of dinner and discussion offered a culmination to the ‘Civic Virtue and the Common […]
Centre Director Gives Keynote Lecture at Association for Character Education Annual Conference
25th November 2022Conference On the 24th November, Centre Director Professor James Arthur, gave the keynote lecture at the annual Association for Character Education (ACE) conference at Kings High School, Warwick. Joined by Deputy Director Professor Tom Harrison and Assistant Professor Michael Fullard, Professor Arthur's talk offered practical and philosophical insights into why character matters and what […]
Centre Congratulates MA Character Education Class of 2022
8th December 2022Centre News Members of the MA Character Education teaching team were delighted to attend the degree congregation of the latest MA Character Education graduates held on 8th December in the Great Hall of the University of Birmingham. The degree congregation was preceded by a celebratory reception held by the Jubilee Centre for graduates […]
Centre Welcomes Associate Professor Suzanne Choo
8th December 2022Centre News For a week commencing 3rd December 2022, the Centre welcomed Associate Professor Suzanne Choo from the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. As well as attending talks and seminars delivered by various members of centre staff, during her visit, Suzanne delivered a seminar on ‘Ethical Criticism and Different Approaches by […]
Former England Cricketer, Ebony-Jewel Rainford-Brent MBE, latest guest on Conversations on Character
12th December 2022Podcast Presented once again in partnership with the Sport Legacy Foundation in this special Christmas bonus episode, the final edition of Conversations on Character for 2022, Professor Tom Harrison welcomes World Cup Winning England Cricketer, Director of Surrey County Cricket Club, Trustee of Chance to Shine and Founder of The ACE Programme Charity, Ebony-Jewel Rainford-Brent MBE. In this conversation Ebony […]
Jubilee Centre Announced as Overall QS Reimagine Education Global Award Winner
9th December 2022Centre News Awards The Jubilee Centre’s Framework for Character Education in Schools has won the prestigious 2022 QS Global Award for Education. Chosen from over 1,200 entries these awards, hosted by the QS World University Rankings and The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, are considered to be the ‘Oscars in Education’. The […]