‘Police History, Police Education in England and Wales, and the Limited Role of Professional Ethics’
5th July 2021Publications As part of the Virtues in Policing project, the Centre has recently published a new Insight Series paper, titled ‘Police History, Police Education in England and Wales, and the Limited Role of Professional Ethics’. Authored by Andrew Maile, this paper provides an overview of the history of policing and the associated educational […]
Call for Papers for 10th Anniversary Conference Extended
9th July 2021Conferences The deadline for the call for papers for the Jubilee Centre’s 10th anniversary conference, ‘Integrating Research on Character and Virtues: 10 Years of Impact’, due to take place from 6th-8th January 2022, has been extended to 20th August 2021. The Centre welcomes proposals from across disciplines and looks forward to welcoming both […]
Character Educator in Focus: David Church
12th July 2021Blog This month’s Character Educator in Focus is David Church. Mr. Church is an award-winning teacher (Professional Teaching Awards, Cymru) and Head of Religious Studies at Mountain Ash Comprehensive School (MACS), Wales. In this blog, Mr. Church discusses how character education and social action at MACS has resulted in multiple awards, honours and once in […]
Rt. Hon Lord Iain McNicol, latest guest on Conversations on Character podcast
12th July 2021Podcast In the latest episode of the Jubilee Centre’s podcast, Conversations on Character, host Dr. Tom Harrison welcomes Life Peer, Co-Chair of the All Parliamentary Party Group on Political Literacy and former General Secretary of the UK Labour Party, Lord Iain McNichol of West Kilbride. Together they discuss the ongoing work of this new All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), […]
Centre Hosts Second Webinar in ‘Fostering Personal and Social Virtues in Education’ Series
13th July 2021Events To introduce character education within the Aristotelian tradition, the Centre is hosting the ‘Fostering Personal and Social Virtues in Education’ webinar series, in collaboration with The Congregation for Catholic Education. The second episode, titled ‘Aristotle on Virtuous Emotions and Their Education’, took place on 13th July 2021. The discussion featured presentations from […]
New Expert Insights into Cyber-Wisdom and Digital Citizenship
13th July 2021Cyber-wisdom Events As part of the ongoing Cultivating Cyber-Phronesis project, the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues invited three digital citizenship experts from a diverse range of fields to write short position papers exploring how character and cyber-wisdom might be cultivated more and most effectively through digital citizenship education. Hosted and chaired by […]
New Research Report: Character Virtues in Policing
15th September 2021Publications As part of the ‘Virtues in the Professions’ project, a new research report exploring the moral practice of policing has been published. Character Virtues in Policing presents findings from research conducted with pre- and in-service police officers across police forces, and at universities, in the U.K. The project captured which character strengths […]
10th Anniversary Conference Headline Speakers Announced
15th September 2021Conferences Events The Jubilee Centre is pleased to announce the headline speakers for its upcoming 10th annual conference, ‘Integrating Research on Character and Virtues: 10 Years of Impact’, taking place from 6th – 8th January 2022 at Oriel College, Oxford. Heather Templeton-Dill (John Templeton Foundation) and Jim Rahn (Kern Family Foundation), the President's of […]
Centre Welcomes Expert Panel for ‘Civic Virtue, Community and The Common Good’ Webinar
20th September 2021Events Civic Virtues As part of the Centre's 'Civic Virtues Through Service to Others' project, this public webinar – 'Civic Virtue, Community and The Common Good' – welcomed Jason Cowley, Editor of the New Statesman, Miriam Cates, Conservative MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge, and Jon Cruddas, Labour MP for Dagenham and Rainham and author of […]
CIPD’s Tina Russell Guests on Centre Podcast
20th September 2021Podcast In the eighth episode of Conversations on Character’s second series, Tina Russell, Professional Conduct and Ethics Lead for the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) reflects on how good character can be developed. Tina discusses how the people profession has evolved over the last 15 years, how the profession will need to respond as […]