Dr. Eugene Ohu guests on Episode Nine of Conversations On Character Podcast
4th October 2021Podcast In the penultimate episode of Conversations on Character's second series, host Dr. Tom Harrison welcome Dr. Eugene Ohu, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Organisational Behaviour/Human Resource Management at Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University, Nigeria. In episode nine, Eugene shares with the lasts updates from his work as the principal investigator at the Virtual Human […]
Character Educator in Focus: Kenny Primrose
11th October 2021Blog This month's Character Educator in Focus is Kenny Primrose. Kenny is Character Education Lead at Emmanuel College, Gateshead, where he also teaches religion and philosophy. He is in the third year of the MA Character Education programme and discusses in this blog how he is implementing a strategic approach to character development […]
Centre Hosts ‘Fostering Digital Wisdom for the Digital Age’ Webinar
12th October 2021Events On 12th October 2021, the Centre hosted the fourth event in its webinar series 'Fostering Personal and Social Virtues in Education', presented in collaboration with The Vatican’s Congregation for Catholic Education, Fostering Digital Wisdom for the Digital Age. Chaired by Aidan Thompson, the webinar welcomed papers and presentations from Dr. Tom Harrison – Reader, HEA Principal Fellow […]
New Insight Series Paper: ‘Platonic Insights on the Cultivation of the Virtues in a Digital Age’
13th October 2021Publications Professor Mark E. Jonas, Professor of Education and Associate Professor of Philosophy (by courtesy) at Wheaton College, has recently authored ‘Platonic Insights on the Cultivation of the Virtues in a Digital Age’ for the Jubilee Centre’s Insight Series. Professor Jonas’ paper discusses how the teachings of Plato may be utilised for the […]
11th Annual Conference Call for Papers Now Open
15th February 2022Conferences The Centre is pleased to announce the call for papers is now open for its 11th annual conference, ‘Character and Virtues in Professional Practice’, taking place at Oriel College, Oxford, 5th-7th January 2023. In recognition of the burgeoning interest in wisdom and phronesis development in professional practice, the Centre is sending […]
‘Character in the Corpus’: Corpus and Courage
13th October 2021Resources This month’s blog post and teaching resources for the ‘Character in the Corpus’ project explores courage. The blog discusses the varying portrayals of courage over time, and, through touchstone passages drawn from A-Level set texts, charts the depth of meaning courage has accrued with regards to war, gender, and society. Courage proves […]
Book Launch – Futureproof: Preparing Young People For Their Digital Futures
21st March 2022Events Cyber-wisdom Ahead of the publication of their upcoming book, Futureproof: Preparing Young People for Their Digital Futures, two leading researchers on the topic of cyber-wisdom, Drs. Tom Harrison and Gianfranco Polizzi, and two of the UK’s most prominent school leaders, Sophie Murfin and Lee Peachey have designed an online […]
Dr. Karen Bohlin Features on Episode 10 of Conversations on Character Podcast
18th October 2021Podcast In the final episode of Conversations on Character’s second series, episode 10, host Dr. Tom Harrison welcomes leading American educator, teacher, school leader, and character scholar Dr. Karen E. Bohlin. The former head of Montrose School, MA, USA, Karen reflects on her 18 years at the helm, why she was inspired to found […]
Centre Hosts ‘Introducing the Goals of Aristotelian-Thomistic Education’ Webinar
9th November 2021Events On 9th November 2021, the Centre hosted the fifth and final event in its webinar series 'Fostering Personal and Social Virtues in Education', presented in collaboration with The Congregation for Catholic Education, Vatican, Rome. Chaired by Aidan Thompson, the webinar welcomed papers and presentations from: Professor James Arthur – Director of the Jubilee […]
Character in the Corpus: Corpus and Reflection
11th November 2021Blog The latest instalment of the Character in the Corpus series looks at reflection and the dual role it plays as a process by which other virtues are understood as well as being an intellectual virtue in its own right. Both the article and resources underscore how fiction is a store of reflective […]