Joint Statement on ‘A Curriculum of for Human Flourishing’ Released

In a joint position statement, the Jubilee Centre, The Human Flourishing Program (Harvard University), and the Association for Character Education (ACE) outline how an explicit focus on flourishing and character education is the key to fulfilling the UK governments ambition of providing all pupils with a broad, rich, and cutting-edge curriculum that fully equips them […]

MA Character Education: New Cohort and Graduation

On 30th September 2024, a new cohort of first year MA Character Education students commenced their studies on the 3-year part-time MA Character Education programme. Students who completed their final year dissertations in August will be graduating in the December degree congregations. Welcome to all of our new students and congratulations to all students celebrating […]

Deputy Director Speaks at European Commission Event

Professor Andrew Peterson was an invited speaker for a workshop at the 35 Years of Jean Monnet Actions Anniversary Conference organised by the European Commission and held in Brussels, 9th-10th October. The workshop was titled ‘EU and active citizenship: reflections on the post European elections landscape’. The workshop explored the concept of active European citizenship […]

The Second Flourishing Student International Webinar Series Begins

The Jubilee Centre, in partnership with the Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University, is delighted to have commenced the second Flourishing Student International Webinar Series with a webinar presented by Tyler VanderWeele from the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University. Tyler discussed education for flourishing at both an individual level and a […]

Visitors to The Jubilee Centre Summer 2024

The Centre hosted a series of visitors over the summer who came to learn about the Jubilee Centre’s approach to the theory and practice of character education. The visits were also an opportunity to enhance global understandings and partnerships on the importance of character for human flourishing worldwide. Visitors included Claudia Vanney and Belen Mesurdo […]

East China Normal University International Roundtable with Professor Kristjánsson

Professor Kristján Kristjánsson participated in an international online roundtable on September 13th organised by the Center for Intercultural Learning and the School of Philosophy at East China Normal University (ECNU). The roundtable was entitled “Reflecting on learning and education” and Professor Kristjánsson’s talk was entitled ‘Does the current flourishing discourse need an input from Confucianism?‘ […]

Integrating Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives on Character and Wellbeing Education

The Jubilee Centre has commenced a new project, in collaboration with and supported by Wellington College, to integrate philosophical and psychological perspectives on character and wellbeing education. Our vision for the project is to enhance human flourishing by advocating for and informing an integrated approach to character education and wellbeing education. Over the course of […]

Reconsidering the ‘Ten Myths’ about Character Education

Professors Kristján Kristjánsson, Tom Harrison, and Andrew Peterson have co-authored an article, which is available in open access, on reconsidering the ‘Ten Myths about Character’. This is a follow-up and update to an article about the ‘Ten Myths’ by Kristján Kristjánsson first author, which appeared in the same journal in 2013 with almost 23,000 downloads. […]

Jubilee Centre Commences New Project on Forgiveness

The Jubilee Centre has commenced a landscaping review project to identify the means through which findings from the global Discover Forgiveness campaign can best be disseminated to key ‘frontline workers’ of forgiveness. The Campaign, organised and funded by the Templeton World Charity Foundation (TWCF), aims to reach 100 million people by making evidence-based approaches to […]

Liz Gulliford Presents at ECPP

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The eleventh European Conference on Positive Psychology (ECPP) took place in Innsbruck between 10th and 13th July 2024. On 12th July, Dr Liz Gulliford, Associate Professor in the Jubilee Centre, presented a paper ‘Potentiating allied Character Strengths’, testing the theory that two virtues linked by a common core of benevolence (gratitude and compassion) mutually reinforce […]