Register now for the co-hosted Jubilee Centre and Birmingham City Football Club conference, ‘Character, Sport, and Personal Development: Unlocking Potential Through Values-Driven Education’, which will take place on the 11th March 2025 at St. Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park. The event is a fantastic opportunity for participants to explore and develop
The Jubilee Centre is co-organising, in partnership with the Private University College of Teacher Education of Christian Churches, the third ECVA conference in Vienna on the 24th and 26th June. The theme of the conference is ‘What Makes a Life of Flourishing? Exploring the Intersection of Character, Life Skills, and
On the 12th November, the National Institute of Education (Singapore) delivered the most recent session in the Flourishing Student Webinar Series. The webinar, presented by Nicole Liaw, Suzanne Choo, and Melvin Chan, was titled ‘Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives on Human Flourishing: Implications for Character and Citizenship Education in Singapore’ and
The Futures Readiness careers programme, developed by Alex Zarifeh (Arthur Terry Learning Partnership) in collaboration with Shane McLoughlin, is being rolled out to over 11,000 pupils across the multi-academy trust’s 24 schools. Unveiled at Birmingham’s Millennium Point, this ground-breaking initiative equips young people with a preparedness framework of 20 character
Andrew Peterson attended and presented at the 2024 Networking European Civic Education Festival in Tirana, Albania. The presentation formed part of a workshop given by the European Civic Education Collaborative Network project, of which the Jubilee Centre is a member. The workshop, titled ‘A deeper vision of community building and
Emerald Henderson, PhD student at the Jubilee Centre, has successfully passed her viva. Examined by Dr. Liz Gulliford and Professor Doret de Ruyter, and supervised by Professor Kristján Kristjánsson and Dr. Laura D’Olimpio, her thesis was entitled, ‘A neo-Aristotelian theory of emulation: Implications for cultivating teacher character through role modelling’.
On 15th November, the Jubilee Centre hosted a group of school and trust leaders from across the UK to explore how character education can enhance wellbeing education in schools. Discussions centred on theoretical models and practical challenges, contributing to the co-development of the Jubilee Centre’s forthcoming character and wellbeing education
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
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
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