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
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
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
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
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
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
During July, Assistant Professor Michael Fullard provided online sessions to school leaders and personal development leads from two of the UK’s largest Multi–Academy Trusts (MATs) – United Learning (90+ schools) and Ark Schools (35+ schools). Within these sessions, Michael introduced character education and provided practical examples of the work of
The Jubilee Centre helped organise and co-host the second European Character Virtues Association (ECVA) conference on the 26-28th June. The conference was held at the European University of Rome in partnership with the Aretai Centre. Over 100 delegates from across Europe and beyond attended the conference to discuss how character
Professor Emeritus James Arthur was invited to provide the opening remarks at a major conference on Virtues and Vocations at Notre Dame University between 3rd-5th June. The conference was attended by 130 delegates including the key players in character and virtues in the USA and was a great success with
At the end of May, Dr Liz Gulliford visited Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Madrid, delivering a lecture on ‘Artificial Intelligence and Phronesis’. Liz also enjoyed engaging with students from across the university, and with staff from the Faculty of Education and Psychology. This dialogue with the Faculty about character research