‘Equipping Birmingham to Become a City of Character’ Conference
The Jubilee Centre has been working with Birmingham Education Partnership (BEP) and University College Birmingham (UCB) to curate ‘Equipping Birmingham to Become a City of Character’, a conference for school leaders that seeks to discuss and debate the place of character education in schools in Birmingham and showcase the benefits of developing a rich character […]
Centre Members Contribute to New International Handbook
Four members of the Centre have contributed chapters to the new Routledge International Handbook of Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Character Development edited by Michael D. Matthews and Richard M. Lerner. Professors Andrew Peterson and Kristján Kristjánsson authored a chapter titled ‘The Philosophical Foundations of Character Virtue Development‘, Emeritus Professor James Arthur authored a chapter titled ‘The […]
Centre Staff Delivering Lecture Series on Character and Virtues in Rome
Since September, Professor James Arthur has been leading a series of lectures on character virtues, leadership, and human flourishing in Rome to priests and seminarians from all over the globe. He has also been invited to speak at the English-speaking Colleges (American, English, Irish, and Scottish) along with a selection of the Pontifical Universities. As […]
More Than 700 Delegates Register for Jubilee Centre Webinars
31st March 2021Events Over 700 delegates registered for the first three Jubilee Centre webinars this year, with delegates attending from around the world. These sessions have sought to offer insight, practical advice and accessible guidance on matters related to character in schools and in professional training, as well as answering questions on the delivery […]
Centre Appoints Lord James O’Shaughnessy as Senior Research Fellow
9th April 2021Announcements The Centre is delighted to announce that Lord James O’Shaughnessy is joining the team as a Senior Research Fellow. Lord O’Shaughnessy’s work at the Centre will focus on enhancing the Centre’s impact in the field of education. Prior to joining the Centre, Lord O’Shaughnessy was Director of Policy to the Prime Minister between […]
Centre Announces Series of Webinars in Collaboration with The Vatican
9th April 2021Events In collaboration with The Congregation for Catholic Education, Vatican, Rome, the Jubilee Centre presents a webinar series for University and School Staff entitled 'Fostering Personal and Social Virtues in Education'. This series of webinars is open to a diverse audience and will have an educational focus on character virtues. The aim is […]
Centre Celebrates ‘Leading Character Education in Schools’ CPD’s 1-Year Anniversary
12th April 2021Announcements The Centre has recently marked the 1-year anniversary of its ‘Leading Character Education in Schools’ CPD programme. Intended to address key questions often asked of those engaged in character education, notably ‘How do you do it?’ and ‘What does a School of Character look like?’, the programme provides a comprehensive overview of […]
New Report: ‘A Cyber-Wisdom Approach to Digital Citizenship Education’
13th April 2021Publications The Centre has recently published A Cyber-Wisdom Approach to Digital Citizenship Education: Insights from Adolescents and Parents. The report presents and compares key findings from two surveys which explored the extent to which both adolescents and parents understand the importance of, and act on, wisdom and character virtues in the digital age. […]
Character Educator in Focus: Gail Peyton
14th April 2021Blog This month’s Character Educator in Focus is Gail Peyton. Gail Peyton is a Regional Director for Primary Education in Birmingham, and a student on the MA Character Education programme. In this blog, Gail discusses how professional development focused on the character of the teacher might support teachers to fulfil their roles as […]
‘Character in the Corpus’: New Resource Series
15th April 2021Resources Character in the Corpus is a piece of work undertaken by Dr. Matthew Collins that considers the representation of character and virtues in the A-Level English curriculum. The series of blogs will be accompanied by some bespoke teaching resources which foreground the place of virtue language in novels that appear on the […]