Webinar Series
To adapt to the circumstances created by the pandemic, the Centre has been hosting webinars throughout 2020 and 2021 to continue providing an environment for staff, students and those interested in the Centre’s work, to discuss character education remotely. For the Centre’s Fostering Personal and Social Virtues in Education series of webinars, delivered in collaboration with The Congregation for Catholic Education, Vatican, Rome, click here. To register for upcoming Jubilee Centre webinars please follow the links below or visit the Centre’s Eventbrite page Recordings of all previous Centre webinars can be found below and via our YouTube Channel.
Non Western Approaches to Flourishing, and Their Educational Implications
Civic Virtue, Devolving Power and Empowering Citizens
Civic Virtues, Formative Institutions, And Flourishing Communities
Futureproof: Preparing Young People For Their Digital Futures
Civic Virtue, Service and the Voluntary Spirit
Civic Virtue, Community and The Common Good
Understanding Character Education Approaches, Applications, and Issue
What is a character based approach to digital citizenship education?
Youth social action in schools: Connecting community and character
Virtues in the Professions: A Panel Discussion Webinar
Preparing Teachers & Nurses for Virtuous Practice Webinar
Teaching Character Through The Arts Webinar
Leading Character Education in Primary Schools – Jubilee Centre for Character & Virtues 2021 Webinar
The Complexities of Police Ethics in the 21st Century: Is There a Role for Moral Character?
Thrive: How to cultivate character so your children can flourish online – Launch & Panel Discussion
Leading Character Education in Schools Webinar
Seminar Series
The Jubilee Centre has organised regular presentations as part of its Seminar Series on character, virtues, values and education. These seminars are predominantly a venue for members of the Centre to meet and exchange opinions, but they are open to all members of staff and research students in the School of Education. The seminars provide a safe, collegial environment to present ‘thought-pieces’, initial observations, or introductions to topics and projects which explore some fundamental questions or concepts relating to specific research projects, or other pieces of work. The seminars have created a friendly community of inquiry where people feel at ease to try out ideas and hypotheses.
Details of the seminars, including papers and presentations, that have been held to date can be found below.
2017
Towards a virtue ethical approach to relationships and sex education, Joshua Hayes
Epiphanes, Professor Sophie-Grace Chappell
Teen Usage of New and Old Media: Formation & Family, Norberto González Gaitano
Vice Ethics, Edward Skidelsky
Secularism And Character in Formation in English Schools1897- c.1923, Dr Susannah Wright, Oxford Brookes
Hired or fired? – looking at employability through the lens of character, Dr Janet Hanson
Gratitude and Compassion in Adolescence, Indrawati Liauw
2015
The Influence of Parents and Social Media on Young People’s Moral Functioning, Dr Blaire Morgan
Virtuous Practice in Nursing, Prof Kristján Kristjánsson
Virtuous Character in Business and Finance, Dr Matthew Sinnicks
How have the virtues been understood in business ethics? Prof. Ron Beadle
Beyond Reductionism: The Role of Virtue in Active Moral Choice and Commitment, Prof. Anne Colby & Prof. Bill Damon
Council Housing, Home Ownership, and Virtue, Dr. James Gregory
The Forgiveness Instinct, Michael McCullough
The Influence of Parents and Social Media on Young People’s Moral Functioning, Dr Blaire Morgan
Virtuous Practice in Nursing, Prof Kristján Kristjánsson
Virtuous Character in Business and Finance, Dr Matthew Sinnicks
How have the virtues been understood in business ethics? Prof. Ron Beadle
Beyond Reductionism: The Role of Virtue in Active Moral Choice and Commitment, Prof. Anne Colby & Prof. Bill Damon
Council Housing, Home Ownership, and Virtue, Dr. James Gregory
The Forgiveness Instinct, Michael McCullough, Matt Ferkany
Honesty, Dr. Christian B. Miller
Young People Taking Practical Action in the Service of Others to Create Positive Change, George Fielding & Dr. Rania Marandos
Teachers as Agents of Justice? Professor David Carr and Dr Nataša Pantić
What Are the Real Benefits of Hardship?, Dr. Eranda Jayawickreme
Secular Humility, Prof. Erik Weilenberg
Ethics And Values In Education Programme, Kristijan Musek Lešnik
The Idea of an Educated Public Revisited, James MacAllister
The Modern Revival of Stoicism, Jules Evans
The Schooling of Desire: Why Virtue Matters, Dr. Karen E. Bohlin
The Expanding Universe of Character Education: One Man’s Journey, Marvin W. Berkowitz
A Simple Act of Charity? Emergent Issues, Jon Davison
How Should we Assess Character Education, Prof. Hanan Alexander
Motivational Dimensions of Moral Learning, Prof. Randall Curren
Comprehensive and political moral conceptions and directive moral education, Prof. Michael Hand.
Research Outputs and Data, Becky Cudby
Online Survey Design, Dan Hayes
The character of education as government: the school as paradigm institution of modernity – some
post-Heideggerian reflections, Dr Nick Peim
Good Neighbours in a Good Neighbourhood? Al Barrett with Sarah Maxfield
Building Character in Young People, Lee Rogerson
Government Policy & School Reform, James O’Shaughnessy
Autonomy, accountability and professional behaviour in teaching, medicine and law, Dr Sandra Cooke, Dr Luca Badini, and Demelza Jones
The Concept of Gratitude from Psychological
and Philosophical Perspectives: Discourses in Disarray, Liz Gulliford and Blaire Morgan
Eliding the Unconverted: the Unfinished Battle for the Legitimating Principles of Character Education, Dr David Walker and Mr Michael Roberts
Gardner et al. on ‘Good Work’, Ben Kotzee
2014
An Attitude for Gratitude: How Gratitude is Understood, Experienced and Valued by the UK public, Dr. Liz Gulliford & Dr. Blaire Morgan
Learning to see the world anew: Sustainability within virtue ethics and virtue ethics within sustainability, Karen Jordan
Character Education in UK Schools, Dr. David Walker & Chantel Jones
The Good Teacher: Understanding Virtues in Practice, Dr Sandra Cooke
What are YOU talking about? The Importance of Moral Virtue, Emma Brown
Learning Liberty: Character in Action, Emma Nailer
Virtue in Medical Practice, Ben Kotzee
Knightly Virtues: Enhancing Virtue Literacy Through Stories, Tom Harrison, Ian Davison, Dan Hayes, Jenny Higgins
Character and service: Youth social action providers’
perspectives on character, Emma Taylor
How do gender norms influence the development of young people’s character?, Jen Lexmond
Spirituality and (or for) education, Prof. David Carr
A problem for moral education, Michael Hand
My 45-year journey as a moral and character education: Some of what I think I’ve learned, Prof. Tom Lickona
Learning outdoors and living well? A review of
curriculum possibilities in Scotland, Peter Allison & Malcolm Thorburn
Moral Sprouts, Owen Flanagan
Well-Doing: Personality and Virtue Reconsidered, Brian R. Little
Researching the Medical Profession: Lessons from the fields of Sociology and health services research, Dr Agnieszka Ignatowicz
Moral Dynamics and Military Ethics, Patrick Mileham
Individual Differences in Gratitude, Alex M. Wood
2013
Language Learning and the Development of Virtue, Ben Kotzee
Measuring Character and Values: What inspiration might we take from Psychology?, Dr. Blaire Morgan
The Nature of Law and the Role of the Lawyer, Michael Holdsworth
Experts and Elected Representatives in Public Policy-Making, Luca Badini Confalonieri
‘Why Virtue Ethics does not have a Problem with Right Action’, Prof. Julia Annas,
The Scientific Method in Education Research
Dan Hayes
Socratic dialogue and Aristotelian virtue, Wouter Sanderse
Positive Psychology and its Understanding of Virtues, Dr. Liz Gulliford
Character Across Context: Connecting my research on Army character and identity to character education in UK Schools, Dr David Walker
“I didn’t come into nursing because I really wanted to hold someone’s hand”: How do nurses learn to care at university? Dr Sandra Cooke
Flourishing: From Science to Policy, Felicia Huppert
2012
The Our Father and the Virtue of Gratitude, Dr. Kenneth Wilson
Un-Virtuous Reality? The Influence of the Internet on the Character Virtues 0f 11-14 year olds in England, Tom Harrison
Virtuous Professions and Organisations, James Arthur
Virtuous Professionals, Hywel Thomas
Positive psychology on happiness, virtue and virtue education, Kristján Kristjánsson