Global Innovations for Character Development Platform
The Jubilee Centre is the lead partner of the Global Innovations for Character Development (GICD) Platform which offers capacity building support to Templeton World Charity Foundation (TWCF) grant-funded projects primarily located in low- and middle-income countries. The Centre works alongside partners in the USA at the Institute for Research on Youth Thriving and Evaluation at […]
Virtuous Practice in Nursing
The Virtuous Practice in Nursing research report was published on 28th September 2017. Drawing on insights from nursing departments, students, and practitioners, this interdisciplinary report is designed to deepen understanding of the place of virtues and values in the initial education, training and subsequent professional practice in nursing. Summary of Key Findings Summary of Key Recommendations Project Overview […]
NewsWise in Primary Education: News Literacy and Civic Engagement
Project Funder: The Nuffield Foundation Project Overview This project was an investigation of news literacy and civic engagement in 9-11-year-olds in the UK. It also included an evaluation of the impact of NewsWise, a news and digital literacy programme. This project was undertaken in collaboration with NewsWise, The Guardian Foundation, the National Literacy Trust and […]
Character Virtues in Business & Finance
Project Overview The Character Virtues in Business and Finance research report was launched on 27th September 2017 at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, London. Drawing on insights from business schools, students, and practitioners, the interdisciplinary report examines character and virtues in the business and finance professions, and the extent to which such students and […]
Framework for Virtue-Based Professional Ethics
Project Overview This Framework offers a virtue-based approach to professional ethics. It is intended to initiate discussion, contribute to the creation of codes of ethics, facilitate excellence in professional decision-making, and inform professional education programmes. A virtue-based approach to professional ethics emphasises the role of practical wisdom (phronesis) in the ethical decision-making of professionals. It focuses on virtuous leadership and the […]
The Good Teacher
Project Overview The Good Teacher report was launched by The Right Honourable The Baroness Morris of Yardley on Friday 27th February 2015 at the City of Birmingham Council House. This report describes research that focused on virtues and character in teaching. The research explored the virtues that the good teacher might need and the role […]
Virtues in Career Decision Making
Project Overview Building Your Best Life: A Workbook for Character and Career Development Foreword written by Prof AC Grayling, and Afterword by National Careers Service, West Midlands. In this workbook, you will embark on a journey of self-discovery and career exploration, using your character strengths as your guide. The workbook is free for anyone to […]
Character Education Pedagogies: What works, where and why?
Project Overview The Character Education Pedagogies research project began in January 2021 and reviewed the Centre’s existing character education resources and research data with a particular focus on what pedagogical approaches were used. This analysis enabled the research team to produce a comprehensive database of pedagogical approaches for character education that included both caught, taught and sought strategies. The […]
Phronesis
Project Overview The Psychological Development of Character: Emotion, Identity and Phronesis project aimed to investigate the factors that motivate moral action in adolescents. Specifically, the project focussed on the ‘gappiness problem’; addressing what bridges the gap between virtue literacy (knowledge of virtues) and virtuous moral action (acting in a virtuous way). Existing theories of moral action suggest […]
Civic Virtues Through Service to Others
Project Overview The Civic Virtues Through Service to Others project draws from and extends the Centre’s work to date on civic virtue, service and youth social action. Using service as a prism for exploring civic virtues in young people’s lives the project examines the meaning of civic virtue in contemporary public life and education in the UK. […]