Gratitude and Related Character Virtues
Project Overview The Gratitude and Related Character Virtues project extends the Centre’s An Attitude for Gratitude project, by examining, both theoretically and empirically, how gratitude relates to four other virtues: generosity, compassion, forgiveness and humility. This project formed part of the larger mission of the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues to work in partnership with schools and professional bodies […]
Give Thanks – Give Back
Project Overview The Give Thanks – Give Back project explored young people’s awareness and understanding of the virtue of gratitude and what things they are personally grateful for and why. It also explored creative ways young people can make a positive voluntary contribution by ‘giving back’ to their local community. This report details the findings of the […]
Good Neighbours in A Good Neighbourhood?
Project Overview The Good Neighbours in a Good Neighbourhood? project sought to discover and nurture a culture of gratitude within a community on an outer estate in East Birmingham. The project explored what people in the community were grateful for across different domains of gratitude, for example ‘places’. The project employed a variety of creative interventions with […]
Virtue, Practical Wisdom & Professional Education
Project Overview The Virtue, Practical Wisdom and Professional Education research report was published on 8th December 2017. The report describes the methods employed in developing, implementing, and piloting a new online intervention, entitled Character in the Professions, which was designed to introduce the concepts of character, virtue, and practical wisdom (phronesis) to student lawyers, doctors, and teachers, to […]
Is Gratitude the Parent of All Virtues?
The Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues has undertaken significant research into the virtue of gratitude, with its flagship study An Attitude for Gratitude being the largest ever exploration of the British public’s perception of gratitude. The Jubilee Centre has also undertaken work in the community, considered links between gratitude and service, and extended its […]
Bringing Character to Life: Virtues in Medicine
Bringing Character to Life: Virtues in Medicine is one of two publications in the Bringing Character to Life infographic series which highlighted the issues and pressures related to healthcare provisions during the coronavirus pandemic. Alongside the Bringing Character to Life: Virtues in Nursing, this publication led by Aidan Thompson and Andrew Maile, focusses on repackaging […]
Bringing Character to Life: Virtues in Teaching
Bringing Character to Life: Virtues in Teaching is another entry in the Bringing Character to Life infographics series. The infographic series has been led by Director of Strategic Initiatives Aidan Thompson and Research Fellow Andrew Maile and focusses on repackaging the Centre’s work on virtue in the professions. The aim is to highlight the key messages from the research in […]
Bringing Character to Life: Virtues in Law
The Bringing Character to Life infographic series has been led by Director of Strategic Initiatives Aidan Thompson and Research Fellow Andrew Maile and focusses on repackaging the Centre’s work on virtue in the professions. The aim is to highlight the key messages from the research in a way that is accessible and easy to apply in practice – be it […]