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
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
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
Project Overview The Virtuous Character for the Practice of Law research report was launched by Lord Neuberger, President of the Supreme Court, on Tuesday 25th November 2014, at the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. The project was designed to deepen understanding of the place of virtues and values in initial education,
Project Overview The Soldiers of Character research report was published on 3rd October 2018 and launched at the Royal United Services Institute, London. Complementing work by the Jubilee Centre about virtues in professional practice and public service, this report presents the findings of a rare empirical study of over 240 junior British
Project Overview The Virtuous Medical Practice research report was launched by Professor David Haslam, Chairman of the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence, on Wednesday 14th January 2015, at the Royal College of General Practitioners. This project investigated the place of character and virtues, training and professional practice in medicine in
Bringing Character to Life: Virtues in Nursing 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 Medicine, this publication led by Aidan Thompson and
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
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
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