We are delighted that one of our sponsored doctoral students, Andrew Dunlop, has completed his PhD project. We congratulate Andrew on this huge achievement. The title of his dissertation is: Catholicity and Connection: an ecclesiological framework for the mixed ecology discerned through research in an Anglican team ministry. His abstract follows: The mixed ecology is […]
Methodist School leadership – project report
We’re delighted to release a project report by Dr Anthony Thorpe, SWF Research Associate, entitled Methodist school leadership and governance: mission and workforce equality and diversity. Executive summary: The project explored the concept and discourse of leadership and governance in Methodist schools and related organisations in England with particular reference to the purpose of the […]
Chaplaincy and the Church research project
The Susanna Wesley Foundation (SWF) is launching a new research project into chaplaincy and the Church. The project will look to map the current chaplaincy landscape in terms of understanding of chaplaincy and its primary contexts. As part of this, we will explore how chaplaincy is defined, trained for, and credentialed, as well as considering […]
Grants for project funding
The Southlands Methodist Trust (SMT) is a charity of the Methodist Church in Britain, which, through the auspices of the Susanna Wesley Foundation, supports research of significance to Church and Society. During the summer of 2025, the SMT will be awarding a number of grants of up to £5,000 to support individuals or groups within […]
Celebrating the Susanna Wesley Foundation
On 26th March, we gathered for an exhibition, symposium and dinner to mark ten years of the Susanna Wesley Foundation. The exhibition, entitled Remarkable Women: making a difference in education, featured portraits of leaders from Southlands College history. The symposium was around the theme of Learning to Make a Difference, and included posters from recent […]
Chaplaincy Podcast mention
A recent episode of the ‘Chaplaincy Chain‘ podcast drew on SWF research by Sue Miller and Christopher Stephens. The podcast, which is a joint project of the Free Churches Group and the Methodist Church, explores chaplaincy from a variety of angles. In this episode, Kristin Aune and Sally Nash discussed the importance of research into […]
HE Chaplaincy – research presentation
“if a university chaplain organises an event but nobody turns up….was it a failure?’ This was the opening question of a session entitled ‘What’s it worth? Impact in HE chaplaincy’ and posed by Christopher Stephens and Sue Miller to university chaplains at their annual CHELG (Chaplains in Higher Education Liaison Group) conference. Questions, too, around […]
On the Move: World Methodist Conference
In August, Sue Miller and Emma Pavey of the Susanna Wesley Foundation joined Head of Southlands College Christopher Stephens and around 2,000 others at the World Methodist Conference in Gothenburg, Sweden, a global gathering of Methodist-Wesleyan denominations that happens every 5 years. The theme was ‘On the Move’, divided into days around ‘pilgrimage’, ‘migration’ and […]