Value, Neurodiversity and Education: SWF Community Gathers in Rome Members of the Susanna Wesley Foundation and the Southlands Methodist Trust recently took part in a significant international gathering in Rome exploring disability, neurodiversity and theological formation. The conference, Value, Neurodiversity and Education: Reflecting with Edith Stein, was led by Cristina Gangemi, Co-Director of The Kairos Forum […]
Susanna Wesley Fellows
We were delighted to be joined in recent weeks by our first Susanna Wesley Fellows, visiting scholars who benefited from a period researching and writing up their project hosted by the Susanna Wesley Foundation at the University of Roehampton. View the video below to learn more about the Rev’d Hilde-Marie Øgreid and Kari Hay and […]
The Rev’d Dr Andrew Dunlop
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 […]
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 […]