ADDITIONAL INFORMATION I
Research Centres
Research Centres
The Research Centres form part of the structure of the Graduate School with several key aims: supporting staff participating in research and scholarly activities through the development of an inclusive culture and progressive environment; supporting the achievement of research excellence through focused growth, collaboration and development of applied research across the university and, where appropriate, with external partners; and developing opportunities to secure external sources of research funding that will expand the range of current research activities. The Research Centres contribute to ensuring students are taught by excellent researchers and course content remains at the forefront of developments in the subject area.
The Centre for Community and Social Justice
At the heart of Birmingham Newman University’s values and ethos lies a commitment to the principles of social justice, and the common good. The core purpose of this interdisciplinary Centre for Community and Social Justice, therefore, is to bring together diverse communities to think critically about relations of power, social inequities and injustices in order to create a more inclusive, equal and democratic society. The Centre encourages external communities and organisations to join academic staff and students to research collaboratively and to disseminate knowledge in order to combat social injustices for the wider social good.
Humanities Research Centre
The Centre aims to promote research excellence and foster relationships between scholars in all of the University’s departments across the Humanities. Each year, the Centre has a number of key focal points for research while facilitating other internal and external collaborations. The Humanities Research Centre is a vibrant community made up of staff and postgraduate students from Drama, English, History and Theology; it also includes colleagues from other disciplines who work in Humanities related areas.
Newman Institute for Leadership in Education (NILE)
NILE is a hub for a growing network of services offered by the Faculty of Education at Birmingham Newman University. It will be of interest to those involved in leadership in early years settings, schools, colleges and universities. In particular those involved in pastoral care leadership, pedagogic leadership and faith-based leadership will find this research centre valuable. NILE activities include research-based seminars and workshops. NILE is also well-positioned and able to offer expertise in research and consultancy.
Key thematic foci underpinning the research agenda in NILE are:
• pedagogic leadership • leading and managing faith-based education • multi-professional educational management and leadership
• inclusive leadership models • leadership and management in all phases of education (early years, school, college, university) • pastoral care leadership
The Bible and its Reception Research Centre Birmingham Newman’s Research Centre for the Bible and its Reception engages with the academic study of the Jewish and Christian Bible, its later reception (in art, music, literature and culture) and its relevance to contemporary society. The primary research interests of the Centre’s staff include literary readings of the Bible, the Bible in art and visual culture, and early Jewish and early Christian biblical interpretation and study of its early textual forms.
The multicultural region of the West Midlands, in which Birmingham Newman is situated, is an ideal location for the exploration of the sacred texts of three of the world’s major religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) which interconnect in so many ways. The research centre is located within the Theology subject area, providing opportunities for research students to network with scholars of international standing and to benefit from engagement with an active research culture.
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