Supporting Philosophy, Theology,
Please note that as of the 1st of August 2011 the Subject Centre for PRS entered a 5 month transition phase prior to its closure on the 31st of December 2011. Most pages on this website are no longer being updated, apart from resources from the last academic year's activities.
SC Funded Projects
The mini-projects below have all been funded by grants made available by the Subject Centre, and are listed sorted by date.
Beyond Belief: Teaching Religious Literature in a Secular Age
Nicky Hallett and Hugh Pyper
Department of Biblical Studies, Anglia Ruskin University
Start date: April 2011
Developing fieldwork in religious studies – possibilities and practicalities
Lynne Scholefield, Stephen E. Gregg
School of Theology, Philosophy and History - Theology, St Mary's University College
Start date: April 2011
The Community Religions Project at Leeds
Dr Seán McLoughlin & Dr Melanie Prideaux
Department of Theology & Religious Studies, University of Leeds
Start date: April 2011
Exploring Issues of Gender in the Disciplines of Theology and Religious Studies in Higher Education
Dr. Mathew Guest, Dr. Robert Song, Dr. Sonya Sharma,
Department of Theology, University of Durham
Start date: April 2011
Pilot study: writing to be read in the history of science, technology and medicine
James Sumner and Jeff Hughes
Centre for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, University of Manchester
Start date: April 2011
A Hand-e-Book of Practices for Philosophy Tutors
Dr Keith Crome, Ms Ruth Farrar
Department of Politics and Philosophy, Manchester Metropolitan University
Start date: April 2011
The Philosophy and Pedagogy Channel: An Archive of Best Practice
Ms. Lisa Clughen, Dr Ruth Griffin, Dr Patrick O’Connor
English, Culture and Communications, Anglia Ruskin University
Start date: April 2011
Learning through reflective dialogue: Assessing the effectiveness of feedback vivas
Dr Benjamin Franks, Dr Stuart Hanscomb
School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Glasgow
Start date: April 2011
Chiara Ambrosio and Catherine Jackson
Department of Science and Technology Studies, University College, London
Start date: April 2011
E‐Check – “Exams ‐ Comparing Handwritten Essays with those Composed on Keyboards”
Mike Purcell, Jessie Paterson and Nora Mogey
Faculty of Divinity, University of Edinburgh
Start date: April 2011
Exploring the Visual Culture of Victorian Physics
Iwan Rhys Morus
Department of History and Welsh History, Aberystwyth University
Start date: April 2011
‘The 10-Minute Puzzle’ Podcast
Federico Luzzi and Aidan McGlynn
Department of Philosophy, University of Aberdeen
Start date: April 2011
Professor Denise Cush
Study of Religions Department, Bath Spa University College
Start date: April 2011
Tomorrow’s Professionals: A Virtue Ethics Approach to Employability
Melanie Hall and Tefor Williams
School of Humanities and Social Sciences , University of Glamorgan
Start date: April 2011
Critical Thinking in Buddhist Studies
Kate Crosby
Department of the Study of Religions, School of Oriental & African Studies
Start date: April 2011
Engaging with Philosophy (Phase 2)
John Foster
Department of Philosophy, Lancaster University
Start date: July 2010
Prof Hugh S. Pyper & Dr James Crossley
Department of Biblical Studies, University of Sheffield
Start date: July 2010
A Kantian Topography: Mapping the 'Critique of Pure Reason'
Dr Susan A. J. Stuart & Dr Alex South
Department of Philosophy, University of Glasgow
Start date: July 2010
R3D: Understanding religious rights and religious discrimination
Professor Peter W Edge & Dr Dominic Corrywright
Westminster Institute of Education - Theology and Religious Studies, Oxford Brookes University
Start date: July 2010
The use of audio recordings of key texts in the teaching of early Christian history and theology
Dr. Morwenna Ludlow
Department of Theology, University of Exeter
Start date: July 2010
Sarah Honeychurch & Dr Steve Draper
Department of Philosophy, University of Glasgow
Start date: July 2010
Artefacts Of Ancient Judaism: A Teaching Site Utilizing Library Collections
Dr James Aitken & Dr Ben Outhwaite
Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge
Start date: July 2010
Teaching atheism and non-religion
Dr Stephen Bullivant
School of Theology, Philosophy and History - Theology, St Mary's University College
Start date: July 2010
Socratic Dialogue in Education
M. Altorf
School of Theology, Philosophy and History - Philosophy, St Mary's University College
Start date: July 2010
John Foster
Department of Philosophy, Lancaster University
Start date: November 2009
Dialogue as Form of Assessment
Dr. M. Altorf
School of Theology, Philosophy and History - Philosophy, St Mary's University College
Start date: July 2009
Supporting Student-led Academic Debate Across Diversities in Theology and Religious Studies
Katja Stuerzenhofecker (lead) & Richard Benda
Department of Religions & Theology, University of Manchester
Start date: July 2009
Living Religion: Facilitating Fieldwork Placements in Theology and Religious Studies
Catherine Robinson & Denise Cush
Study of Religions Department, Bath Spa University College
Start date: July 2009
‘Immortal goods’: critical friendships among beginning philosophers
Dr Brendan Larvor and Prof John Lippitt
Department of Philosophy, University of Hertfordshire
Start date: July 2009
Design of teaching materials informed by consideration of learning-impaired students
Laurence Goldstein
Department of Philosophy, University of Kent
Start date: July 2009
VLE Wiki as a philosophy assessment
Dr Juha Saatsi
Department of Philosophy, University of Leeds
Start date: July 2009
Prof. Gordon Lynch
Centre for Religion and Contemporary Society, Birkbeck, University of London
Start date: August 2008
Abstracta in Concreta: Engaging Museum Collections in PRS Research
Dr Victoria Harrison and Dr Philip Tonner
Department of Philosophy, University of Glasgow
Start date: August 2008
Theological Texts Reading Group
Dr Dave Clough
Department of Theology & Religious Studies, University of Chester
Start date: August 2008
British Postgraduate Philosophy Association (BPPA) Masterclass Series: Training and Continuation
Bob Clark and Rachael Wiseman
Department of Philosophy, University of York
Start date: August 2008
Midlands Philosophy Research Training Network
Dr Mark Addis and Prof. Helen Beebee
Faculty of Law, Humanities, Development and Society, Birmingham City University
Start date: August 2008
Mapping the Great Migrations of 395-476 and their Christian consequences
Dr Sara Parvis
Faculty of Divinity, University of Edinburgh
Start date: July 2008
Helping to bridge the gap? TRS
Dr Marion Bowman
Department of Religious Studies, Open University
Start date: July 2008
Prof John Lippitt and Dr Brendan Larvor
Department of Humanities, University of Hertfordshire
Start date: July 2008
Helping to bridge the gap? Philosophy
Dr Derek Matravers
Department of Philosophy, Open University
Start date: July 2008
Developing active and autonomous learning among philosophy students
Dr Keith Crome
Department of Politics and Philosophy, Manchester Metropolitan University
Start date: July 2008
Post graduate students in health sciences studying philosophy
Dr Stephen Timmons
School of Nursing, University of Nottingham
Start date: July 2008
Dr David Rose
Philosophical Studies, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Start date: July 2008
Revd. Canon Will Lamb
Chaplaincy, University of Sheffield
Start date: September 2007
Effective online learning in TRS: course design, learning objects and material transformation
Dr Alison Le Cornu
Westminster Institute of Education - Theology and Religious Studies, Oxford Brookes University
Start date: September 2006
Theology and Religious Studies: Contributing to Challenging the Frontiers of Electronic Learning
Angie Pears
Westminster Institute of Education - Theology and Religious Studies, Oxford Brookes University
Start date: September 2006
Stephen Timmons
School of Nursing, University of Nottingham
Start date: July 2006
Victoria Harrison
Department of Philosophy, University of Glasgow
Start date: July 2006
Dr John Foster
Department of Philosophy, Lancaster University
Start date: July 2006
Prof. Leslie Francis
Institute of Education, University of Warwick
Start date: July 2006
Richard Noake
School of Education and Theology, York St John College
Start date: July 2006
Subject to debate: an inter-departmental VLE for Religious Studies students
Brian Bocking
Department of the Study of Religions, School of Oriental & African Studies
Start date: July 2006
Knowledge and power in the Neo-Assyrian empire
Eleanor Robson and Karen Radner
Department for the History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge
Start date: July 2006
Development and Implementation of St Andrews Philosophy Online Distance-Learning Programme
Lisa Jones and Peter Clarke
Philosophy Department, University of St Andrews
Start date: July 2006
Automated Assessment and Out-of-class Small Group Discussions: Taking WebCT forward in Philosophy
Julia Tanney
Department of Philosophy, University of Kent
Start date: July 2006
Interactive mapping for teaching World Christianity
Sara Parvis
Faculty of Divinity, University of Edinburgh
Start date: July 2006
Pushing the boundaries: using and reusing electronic learning objects in TRS
Alison Le Cornu
Westminster Institute of Education - Theology and Religious Studies, Oxford Brookes University
Start date: July 2006
Core courses, critical thinking, and the reflective student
Dr Stuart Hanscomb
Crichton Campus, University of Glasgow
Start date: May 2006
Keith Crome
Department of Politics and Philosophy, Manchester Metropolitan University
Start date: May 2006
Dr Sue Roff
Department of Medical Education, University of Dundee
Start date: September 2005
Ethics, employability, and entrepreneurship in action
Prof. Simon Robinson
Applied Global Ethics, Leeds Metropolitan University
Start date: July 2005
Research in learning, teaching and assessment of deaf people using British Sign Language
Wayne Morris
Department of Theology & Religious Studies, University of Chester
Start date: July 2005
Evaluating the feasibility of a cross-institutional professional doctorate in practical theology
Zoe Bennett Moore
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University
Start date: September 2004
Subject support to meet diverse needs
Dr Deirdre Burke
School of Humanities, Languages and Social Studies, University of Wolverhampton
Start date: August 2004
Using Religious and Theological Studies
Stephen Pattison
School of Religious and Theological Studies, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
Start date: July 2004
Developing learning teaching and assessment strategy to include deaf people in TRS
Wayne Morris
Department of Theology & Religious Studies, University of Chester
Start date: July 2004
Creating web-based exercises for TRS students
Dr Robert Gleave
Department of Theology & Religious Studies, University of Bristol
Start date: July 2004
Introductory Formal Logic: Electronic Media
Dr Paul Tomassi
Department of Philosophy, University of Aberdeen
Start date: July 2003
Evaluating learning resources in teaching formal philosophical methods
Susan A. J. Stuart
Department of Philosophy, University of Glasgow
Start date: July 2002
Eleanor Jackson
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University
Start date: July 2002
Introductory Logic for Philosophy Students: Learning Resources, Teaching Methods, and Rationale
Helen Beebee
Centre for Philosophy, University of Manchester
Start date: July 2002
Tonie Stolberg
School of Education, University of Birmingham
Start date: July 2002
Critical thinking and the experience of international students on taught Masters Programmes
Zoe Bennet Moore
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University
Start date: July 2002
Report on A Project for the internet assisted teaching and learning of theoretical modules
Antony Hatzimoysis
Centre for Philosophy, University of Manchester
Start date: July 2001
Using Independent Study Groups with Philosophy Students
Katherine Hawley
Philosophy Department, University of St Andrews
Start date: July 2001
Diversifying assessment: survey and synthesis of advise from research
Louise Jarvis and Joe Cain
Department of Science and Technology Studies, University College, London
Start date: July 2001