SC Funded Projects

The mini-projects below have all been funded by grants made available by the Subject Centre, and cover the areas of theology and/or religious studies.


Abstracta in Concreta: Engaging Museum Collections in PRS Research

Dr Victoria Harrison and Dr Philip Tonner

Department of Philosophy, University of Glasgow


Alternative Assessment Methods: An Analysis of the presentation as used within the Religious and Philosophical Subject Area

Eleanor Jackson

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University


Beyond Belief: Teaching Religious Literature in a Secular Age

Nicky Hallett and Hugh Pyper

Department of Biblical Studies, Anglia Ruskin University


Creating web-based exercises for TRS students

Dr Robert Gleave

Department of Theology & Religious Studies, University of Bristol


Creativity in teaching

Richard Noake

School of Education and Theology, York St John College


Critical thinking and the experience of international students on taught Masters Programmes

Zoe Bennet Moore

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University


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


Developing learning teaching and assessment strategy to include deaf people in TRS

Wayne Morris

Department of Theology & Religious Studies, University of Chester


Digitising BACRA

Professor Denise Cush

Study of Religions Department, Bath Spa University College


E‐Check – “Exams ‐ Comparing Handwritten Essays with those Composed on Keyboards”

Mike Purcell, Jessie Paterson and Nora Mogey

Faculty of Divinity, University of Edinburgh


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


Evaluating the feasibility of a cross-institutional professional doctorate in practical theology

Zoe Bennett Moore

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University


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


Faiths in Creation

James Hanvey

Department of Philosophy, Heythrop College


Helping to bridge the gap? TRS

Dr Marion Bowman

Department of Religious Studies, Open University


Inter-faith tandem learning

Revd. Canon Will Lamb

Chaplaincy, University of Sheffield


Interactive mapping for teaching World Christianity

Sara Parvis

Faculty of Divinity, University of Edinburgh


Knowledge and power in the Neo-Assyrian empire

Eleanor Robson and Karen Radner

Department for the History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge


Living Religion: Facilitating Fieldwork Placements in Theology and Religious Studies

Catherine Robinson & Denise Cush

Study of Religions Department, Bath Spa University College


Mapping the Great Migrations of 395-476 and their Christian consequences

Dr Sara Parvis

Faculty of Divinity, University of Edinburgh


Mind Mapping Project

Victoria Harrison

Department of Philosophy, University of Glasgow


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


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


Research in learning, teaching and assessment of deaf people using British Sign Language

Wayne Morris

Department of Theology & Religious Studies, University of Chester


Subject to debate: an inter-departmental VLE for Religious Studies students

Brian Bocking

Department of the Study of Religions, School of Oriental & African Studies


Supporting Student-led Academic Debate Across Diversities in Theology and Religious Studies

Katja Stuerzenhofecker (lead) & Richard Benda

Department of Religions & Theology, University of Manchester


Teaching atheism and non-religion

Dr Stephen Bullivant

School of Theology, Philosophy and History - Theology, St Mary's University College


The Community Religions Project at Leeds

Dr Seán McLoughlin & Dr Melanie Prideaux

Department of Theology & Religious Studies, University of Leeds


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


Theological Texts Reading Group

Dr Dave Clough

Department of Theology & Religious Studies, University of Chester


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


Using Religious and Theological Studies

Stephen Pattison

School of Religious and Theological Studies, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff