The identity and core values of church colleges and universities in twenty-first-century Britain

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The main task of the research was to explore how Church Colleges and Universities perceive their identity and define their core values.  The main research instrument in the methodology was the in-depth interview, with use of a grounded theory approach to analyse the responses. The research was conducted in two parts.  A series of interviews of stakeholders was conducted at one church-related Higher Education Institution, from which some tentative conclusions were drawn about the identity and shared core values of the Church Colleges and Universities.  In the second part, the same interview format was repeated at four other Church Colleges and Universities, in order to explore whether there was any degree of commonality in the core values and identity of Church Colleges and Universities.  It was found that the Church Colleges and Universities are collectively value-rich, but they seem to be characterised more by individual distinctiveness than by a set of shared core values.  Nevertheless, a list of some widely shared core values has been derived from the research as well as a ‘long list’ of core values applicable to one or more of these institutions.

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