Our FdA & BA and MA programmes are designed  to

• educate students critically, constructively and confidently with the resources and norms of Christian tradition, belief and practice, in relationship with other belief systems;
• train students to exercise an informed and reflective ministry marked by wisdom, commitment and a capacity for collaboration; &
• form students to participate responsibly in the mission of the Church by integrating learning within the particularities and complexities of their own communities, as well as the wider church and world.

We aim to provide professional training that meets the criteria of our sponsoring churches and helps prepare students for public ministry by:

• educating students about the resources of theological study and reflection, and encouraging them to engage critically with these resources in their ministerial practice;
• equipping students to become skilled and reflective practitioners, whose professional conduct is marked by wisdom, empathy and compassion and exemplified in a capacity for collaboration and a commitment to the growth and wellbeing of others;
• extending students’ experiences of the Christian faith, providing opportunities for them to encounter other traditions and faiths, and to work in unfamiliar contexts;
• developing students’ understanding of the importance of context in theological reflection, so that they can serve as ministers who can hold the particularities of the situations in which they are placed alongside an appreciation of the resources of Christian faith;
• enhancing student’s skills as pastors, preachers and worship-leaders, and nurturing their own prayer lives and spiritual formation;
• establishing habits of lifelong learning, and providing opportunities and resources for ongoing theological reflection in diverse ministerial contexts.