David Faulkner explores NE family companies - with specific reference to Ringtons, Barbour and Fenwick. The importance of family businesses to the UK economy, their particular features, and detailed examples of the origin and development of three important local family businesses based in the North...

What does it mean to live a good life? In this half-day course, we explore key ethical traditions—such as virtue ethics, utilitarianism, and Kantian ethics—and apply them to real-life dilemmas. Participants engage in a reflective exercise on personal integrity and write a personal ethics statement....

Keith Jewitt discusses the fate of northern monasteries in the dark times of Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell.

This half-day course turns outward to explore our roles in community and society. Drawing on ideas from political philosophy and social ethics, participants consider different visions of justice, fairness, and collective well-being. Real-life issues—such as inequal- ity or civic responsibility—bring theory into practice. A listening...

In our final half-day course, we bring together key ideas from the series to reflect on what it means to live with wisdom and intention. Participants explore insights from global traditions and write a brief personal philosophy to carry forward. The course concludes with a...