Common Awards are qualifications for ordinands and lay ministers within the Church of England and its partners in the

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, Methodist, and

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churches.

Description

Before 2014, Theological Education Institutions (TEIs) within the Church of England had used local universities to validate their qualifications but since September 2014 they have been offering awards common across all institutions, validated by Durham University. The intention behind the move to Common Award was to offer greater coherence and consistency across training institutions. A wide variety of courses are offered at various levels of the

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(FHEQ): * Foundation Award in Theology, Ministry and Mission (FHEQ level 4; 60 credits) * Certificate of Higher Education in Theology, Ministry and Mission (FHEQ level 4; 120 credits) * Certificate of Higher Education in Christian, Ministry and Mission (FHEQ level 5; 180 credits) * Diploma of Higher Education in Theology, Ministry and Mission (FHEQ level 5; 240 credits) * BA in Theology, Ministry and Mission (FHEQ level 6; 360 credits) * Graduate Certificate in Theology, Ministry and Mission to postgraduate studies (FHEQ level 6; 60 credits) * Graduate Diploma in Theology, Ministry and Mission to postgraduate studies (FHEQ level 6; 120 credits) * Postgraduate Certificate in Theology, Ministry and Mission (FHEQ level 7; 60 credits) * Postgraduate Certificate in Chaplaincy Studies (FHEQ level 7; 60 credits) * Postgraduate Diploma in Theology, Ministry and Mission (FHEQ level 7; 120 credits) * Postgraduate Diploma in Chaplaincy Studies (FHEQ level 7; 120 credits) * MA in Theology, Ministry and Mission (FHEQ level 7; 180 credits) * MA in Chaplaincy Studies (FHEQ level 7; 180 credits) * MA in Contemporary Christian Leadership (FHEQ level 7; 180 credits)

Participating institutions

The Theological Education Institutes validated by Durham University on the Common Awards are: * All Saints Centre for Ministry and Mission,

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* Cumbria Christian Learning, Cumbria * Lincoln School of Theology, Lincoln * Lindisfarne College of Theology,

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* The Queen's Foundation, Birmingham *

Ripon College Cuddesdon Ripon College Cuddesdon is a Church of England theological college in Cuddesdon, a village outside Oxford, England. The College trains men and women for ministry in the Church of England: stipendiary, non-stipendiary, local ordained and lay min ...

, Oxfordshire *

St Mellitus College St Mellitus College is an English theological college established in 2007 by the Diocese of London and the Diocese of Chelmsford of the Church of England. It has campuses in Earl's Court, Chelmsford, Liverpool and Plymouth, with growing links wit ...

, London *

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St Augustine's College of Theology St Augustine's College of Theology is a non-residential Anglican theological college in the Southeast of England. Founded in 1994 as the South East Institute for Theological Education (SEITE), the college trains men and women for ordained and lay ...

, West Malling, Kent * South West Ministry Training Course,

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Trinity College Trinity College may refer to: Australia * Trinity Anglican College, an Anglican coeducational primary and secondary school in , New South Wales * Trinity Catholic College, Auburn, a coeducational school in the inner-western suburbs of Sydney, New ...

with

Bristol Baptist College Baptists Together (officially The Baptist Union of Great Britain) is a Baptist Christian denomination in England and Wales. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance and Churches Together in England. The headquarters is in Didcot. Hi ...

, Bristol *

Wycliffe Hall, Oxford Wycliffe Hall is a Church of England theological college and a permanent private hall of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is named after the Bible translator and reformer John Wycliffe, who was master of Balliol College, O ...

(until 2022) * Yorkshire Theological Education Partnership * South Central Theological Education Institution, Guildford, Oxford, Salisbury and Winchester *

Scottish Episcopal Institute The Scottish Episcopal Institute (SEI) is the theological college of the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Anglican church in Scotland. It provides training and theological education to those preparing for lay and ordained ministries in the Scottish ...

* The

Eastern Region Ministry Course The Eastern Region Ministry Course (ERMC), based in Cambridge, is a part-residential theological training course which offers initial ministerial training on behalf of the Church of England. It used to offer this for the Methodist Church in Britai ...

, Cambridge * Luther King Centre, Manchester * St Padarn's Institute, Llandaff * Emmanuel Theological College, Liverpool and the north west

References

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External links

Common Awards
at Durham University
Ministry Division
of the Church of England Church of England Professional education in England Durham University Educational qualifications in the United Kingdom Christian education in the United Kingdom