Commissioned by the international education network Fundación Parentes, the Thomas More Foundation is a developing collaboration of educators and academics who want to correct the UK’s relative lack of quality intellectual formation and humanities education. 

Recovering the idea of a liberal education, we believe, will be instrumental to reminding the UK audience of the humanities’ uniquely determinative role in intellectual formation. 

A liberal education emphasises the intrinsic value of study and becoming familiar with alternative perspectives throughout history and how they have come to shape the present discourse. It also emphasises the integration of knowledge across subjects rather than thinking of subjects as separate from one another. The enculturation and critical mindset offered by a secure formation in a liberal education is imperative to all walks of life. 

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Our developing Sixth-Form core course for intellectual and character formation using the socratic method. Click to learn more.

Expanding upon part of his previous article, Jack Thomson defends the relevance of theology to contemporary education, particularly in relation to overcoming the fact/value dichotomy that is characteristic of modern living. 

Read the report from our recent consultation on TMF's prospective postgraduate certificate in the history of ideas, detailing our 'concentric circles' strategy for progressively building towards a comprehensive postgraduate certificate.

Having recently attended a lecture at the Pascal Institute in Leiden delivered by Dr Paul Kanelos, the founder of the newly established University of Austin, Texas, Jack Thomson reflects on the importance of strong academic community and a tempered rationalism for the flourishing of a liberal arts university.