2026 Professional Doctorate Summer School

Date & Time: July 6, 2026 – July 7, 2026

Location: High Leigh, Lord Street, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire EN11 8SG

We will be gathering in person at High Leigh.  The summer school is from 2pm Monday 6 July – 2 pm Tuesday 7 July.  

We are delighted to confirm our keynote speaker as Revd Dr David Kirk Beedon, whose work reflects the main conference theme, and will also be able to share expert insight on professional doctorate journeys having published his own DProf research after its successful conclusion: Pastoral Care for the Incarcerated (Palgrave-MacMillan, 2022).  The keynotes will take as their themes ‘Penal Power and the Common Good’ and ‘Pastorally Dwelling in Lands of Lament: Seeking hopeful practices for desperate times and places’.

This event is for students working for a Professional Doctorate in Practical Theology through Anglia Ruskin University/The Cambridge Theological Federation; University of Birmingham; University of Chester; Glasgow University; University of Roehampton

Full programme details are available here.  

Refunds: The Summer School organisers cannot guarantee a refund in light of any cancellation. In most circumstances, however, we will endeavour to offer a fair refund proportionate to financial commitments of organising the conference. 

Until 31 May: For the Summer School we will normally offer a refund of £90 (i.e. the ticket cost minus a £50 non-refundable deposit in order to cover costs already committed to).

From 1 June: For the Summer School we will normally offer a refund of £30, owing to costs already committed to.