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Programmes for personal and vocational growth
Life is busy! Our flexible study programmes blend onsite and online learning to allow you to fit your study alongside other responsibilities.
Sarum offers postgraduate certificate, postgraduate diploma and a masters degree validated by the University of Winchester and the University of Durham Common Awards.
We bring together, in respectful conversation, scholars and practitioners from across the Christian churches and beyond.
We support our students to become the kinds of people who explore issues with intellectual and emotional knowledge; who can live with the language of poetry and metaphor as well as science and reason; who are able to allow the stranger to challenge any tentative conclusions; and who can stay both provisional and decided.
We encourage the Sarum learning community to apply their wisdom in the world, however that may be — vocational ministry, professional careers, social work, education or political life.
I was impressed by the opportunity students have to integrate their formal study with their life experience and personal concerns.
The quality and scale of feedback provided by the two main tutors is a real strength. It feels like evidence that this is a community of learners within which people are teaching each other (and where tutors are learning from students too).
— External Examiners, University of Winchester validated programmes
Sarum emphasises the aim of creating a Centre which has human flourishing at its core, and this is what we found.
— Ministry Division PER report
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Research degrees
Sarum collaborates with our validating partner, the University of Winchester, to supervise research degrees.
A great place to study
Enjoy the many resources of Sarum College in the wonderful setting of Cathedral Close in Salisbury.
For residential learning you stay in the College’s comfortable single bedrooms, mostly en-suite.
Lovely food is cooked and served on site, and the Common Room provides a bar and space for continued conversation into the evening.
Teaching rooms are well equipped, including for live-streamed events.
The library is well-stocked with access to a large catalogue of books and journals.
Staff provide you with pastoral and academic support when at college or at home, as well as teaching on the modules. Other experts supplement the teaching programme with specialist knowledge as required.
Taster Days
We run Taster Days to explore with our academic team a course of study to suit your interests, vocational and professional needs. This gives you a chance to discuss your interests and get a sense of the Sarum Learning Community.
Academic faculty members talk about the University of Winchester-validated programmes in these short videos:
Sarum College Principal James Woodward
Dr Ellie McLaughlin: Theology, Imagination and Culture Programmes
Dr. Karen O’Donnell: Christian Spirituality Programmes
Dr Jayme Reaves, Director of Academic Development
To schedule a visit to discuss postgraduate studies in Theology, Imagination and Culture or in Christian Spirituality, please email courses@sarum.ac.uk
To schedule a visit to discuss postgraduate studies in Theology, Ministry & Mission please contact Dr Beth Dodd
Audit a module
Postgraduate modules validated by the University of Winchester are open to everyone, so you may enrol on any course as an “auditor” without registering for an accredited programme such as the full MA. It’s a great way to explore a topic in-depth and get a sense of what postgraduate study is like. If it’s been awhile since you’ve cracked the books, this is an ideal way to test the waters!
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