Nidderdale academic receives honorary doctorate". The Stray Ferret. 26 October 2021 . Retrieved 6 November 2021. I am sorry to and for our affected colleagues, but we will do everything in our power to support them in this period. alphafoxtrotalpha1 (24 August 2010), Ian Rankine's Evil Thoughts: 1/7 , retrieved 2 December 2018 {{ citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link) Vardy attended the Chorister School in Durham (1956–1961) [2] and Durham School. [3] Business interests [ edit ]

Charlotte Elizabeth VARDY personal appointments – Find and update company information – GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk . Retrieved 2 December 2021.Vardy took control of the family's Ford car dealership in 1976 after the death of his father who had founded the business. He expanded the business from one dealership in the northeast of England with six staff, to a group of more than 100 dealerships with over 6,000 staff. [ citation needed] Sir Peter Vardy introduces Safe Families movement to North East England". The Journal. 8 June 2013. Archived from the original on 22 November 2019. I am delighted to work with our current brand partners BMW, Mini, Jaguar Land Rover, and Porsche, with whom I have had a longstanding relationship of more than three decades, while also exploring mutually beneficial solutions for other OEMs. Ward, Rodney A. (1995). "The Reception of Søren Kierkegaard into English". The Expository Times. 107/2 (2): 43–47. doi: 10.1177/001452469510700204. S2CID 169161771.

Whilst at Heythrop, he served on the University of London's Board of Theology (1990–1993). [7] Vardy served as President of the London Society for the Study of Religion from 1996 to 1998 [7] and remained a member until at least 2007 when the Society celebrated its centenary. [13] Kehoe, Bernadette. "Alumni say 'farewell' as Heythrop prepares to close". The Tablet . Retrieved 2 December 2018. Our aim is to be the Best Place to Work and the Best Place to Buy, with us winning awards in both areas in recent years. Following the Covid Pandemic it has never been more important to look after our colleagues with our focus being our their Mental, Physical, Financial and Spiritual Wellbeing. Each one of our 1100 colleagues are given a Mental Health MOT and access to fully qualified team of counsellors. This year see’s the launch of Net Better Off for our colleagues, with access to a range of benefits which are chosen by them to meet the needs of their lifestyles. de Waal, Victor (July 2007). "The Centenary of the London Society for the Study of Religion: Friedrich von Hügel, Claude Montefiore and Their Friends". Theology. 110 (856, 2007): 251–259. doi: 10.1177/0040571X0711000403. S2CID 221072658. Following the sale of Reg Vardy plc, the Vardy Group of Companies was launched in Durham, comprising the Vardy Property Group, led by his elder son Richard, and Peter Vardy Ltd, a new motor group established in Scotland and led by his other son, Peter Vardy Jnr [4] [5] Awards and recognition [ edit ]He is a director of the Durham and Tees Valley Community Rehabilitation Company, [ citation needed] which has set up a charity called ARCC, [17] to support the Probation Service's work in the north east. Commenting on his latest appointment, he added: ‘I have tremendous respect for what Peter and his team have accomplished thus far and for the energy, ambition, values, and passion that permeate the business. Vardy has been awarded several business and industry awards, [ which?] as well as an honorary doctorate in Business Administration (University of Sunderland, 1995) [6] and an honorary Doctorate of Laws (Eastern University of Philadelphia, USA, 2009). He received a knighthood for services to education in the Queen's Birthday Honours List of 2001, [7] as well being appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear in 2002 [8] and the Freedom of the City of Sunderland [9] in 2011. Hexham Courant | News | News at a Glance | Charity is branching out". Archived from the original on 2 January 2014 . Retrieved 2 January 2014. , Charity is branching out, Hexham Courant, 25 December 2013 Evans, Jules and Vardy, Peter (28 November 2014). ‘Take ethics out of the classroom and you just make robots for the production line', Philosophy for Life, 28 November 2014.

Our industry is undergoing significant changes, which will undoubtedly present opportunities as smaller operators seek to exit and only the most capable large operators thrive. Freedom of the City for Sir Bob Murray and Sir Peter Vardy - Sunderland Echo". 18 November 2018. Archived from the original on 18 November 2018. Vardy was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Theology by the University of Chichester in October 2021, in recognition of his work in promoting the study of Religious Studies, Philosophy and Ethics and Values Education. [31] Dialogue Australasia Network [ edit ] Since 2010 Vardy has campaigned against the introduction of the English Baccalaureate, which he argues has led to a decline in numbers taking religious studies. [27] He views philosophy of religion as an exercise in exploring the terms left undefined by theology (such as "God" and "soul") and encouraging humility. [28] Education is a way to help young people become fully human, in his view, or good in the Aristotelian sense. [29] He described the approach in his books "What is Truth?" (2001) and "Being Human" (2003), and in a paper, "Becoming Fully Human", for Dialogue Australasia in 2007. [30]This follows the groups recent appointment as the sole distributor in Scotland for the new Ora brand, Great Wall Motor’s premium pure electric vehicles. Vardy trained as a chartered accountant, becoming a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (FCA) in 1967. [1] He ran management-training sessions for the National Westminster Bank and Swiss Bank Corporation, [7] and was the chairman of H. Young Holdings plc from 1979 to 1983. At the age of 30, Vardy began to study theology, receiving a BA from the University of Southampton in 1979 and a PGCE (a teaching qualification) from the West Sussex Institute of Higher Education in 1980. He was awarded a master's degree in theology from King's College London in 1982, [1] and a PhD in theology in 1984, also from King's, for a thesis entitled The concept of eternity. [9] Academic career [ edit ]