Dr. Jacqueline Wilkinson

Jacqui Wilkinson B.Ed. (hons) M.Litt, MA, PhD is Director of the Church of Ireland Centre and Assistant Professor of Religious Education in the DCU Institute of Education. Her subject area is Religious Education. A key element of her position is the co-ordination and delivery of  the Church of Ireland Religious Education Certificate to students studying for the BEd. degree and to teachers employed in Church of Ireland schools. She also suppports schools in their teaching of RE through the provision of resources and CPD courses. 

Jacqui is a qualified primary school teacher and has taught in a variety of school settings. She is also the editor  of Follow Me, the primary school Religious Education programme taught in schools under the patronage of the Church of Ireland, Methodist Church and Presbyterian Church. This programme is currently being revised and digitalised in a five year project commissioned by the Church of Ireland.  Jacqui previously lectured in the Church of Ireland College of Education from 2011 and has lectured in DCU since 2016. She became Director of the Church of Ireland Centre in the Institute of Education on 1 September 2026.

Her lecturing and research interests include curriculum development in Religious Education,  working with scripture in Religious Education, church school assemblies, spirituality in schools and the ethos and identity of church schools. She was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the University of Leicester in 2022 for her research entitled 'The Ethos of the Church of Ireland primary school: The Student Voice'.

In July 2023 Jacqui was awarded the title of Visiting Fellow in Anglican Education Studies in Lincoln Bishop University. There she is a member of the World Religions and Education Research Unit. In July 2024 Jacqui became an associate member of ISREV (The International Seminar on Religious Education and Values).

Jacqui is based in the Church of Ireland Centre (CIC) on All Hallows' Campus, DCU and is in the DCU School of Human Development.