Jane Leach
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Jane Leach | |
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| Principal of Wesley House | |
| Assumed office September 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University of Oxford University of Nottingham |
| Profession | Minister and theologian |
Jane Leach is a British Methodist minister and academic, who specialises in pastoral theology. Since September 2011, she has served as Principal of Wesley House, a Methodist theological college in Cambridge.[1] She was also President of the Cambridge Theological Federation from 2015 to 2016.[2]
Leach grew up in the village of River, on the outskirts of Dover, and attended the Dover Grammar School for Girls. Leach has degrees in history and theology.[2] She read history at the University of Oxford. She then trained for ordained ministry at Wesley House, a Methodist theological college in Cambridge,[2] while reading theology at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. She undertook postgraduate research at Nottingham, completing her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1997.[3][4] Her doctoral thesis was titled "The appeal of faith development theory: a sociological perspective".[4]