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Mark Hutchinson

I studied music at the University of York to doctoral level, specialising in composition, contemporary music and music analysis, and oboe and piano performance. My book 'Coherence in New Music: Experience, Aesthetics, Analysis' (Ashgate, 2016) uses creative metaphors and ideas taken from a variety of different disciplines to analyse recent music from the classical tradition. As a lecturer at York my teaching focusses on piano performance, contemporary music, and modules focussing on the intersection of music, society and philosophy. I'm really excited when I find contemporary music and art which reflects on the realities of the modern world in a way that honours God's gifts of creativity.
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Technology, inclusion, community

Image: my laptop – I’ve been spending a lot of time here lately… Over the past term, I have been joining educators around the country in getting to grips with new ways of teaching. I’ve been learning the skills of video-editing and web design, finding out about theories of e-learning, Read more

By Mark Hutchinson, 5 yearsJuly 27, 2020 ago
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Time to grow?

Like many who are not schoolteachers, NHS staff or other key workers, in these recent weeks I have been getting used to spending most of my time at home, getting very acquainted with Zoom and the various tools we are using for online teaching at the university where I work. Read more

By Mark Hutchinson, 5 yearsMay 5, 2020 ago
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Full time, big time… God’s time?

A few months ago I passed a milestone in my own post-PhD academic life, by starting a full-time academic contract. For several years I’d been juggling two part-time contracts at neighbouring universities, adding up to roughly full-time hours and with a higher than usual concentration of teaching, so in terms Read more

By Mark Hutchinson, 6 yearsFebruary 10, 2020 ago
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Intellectual servanthood

Intellectual servanthood ‘Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.”’ Mark 9:35 ‘“Suppose one of you has a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Will he say to the servant when he comes Read more

By Mark Hutchinson, 6 yearsNovember 5, 2019 ago
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Faith-in-Scholarship

Pedagogues or parents?

Looking outside as I write this, I see that the nights are drawing in and there’s the beginnings of a chill in the air, which can mean only one thing: autumn term is nearly upon us. Inevitably, then, the minds of many academics will fast be turning away from ongoing Read more

By Mark Hutchinson, 6 yearsSeptember 10, 2019 ago
Mistakes highlighted in red
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Critical thinking and grace

In this post I’d like to reflect on a tension that I consider to be quite widespread within academia. ‘Critical thinking’ is often extolled as one of the core virtues necessary for the intellectual life: much university-level teaching is geared towards developing this skill, and it is viewed as foundational Read more

By Mark Hutchinson, 6 yearsJuly 9, 2019 ago
Tools and plans
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Future planning and God’s will

‘Where do you see yourself in five years’ time?’ It’s a classic interview question – and one which I’m very glad I’ve not (yet) been asked. Have you ever been tempted to answer it with ‘If it is the Lord’s will, I will live and do this or that’ (James Read more

By Mark Hutchinson, 6 yearsMay 20, 2019 ago
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The vine and the branches

As we approach the most significant point in the Christian calendar – the weekend where we remember the sacrificial death and glorious resurrection of Jesus, our saviour – it is good to return to some of the core truths that he taught about himself whilst on earth. I’ve been struck recently Read more

By Mark Hutchinson, 6 yearsApril 17, 2019 ago
Citizenship
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Critical engagement and academic citizenship

For the next in our series of posts on skills for Christian academics, I wanted to revisit one aspect of last week’s excellent post by Will Allchorn on ‘engaging in debate and controversy’. Will presented Dr Andrew Basden’s LACE framework for Christians engaging in academic debates – Listen, Affirm, Critique, Enrich. Read more

By Mark Hutchinson, 8 yearsNovember 13, 2017 ago
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Cross-cultural teaching

In my work as a lecturer over the past year, I’ve had the privilege of working particularly closely with students from a number of different nationalities and cultures. This has been especially exciting for me because it fits into a lifelong love for other languages and other places. As a Read more

By Mark Hutchinson, 8 yearsJune 19, 2017 ago

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    Great stuff as always, Rocky! Amazing how important scripture is, always keep the armour of God on!

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    Interesting, informative and thought provoking. As always!

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    very thoughtful, I'll share with a friend who I feel will benefit from this

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    Thanks Rocky .. a important reminder of what Paul urges us 'to be aware of Satan schemes' .. 'that he…

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    Good read

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