Artificial thinking?
The revolution being brought about by generative artificial intelligence (“genAI”) is a …
Childlike faith?
As we enter the last few days of Advent, those with good memories may recall that this time last yea…
If AI heeded a neighbour…
A guest post by Mark Gilbert In the parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37), two upstanding me…
A degree of critical thinking
What are universities for? There may be more answers to this question than there are academics in a…
Vision and revision: listening to T.S. Eliot
T.S. Eliot's poetry can give us not only aesthetic pleasure or academic challenge, but real pathways…
Reforming Economics?
“If it is to be governed essentially by the ground motive of the Christian religion, a scientific pr…
Pride and Jealousy, in Academia and Elsewhere
A guest post by Prof. Paulo Ribeiro Pride and jealousy are both complex emotions, but they differ in…
A Reformational perspective on manuscript studies?
This year, I’ve been doing my research at a noted respository of medieval manuscripts – …
Having an Alma Mater
This is the text of a sermon I preached at our university chapel recently (with slight modifications…
No Statistics in the Kingdom of God?
I’d like to share a great blog post by Adam Mastroianni at Experimental History. Entitled R…
‘Men of ability’ and the incarnate Christ
I’ve recently been trying to learn more poetry off by heart. We were required to do this once …
God with us
For me, the season of Advent expectation this year comes hot on the heels of a new arrival within my…
How Well Can AI Work, and Why?
Andrew Basden concludes his series on a Christian understanding of artificial intelligence. My first…
Why are Humans Important in AI?
Andrew Basden continues his exploration of artificial intelligence. AI (artificial intelligence) can…
What scholars and saints have in common
This week Bob Trube of Emerging Scholars Network writes on attentiveness as the hallmark of both hol…
The Chronophage and the Scholar
Do you ever feel like your time is being nibbled away – like no matter what you do, how carefully yo…
Can other animals be human?
About three years ago, I became a dog owner for the first time. We have a small, fluffy creature who…
Can AI be human?
Andrew Basden takes a look at some of the big questions around artificial intelligence. “The d…
The heresy of orthodox economics
Orthodox free-market economics, rooted in principles of self-interest, individualism, and limited go…
Reflections on a postdoc year in Canada
I’ve recently got back to the UK after spending a year living in Toronto, Canada, for a postdo…
The “no evidence” fallacy
A news story currently being covered here in the UK concerns serious serial abuses by a healthcare w…
Christian Economics?
Economics is the subject I most wish I had studied earlier than I did. Although my school offered an…
Biblical – Not Biblicist – Scholarship
Maybe you’ve wondered this too: how does my faith relate to my scholarship? It might be easy to affi…
A prisoner for Christ? Dealing with a difficult story from Christian history
The research postdoc I’ve been carrying out in Toronto this year has enabled me to start a new…
How ‘Biblical’ is “Biblical Critical Theory”?
Christopher Watkin’s new book, Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible’s Unfolding Story Makes …
The Importance of Culture for Academics
Last week, the most recent Postgrad Initiative email was sent out which introduced the ide…
Is this a good school? The perils of far-fetched objectivity
It was at the start of this year that Ruth Perry, the headteacher of a primary school in Reading, to…
In Conclusion: First Steps in Becoming a Good and Faithful Questioner
My dear postgrad friends, We are quickly approaching the end of this academic year, according to our…
Artificial intelligence in the image of God?
Image: AI-generated by DALL-E* I had a chat with a robot the other evening. The OpenAI project has r…
When Questions Question You
Dear Toby/i, I’ve been thinking about the off-hand comment you made in our seminar last week – when …
Prof. Tom McLeish
Sad news emerged last week about Tom McLeish, professor of natural philosophy at the University of Y…
Biblical Critical Theory? Digging into new resources with Good News for the University
I'm kicking off a new series today which we hope will both alert you to another initiative in the fi…
Scholarship as Christian Courage
Dear Martin/e, This academic year, I’ve been reflecting with you on the topic of questions when it c…
Creation’s incredible intelligibility
Understanding is a wonderful thing! I hope you’ve had many light-bulb moments in your past edu…
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