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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 postdoctoral research fellowship. This was my first full-time academic role after finishing my DPhil in 2020 – a Mellon Foundation-funded fellowship at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, a Catholic research centre dating Read more…

By Alicia Smith, 2 yearsSeptember 4, 2023 ago
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In and out of the university

A major challenge for younger academics is the increasing prevalence of both fixed-term contracts and institutional mobility.  A year ago I wrote about moving from a university to a business environment, and now I’m back in a university again, with another shift in my research area.  So I thought it might be helpful to share the story of these transitions Read more…

By Richard Gunton, 6 yearsOctober 2, 2019 ago
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Faith-in-Scholarship

Gratitude: Reflections at an Academic Waypoint

In the next few weeks, I am hoping to submit my thesis. I’m not at the summit of my academic career (at least, I hope I’m not!) but I am approaching a significant waypoint that I’ve been working towards for three years. I don’t really know what I expected to Read more…

By Georgina Bartlett, 6 yearsSeptember 16, 2019 ago
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Why do a PhD? For an integrated life

A few years ago on FiSch we began a series called ‘Why do a PhD?’ – trying to give some food for thought to readers who might be considering doctoral study. The blogging team has turned over somewhat since then, and new instalments are in order. Today is my turn – in Read more…

By Alicia Smith, 6 yearsApril 29, 2019 ago
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Faith-in-Scholarship

Home Came for Christmas

I am a confirmed lover of Christmas. I love fairy lights and frost on the ground, poinsettias and Christmas ornaments, baking and decorating the tree. I love all the frills. Even though none of these things are particularly ‘commercial’, I’ll admit that none of them are necessarily about celebrating Jesus, Read more…

By Georgina Bartlett, 6 yearsDecember 17, 2018 ago
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    Wow, what a story of deep faithfulness. To leave everything because of a prophecy. Truly inspiring. I visited Kim Kardashian's…

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    Thanks very much Mark and Steve for this touching story. Doreen and I now live in Alabama and have visited…

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    Thanks Mark, for sharing another interesting and thought-provoking article.

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    Thanks for this piece and this reminder Mark, I'm grateful for the way the web has enabled me to daily…

  5. Dr Philip Thomas on Challenging Dualism: Serving God as an EngineerMarch 20, 2025

    Thanks for this piece, Mark. Yes, we should strive to conduct ourselves, however we use technology, with one central purpose…

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