Richrad Dunning's faith-in-scholarship slides for the WYSOCS Open Day Sept 2012

1. Faith-in-Scholarship
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2. The 21st Century Postgraduate
588,000 Postgraduate students in the UK
(10/11)
214,000 International Postgrads (10/11)
20,000 Doctorates awarded (10/11)
Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency
Within a 2hr15min drive from Outwood House
are the academic institutions for 218,780
postgraduate students
Source: HESA and Free Map Tools
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3. Challenges the postgrad faces
Anti-intellectualism
- Suspicion of thinkers by fellow Christians
- Mockery of Christian truth claims in the
academy
Isolation
- Researchers spend large amounts of time alone
- Compartmentalise research & 'Christian
activities'
Holiness
- All of the struggles of the Christian student
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4. What's happening?
Christian Postgraduate Groups:
Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle,
Nottingham, Sheffield, York
But:
- Numbers are low
- Prone to extinction
- Limited support from local/parachurch
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5. Where does WYSOCS fit in?
Committed to supporting students enjoy the
fulness of God in creation
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- Create dialogue between PG students
- Support groups with existing resources &
make available new resources
- Encourage new groups to start up
- Build links between Christian academics &
postgrads
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6. How can you get involved?
- Support WYSOCS with Prayer & Finance
Extend FiSch into a 2nd year?
Dedicated website with resource links?
A national adventure?
- Befriend a postgraduate student
- Consider doing a PG degree to enjoy thinking
about God's creation
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7. Web resources...
wysocs.org.uk
allofliferedeemed.co.uk
bethinking.org.uk
cpgrad.org.uk
christianacademicnetwork.net
gradresources.org
oxfordchristianmind.org
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8. Thanks for listening
"WYSOCS has a splendid record of Christian
engagement with all kinds of subjects, & I look
forward to seeing the fruit from the Faith-in-
Scholarship project"
Tom Wright, University of St Andrews
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