Sunny Dhillon

Jul 15, 2024 | dsdhillon.medium.com | Sunny Dhillon

I am an academic. I did a PhD in Philosophy. I teach on Education Studies and Theology modules across undergraduate and postgraduate modules, as well as co-supervise a number of PhD students - I'm a regular academic. This means that I (hopefully!) pay attention to detail, am nuanced and spot potential strengths and/or weaknesses with arguments. I was also, until the 13th December 2023, an agnostic.

Jun 27, 2024 | dsdhillon.medium.com | Sunny Dhillon

Cricketing wisdom for, well, mainly relationships and road tripsPoor Robin Smith feeling the heat against the West Indies pacers (Wisden) Metaphors we live by Metaphors inform our way of seeing the world. For example, complete this sentence: 'Life is a ...'. Did you, like me, say 'game'? Test? Adventure? Gift? As Lakoff & Johnson (1980) argued in Metaphors we live by:'Our ordinary conceptual system, in terms of which we both think and act, is fundamentally metaphorical in nature' (p.4).

Jun 27, 2024 | dsdhillon.medium.com | Sunny Dhillon

In homage to the late, great, American Marxist Mike Marqusee's Anyone but England(1994), in this piece I reflect upon my 'conversion' from fan(atic) of the Indian cricket team throughout the 90s and 00s, to now (2024) supporting anyone they play against, even England. England?! (lord have mercy!). Having recently concluded a Sikh Panjabi Scholars project (2022-23), and especially through discussion with sociologists Prof. Gurnam Singh and Prof. Virinder S.

Jul 20, 2023 | variety.com | Sunny Dhillon

Every story needs a villain. For decades, artificial intelligence has been presented as a mysterious, powerful antagonist in Hollywood. HAL (2001: A Space Odyssey), Ava (Ex-Machina) and Ultron (Avengers) are all part of a broader narrative that paints AI as the personification of technology’s threat to humankind.

Jun 21, 2023 | wonkhe.com | Sunny Dhillon |Jim Dickinson |Mark Leach |Debbie McVitty

I acknowledge the great value students and staff place upon graduation ceremonies. My employer (Bishop Grosseteste University) is even one of the few universities to also offer a matriculation ceremony in the local cathedral. I understand how the awarding of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, as well as further professional qualifications, leading to all manner of post-nominal letters, is a (the most?) cherished aspect of one’s time at university.