Profile

    Shaykh Afsan Yusaf Redwan is Research Scholar of Qur’anic Studie. He is a passionate and dedicated teacher who constantly seeks ways to improve and adopt new teaching pedagogies. His higher education experience has developed his ability to critically engage with concepts and synthesise different ideas to create exciting learning environments. Experience teaching undergraduates and marking assignments has enhanced how I provide student feedback and further developed my teaching practice. In addition, I have completed peer-reviewed publications on numerous topics. Research interests include religious studies, education, ethics, and theology.

     

    Education

    2019 Cardiff University (present) PhD in Theology and Religious Studies ‘Quranic Hermeneutics; a study on the pedagogical tools of English Qur’an translations impacting current exegetical typologies.’ Cardiff University.

    Cardiff University Education Associate Fellowship Programme – Awarded AFHE – Fellowship reference PR259531

    MA Islamic Studies – Distinction, Newman University Birmingham

    University of Hertfordshire

    PGCE and QTS in Secondary teaching (Science) – TRN – 1586891

    University of Bedfordshire (2012-2015)

    BSc Biological Science University of Bedfordshire

    Publications

    Redwan A, Amin, MD, Carss, J., forthcoming 2024, A Theoretical Exploration of Enhancement Sessions at Bedford Sixth Form, Practitioner Research in College-Based Education, IGI Global.

    Redwan, A., Muslim World Book Review, forthcoming 2023: The ethics of Generating Posthumans. Bloomsbury Academic.

    Muslims in the UK and Europe Postgraduate Symposium, Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge, 22-23 June 2023, forthcoming 2024 ‘Engaging with the Quran in the Anglosphere: How New Textual Productions, Quranic essays and commentary contribute to the Discursive Canon of Anglophone Islam’.

    Chapter in Islam and Pastoral Care edited collection, Kube Publishing, forthcoming 2024. Redwan, A., Changing the fabric, embedding an Islamic ethos across the curriculum and form time: a case study on Al Hikmah Boys School.

    Redwan, A., Muslim World Book Review, Vol 42, Iss.4, The Islamic Foundation 2022: I, WARBOT: THE DAWN OF ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT CONFLICT, by Kenneth Payne. Location: C Hurst & Co. Publishers Ltd., 2021, ix+288pp. ISBN: 9781787384620

    Redwan, A., GloQur Blog: Spiritual translations a review of ‘The Qur’an: English Translation, Commentary and Parallel

    Arabic Text, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan and Prof. Farida Khanam. 2022

    Redwan, A., “When The Earth Speaks Against Us: Environmental Ethics In Islam: Yaqeen Institute For Islamic

    Research”, Yaqeen Institute For Islamic Research, 2018, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/when-the-earth-speaks- against-us-environmental-ethics-in-islam.

    Professional Associations

    British Association for Islamic Studies BRAIS Doctoral Academy, Cardiff University

    Pearson Associate