Dr Mandy Robbins is Senior Research Fellow within the Religions and Education Research Unit, University of Warwick and a Honorary Research Fellow at the St Mary's Centre. Mandy gained her first degree at the University of Wales, Lampeter in 1992 in Theology and Archaeology, her MPhil in Theology at Trinity College, Carmarthen in 1996, and her PhD in Theology at the University of Wales, Bangor i...

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