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Dr Robert Shillaker is the systematic theology lecturer and programme leader on the BA course, and has taught on other courses as required.
He has been teaching on the BA programme at HTC since 2002, but has been involved with the College since 1995, when he was an undergraduate student. After receiving a UHI scholarship, he completed a PhD in 2003 on the pneumatology of George Smeaton in the context of federal, or covenant, theology. Robert also holds a BSc in Engineering and served as an engineer in the RAF and worked for a Christian charity prior to taking up theological studies.
Robert has also supervised seven PhD students to completion.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, The Federal Pneumatology of George Smeaton (1814-1889), OUVS/UHI
Award Date: 20 Mar 2002
External positions
External Examiner, Union Theological College, Belfast
Sept 2022 → …
External Examiner, Oak Hill Theological College
Jan 2015 → Aug 2019
Thesis
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The Federal Pneumatology of George Smeaton (1814-89)
Author: Shillaker, R., 29 May 2003Supervisor: Needham, N. (Supervisor) & McGowan, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)
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