Teaching

The subject of this web page doesn't know much about teaching, but is willing to learn.

Interests

Twentieth Century Britain; Imperialism; nationalism and identity; modern European and American history;the Middle East, the Labour Governments 1964-79; the Conservative Governments 1979-1997; modern historiography.

Current Courses

Encounters in World History

Varieties of History

Churchill

British Imperialism 1897-1997

Experience

1994-1997 Department of Politics, University of Glasgow

British Government;

American Government;

1994-1997 Department of History, University of Glasgow

Britain, Europe and America Since 1815;

The British State: Politics, War, and Empire;

High Politics in Britain 1830-1918;

Britain: War, Peace and Empire: 1815-1914.

1996-2000 Private.

1999-2000 A1 Tutors of Hertfordshire.

1999-2000 Department of Continuing Education, University of Oxford

Twentieth Century Europe;

Britain between the Wars 1918-1939

Britain 1900-1939.

1999-2000 Workers’ Educational Association

Prime Ministers since Salisbury;

The Press and Public Life;

Twentieth Century Britain;

American and British Comparative History.

2000- Department of History, University of Newcastle

Encounters in World History;

Varieties of History;

British Imperialism 1897-1997;

Churchill.

Training:

1994-1995 Faculty of Arts, University of Glasgow

1995-1996 Faculty of Social Science, University of Glasgow

1999 Department of Continuing Education, University of Oxford

2000-2001 Certificate of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.

2000-2001 Certificate of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of Newcastle.

23/2/2001 National Seminar for New Lecturers, Institute of Historical Reasearch

5-6/4/2001 The History Conference 2001, Subject Centre for History, Classics and Archaeology, Manchester.

3-5/4/2002 Developing Teaching and Learning in History, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford.