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Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dr James Brennan\u00a0is a Senior Lecturer in Foundation Year at Birmingham Newman University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He holds an MA in Contemporary History from the University of Birmingham and recently completed his PhD in History at Liverpool Hope University on provincial political culture and gendered political language in inter-war Birmingham. His research explores the intersections of political culture, gender, and place in twentieth-century Britain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James leads and coordinates routes within Newman\u2019s Foundation Year and has contributed to teaching on History and Applied Humanities programmes. He is committed to collaborative, inclusive teaching practices, focusing on co-creation methodologies, negotiated assessments, widening participation, and the innovative use of AI-enhanced learning to support student belonging and success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has published on provincial press culture Print, Politics and the Provincial Press in Modern Britain<\/em>, Peter Lang) and on pedagogy, and has presented at conferences including the FY Network and European Access Network. He is currently researching inter-war political culture and piloting an AI framework for first-year students. He is a Fellow of Advance HE and holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Research Interests<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

James\u2019 research interests lie in twentieth-century British history, with a particular focus on provincial political cultures, the relationship between gender and political language, and the dynamics of modernity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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James teaches in the Foundation Year programme at Birmingham Newman University and leads the September start route. He is keenly interested in using co-creation methodologies as well as leveraging new learning technologies, including artificial intelligence, and actively incorporates them into his teaching methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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