Before joining the UCL Institute of Education in 2013, I worked in education research and teacher education at the universities of Edge Hill (2010-13, Reader in Education), London (2008-2010, Lecturer History in Education) and Cumbria (2005-2008, Senior Lecturer, History in Education). Before taking up a full-time university post I worked as as a Head of Faculty, Head of History and teacher of History, Media Studies, Sociology and related subjects between 1993 and 2005 in Surrey and in Cornwall. In addition, I worked for Oxford University's Department for Continuing Education on summer school courses for adults between 2000 and 2011. My first degree is in History (Trinity College, Cambridge 1989) and my post-graduate degrees are in Social and Politicial Science (MPhil, Trinity College, Cambridge, 1991) and History in Education (EdD, Institute of Education, University of London, 2009). I also studied for a PGCE in History and English at the University of East Anglia (1993). I am managing editor of the History Education Research Journal, series editor of The International Review of History Education, series editor of the UCL Press book series Knowledge and the Curriculum and an executive director of the international blog journal Public History Weekly. I am a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and an Honorary Fellow of the Historical Association.