B.A.Paul Newsham

Paul Newsham
Visiting senior lecturer (Wizytujący starszy wykładowca)

Websites / Profiles

Degrees

  • B.A (Hons) in Modern History, Queen Mary and Westfield College (University of London)
  • MA in English, Faculty of English, UAM Poznań
  • Currently on the PhD programme at the Faculty of English, UAM Poznań

Research Interests

  • British Popular Culture
  • British Sports History

Teaching experience

  • EFL at university level
  • Media Writing at university level
  • British History at university Level
  • HND Business Studies (Managing People, Organisations and Behaviour, Quantitative Techniques in Business)

Other Professional Experience

  • Coordinator of GE courses for 3BA and 1MA at WA UAM
  • Co-creator of MOOCS course in Sports History in collaboration with Manchester Metropolitan University
  • Writer of blogs and press releases for www.poznan.pl
  • Creator and presenter of video blogs for www.poznan.pl
  • Creator of written and video materials for UAM's e-learning English platform
  • Presenter of workshops in persuasion techniques
  • Editor and proof-reader of academic and business texts
  • Coordinator of MA Writing Programme at WSJO Poznań
  • Qualified football coach

Papers read at international conferences and congresses

  • International conference of the British Society of Sports History, Swansea, September 2015
  • International Conference: Sport in the Peripheries - Past and Present, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, June 2015
  • International Sport and Leisure History Symposium, Manchester Metropolitan University, February 2015
  • International Conference on Sport and Leisure on the Eve of the First World War, Manchester Metropolitan University, June 2014
  • International Conference on Language, Literature and Culture in Education. Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia, April 2014
  • International conference of the British Society of Sports History, Manchester, September 2013
  • Doctoral students' conference at the Institute of the Philosophy, UAM Poznań "Muzyka w przestrzeni publicznej. Filozofia muzyki", June 2013

Honours

  • Minister of Science and Higher Education's team award for didactic achievements, 2015