Lecturer in History Education at the University of Cumbria since September 2023. Former secondary school history teacher, local authority educational consultant and involved in teacher training programmes at five different universities.
Associate Member of Higher Education Association. Hold MA and PGCE. Member of the editorial board for 'The Historian' journal.
History - Tudor religious changes and twentieth century pacifism
Education - Use of scholarship in the classroom and engagement of young people with historical sites and museums
Illingworth, S. 'The Rebellion of the "Basement Lecturers": the Wandsworth Prison Disturbances of 1918-19'. Prison Service Journal. May 2020. No. 249 (pp. 17-23).
Member of editorial board of 'The Historian' since July 2022.
