Aside from his full-time role as International Man of Mystery, Doug Belshaw currently moonlights as a teacher of History and ICT at a successful comprehensive school in Doncaster, England. He began his teaching career in 2004 as a History teacher at a large comprehensive in Nottinghamshire, England. In 2003 he managed to con the University of Durham into letting him put on a gown and mince around the cathedral to pick up an MA in Modern History and then, inexplicably, tricked them into giving him a licence to teach in 2004. Before this, in 2002, whilst hanging around Sheffield University in an attempt to grow a goatee, he was mistaken for a student and the resulting mix-up allowed him to gain a BA in Philosophy (2:1). Somewhat foolishly, perhaps, he has undertaken an Ed.D (Doctorate in Education) through Durham University, as someone there seems to understand what he is talking about (most of the time).

He has been married to the wonderful Mrs Hannah Belshaw (who doesn’t know what he’s talking about most of the time) since September 2003. His son, Benjamin Belshaw bounced into the world in January 2007. Doug’s main interests are 19th/early 20th century Russian History, messing about on computers, travelling, reading, and talking about himself in the third person… ;-)

Brief CV

Currently:

• Working on thesis proposal for Ed.D. (focus = ‘digital literacy’)
• Producing digital resources for Folens (publishers) KS3 History textbooks
• Part of Futurelab’s Teachers as Innovators programme (my interview here)

Postgraduate:

2005-2010 University of Durham – Doctorate in Education
2003-2004 University of Durham – PGCE (Secondary History)
2002-2003 University of Durham – MA in Modern History

Undergraduate:

1999-2002 University of Sheffield – BA Philosophy (2:1)
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