Dr James Underwood is the Academic Director for degrees and courses in English language assessment and coaching including the Undergraduate Certificate in Coaching and MSt in Coaching. Before joining the Institute of Continuing Education he was Principal Lecturer in Education at the University of Northampton. In this role he led a portfolio of postgraduate qualifications including masters’ degrees in: education, TESOL, and education leadership among others. Prior to this James worked in secondary schools for 19 years, as a teacher of history, sociology and the humanities and also as a school leader. During this time, while teaching, he attained his masters’ and doctoral degrees at the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge. James has published in a range of areas including: coaching and mentoring, assessment, school leadership, higher education pedagogy, practitioner research, and student voice.
