{"id":39,"date":"2020-01-17T15:26:04","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T15:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.themeisle.com\/neve-web-agency\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2025-09-22T18:44:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T18:44:02","slug":"300f0-about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jamesbranch.co.uk\/wp\/300f0-about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"39\" class=\"elementor elementor-39\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4289a2a elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4289a2a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-180b719\" data-id=\"180b719\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c76e5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9c76e5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2154\" height=\"2266\" src=\"https:\/\/jamesbranch.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/James_Branch_Profile_lo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"James Branch profile picture\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jamesbranch.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/James_Branch_Profile_lo.jpg 2154w, https:\/\/jamesbranch.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/James_Branch_Profile_lo-285x300.jpg 285w, https:\/\/jamesbranch.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/James_Branch_Profile_lo-973x1024.jpg 973w, https:\/\/jamesbranch.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/James_Branch_Profile_lo-768x808.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jamesbranch.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/James_Branch_Profile_lo-1460x1536.jpg 1460w, https:\/\/jamesbranch.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/James_Branch_Profile_lo-1947x2048.jpg 1947w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2154px) 100vw, 2154px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b10cbf9\" data-id=\"b10cbf9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c8fe23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0c8fe23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-291533d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"291533d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">My Background<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e04df4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e04df4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>I&#8217;m a senior lecturer in the School of&nbsp;Communication at<a href=\"https:\/\/www.falmouth.ac.uk\/departments\/communication\"> Falmouth University<\/a> where I teach design and media, whilst leading the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.falmouth.ac.uk\/research\/centre-pedagogy-futures\/dide\">Digital&nbsp;Innovation and Design Education<\/a> (DIDE) research project.<\/p>\n<p>My research examines design work and education in the context of technological and professional change. I have been published in leading journals and contributed to scholarship in Design Studies, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and User Experience (UX) Design Pedagogy.<\/p>\n<p>Before moving to the South West of the UK I gained 10+ years of experience developing and teaching degrees at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/about\/faculties-schools-departments\/winchester-school-of-art\">Winchester&nbsp;School of Art <\/a>(University of Southampton), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arts.ac.uk\/colleges\/london-college-of-communication\">London College of Communication<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingston.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kingston University<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0b21b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f0b21b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Contact<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df75ba6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df75ba6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>james [at] jamesbranch [dot] co [dot] uk<br \/>I can also be found via:<br \/>LinkedIn:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/linkingwithjames\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/linkingwithjames<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Background I&#8217;m a senior lecturer in the School of&nbsp;Communication at Falmouth University where I teach design and media, whilst leading the Digital&nbsp;Innovation and Design Education (DIDE) research project. My research examines design work and education in the context of technological and professional change. 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