Staff Profile

  • Julian is the subject leader of SEN and Inclusion and the programme leader for the National Award in Special Educational Needs Coordination. Special areas of interest for Julian, in a teaching and research capacity, include the promotion of inclusive attitudes through professional development and school improvement. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a member of the Northampton PATOSS group and holds an SpLD Assessment Practising Certificate.

    Prior to joining Northampton in 2010, Julian spent fifteen years in primary, middle, secondary and special-school classrooms in a diverse range of roles from supporting learners, as a teaching assistant, to managing provision and supporting colleagues as a teacher, SENCo and Senior Leader.

    Academic Qualifications:

    • MA in Education (Distinction), University of Northampton
    • PGCE Primary, De Montfort University
    • Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education, University of Northampton
    • OCR Level 7 Diploma in Assessing and Teaching Learners with Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia) University of Northampton
    • OCR Level 7 Certificate in Assessing and Teaching Learners with Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia) University of Northampton
    • Certificate in Professional Studies in Education (SENCo standards) University College Northampton (UCN)
    • Bachelor of Fine Art (Hons), Millersville University, Pennsylvania, USA
    • OCR Level 4 Award in the External Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice
  • Postgraduate

    Programme leader

    • Post-graduate Certificate in Special Educational Needs Coordination

    MA in SEN and Inclusion

    • Module Leader (postgraduate)
    • Key Concepts of SEN and Inclusion

    Module Tutor

    • Diploma in Assessing and Teaching Learners with Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia)

    Undergraduate

    BA (Hons) Special Educational Needs and Inclusion Module leader

    • Global Dimensions of Inclusion
    • Comparative and International Studies in SEN and Inclusion

    Module Tutor

    • Perspectives on Social, Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties
  • Julian has been a researcher on two funded research projects, including ‘Success at School’, a European project which examined methods for supporting young people who were at risk of not being involved with education, training or employment. Currently, he is involved in non-funded research investigating the impact of postgraduate training for Special Educational Needs Coordinators. Julian has supervised undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations since he joined the university.

  • For publications, projects, datasets, research interests and activities, view Julian Brown’s research profile on Pure, the University of Northampton’s Research Explorer.