TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION: David Olusoga: from the small screen to the lecture theatre

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Twenty-five years after turning his back on academia, David Olusoga is about to give his first lecture as a university professor.

Next month the television historian will begin his new role as professor of public history at the University of Manchester. It is, he admits, an unlikely role for someone who rejected the idea of a PhD after taking his master’s at the University of Leicester.