Dr Onyeka Nubia is a pioneering and internationally recognised academic-historian, researcher, lecturer, consultant and presenter. His exceptional contribution is in the field of teaching and the student experience and his pioneering work has helped embed diversity in universities and transformed history curricula. He has reshaped how British history is taught and understood through student-centred teaching and inclusive pedagogy.
He has consistently inspired students, nurtured their intellectual confidence, and positively influenced their academic and personal journeys. Dr Nubia is nationally helping to reinvent our perceptions of methodology, epistemology and pedagogy in regard to diversity in British history. He has conducted seminars and lectures in almost half of all the universities in the UK that teach history.
His research has helped academia and the general public to entirely new perspectives on European history. For example, his ‘critical framework’ challenges perceived narratives and encourages intellectual curiosity. This practice is rooted in a research-led methodology that empowers students in their navigation of higher education.
Dr Nubia is the recipient of numerous prizes and awards. He has written over 50 articles on British history and historical method and they have appeared in the most popular UK historical magazines and periodicals. Dr Nubia is an internationally renowned keynote presenter at venues such as the Houses of Parliament, the National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery of Scotland, as well as at universities throughout the UK and the USA including: Oxford University, SOAS University London, Vanderbilt University (USA), Georgia State and Clarke Atlanta Universities (USA). He has been a consultant and presenter making more than 100 television appearances on programmes such as BBC’s History Cold Case Episode 1, Series 1 of "The Ipswich Man” and Channel 4’s “Crossrail Discovery: London’s Lost Graveyard.”