Dr Bex Lewis

HIGHLIGHTS
• People-focused, creates • Self-motivated achiever and • Committed, dedicated and loyal
community learner
ACADEMIC & RELATED POSTS
2009 - Blended Learning Fellow, University of Winchester (UoW)
Pre Based in the Learning and Teaching Development Unit, with a responsibility to promote
sen the use of all aspects of e-learning across the university, including the implementation of
t the Wimba suite. Committee membership, provision of workshops, responsible for online
presence on LTDU, teaching PGCLTHE, conference attendance and paper presentations.
2010 - Blended Learning Project Manager, The Big Bible Project, University of Durham
Pre Taking the brief ‘do something new media with this Tom Wright book for Lent’. Developed
sen interactive housegroup materials, using social media tools, anchored around the website
t http://bigbible.org.uk. Encouraging the involvement of others in a ‘borderless
conversation’. Initial funding forthcoming for 2011-12.
2010 - Tutor, MediaLit, St John’s College, University of Durham
Pre An annual course which offers a mix of theory, theology and practical media skills to
sen Christians (especially pre-ordination), with a particular responsibility for the digital
t elements of the course.
2008 - Fixed Term History/Media Studies Lecturing, UoW
Pre Independent and team-taught modules, with teaching, seminar, and marking responsibilities:
sen • 2010-11: Media Studies: ‘Manipulating Media’ (double module, Level 4) and ‘21st Century
t Media’ (Level 4); History: ‘Independent Study Module (Level 6)
• 2009-2010: 0.4 contract with History: ‘Dreams and Nightmares’ (Level 5), Creating and
Consuming History (Level 4); Twentieth Century British History (Level 4); Landmark
(Level 4)
• 2009-10: Film/Media Studies: Final Year Projects (Level 6), ‘Film History’ (Level 4);
‘Introduction to Media Studies’ (double module, Level 4); ‘Design for Digital Media (Level
4); ‘Researching Media Studies (Level 5)
• 2008-10: ‘Aim Higher’ days, focused around creating websites and blogs.
• 2008-09: History ‘Creating and Consuming’ (Level 4); ‘Reflecting on History’ (Level 6)
• 2008-09: Media Studies: ‘Researching Media Studies’ (Level 4); ‘Researching Film and
Media’ (Level 5); ‘Design for Digital Media’ (Level 4).
2004 - 2011 Honorary Research Fellow, History, UoW
Awarded tri-yearly in return for evidence of, and a commitment to produce, appropriate
publications.
2005 – 2006 Interdisciplinary Research Officer (CIDRA), University of Manchester
• Worked with staff and students at all levels within the School of Arts, Histories and
Cultures to promote cross-subject research. Collated report of research interests to
identify crossovers.
• Key external face of CIDRA. Organised high-profile lecture series, postgraduate
programme, with £35,000 of budgets. Project-managed international conference ‘War
and our World’ for 2007.
• Co-ordinated all aspects of the day-to-day running of CIDRA, with appropriate marketing.
• Built relationships with the cultural assets of Manchester and the North-West.
• Taught postgraduate sessions on ‘How to Work with Visual Material’ and ‘Time
Management’.
2004 Data Extraction, Research & Knowledge Transfer Centre, UoW
• Working to a tight deadline, extracted and restructured data into a usable format.
• Data used for management documentation, contributing to the successful bid for
University title.
2004 Fixed Term Cultural Studies Lecturing, UoW
Taught undergraduate level modules on: ‘Photography and Advertising’, Media Studies
(Level 4); ‘Research and Representation’, Media Studies (Level 5); ‘Web Design’, American
Studies (Level 4).
1999 - 2004 Contributor, Postgraduate Research Training Programme, UoW
Contributed elements to the evening postgraduate research training course: Presenting
elements of my research; ‘Web Design for Research’; ‘Research Posters’/‘PowerPoint for
Research’
1998 – 2002 Fixed Term History Lecturing, UoW
Taught on five undergraduate history modules: Level 4 case study ‘Using Visual Images as
Historical Sources’, co-ordinator for three years; team-taught Level 4 module ‘Victorian
Britain’; Level 5 module ‘New Approaches to History’ over two years; presented individual
lectures related to my research project on ‘Industrial Society in Crisis’ (Level 6), and ‘The
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 United Kingdom, 1900-1997’ (Level 4). Included seminars, module guides, assessments,
invigilation.
2000 - 2004 Examination Invigilation, UoW
Invigilated written examinations: large-scale examinations, re-sits, individual special
needs exams.
2002 - 2003 Research Assistant, ENEF Project, School of Education, UoW
A well-evaluated, team-based, Nuffield-funded project, providing timely statistical data
and analysis.
1997 - 2000 Research Studentship for PhD, UoW
Worked to formal outlines and deadlines, wrote project proposals, produced regular
reports, managed research budget. Successfully applied for further funding.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
2009 - Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, UoW
Pre Becoming a reflective practitioner and a more student-focused tutor, including a project
sen about choice and engagement with assessments. Anticipated completion, April 2011.
t
2008 - 2009 Life Coach, Serenergise: The London Coaching College
Professional Coaching Certification, certified by the International Coaching Federation.
1997 – 2004 PhD by Research, UoW (see abstract)
“The planning, design and reception of British Home Front propaganda posters of the
Second World War”. Passed without corrections. Examiners: Lord Asa Briggs, Dr Adrian
Smith (Southampton).
1994 – 1997 Undergraduate Degree, UoW
BA (Hons) Combined Honours History with Education Studies: Second Class Honours
(Upper Division)
EDITORIAL, IT & WEB RELATED POSTS
2010 - Creative Networker and Social Media Consultant, Twelve Baskets
Pres Providing advice, feedback and services upon creating 'buzz' for the site, and connecting
ent with creatives to provide new content.
2001 – Web Consultant for Small Businesses (www.digital-fingerprint.co.uk)
Pres From 2011 onwards: social media workshops, including for the Church of England.
ent Discuss the needs of the site with the proprietor. Suggest options. Design, structure, build,
provide content, including meta-content, as appropriate. Provide documentation and
training where possible.
• www.arcauk.com (archaeological consultancy, Winchester), 2009
• Worked on 2 large projects for the National Council for Voluntary Organisations:
o www.thirdsectorleadership.org.uk; www.ukworkforcehub.org.uk, 2009
2009 – 2011 Editorial Consultant, UoW
• Restructuring, redevelopment and visual additions to www.winchester.ac.uk/learning,
and www.winchester.ac.uk/history
• A number of time-critical editorial projects across departments, including the Faculty of
Education
• Literature Review for a Web Accessibility project for the Learning and Teaching
Development Unit.
• Editor for Capture, highlighting RIT projects, and Editorial Board on Alfred, for student
work.
• SkillsNet, pilot project for the Faculty of Arts, bringing together best practice.
2009 - 2010 Social Media Strategist, Super Fun Days Out
Defining and implementing strategies for Blog, Twitter, Bookmarking for adrenalin sports
directory.
2001 – 2005; Web Content Editor/Web Developer, UoW
200 Completed a number of projects within tight time-frames. Discussed needs. Researched
7 related websites. Collated information for content. Designed, structured and built
websites. Fed back suggestions for further improvements and optimisation. Provided
editorial documents and training.
2005 Editorial Consultant: ‘The Art of War’ The National Archives
Provided research skills, image captioning, information and content for a high-profile
website: www.nationalarchives.gov/imagesofwar
2001 – 2005 IT Centre Advisor, UoW
Working within a team to improve the student computing experience, providing IT
software support, face-to-face, through leaflets and online. Completed my ‘ECDL Expert’
Certificate.

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2001 – 2002 Effective and Usable Web Design, UoW
A funded project to discover what defines usable and effective web design, through
research, and interviews. Defined site structure, wrote content and guidelines.
www.winchester.ac.uk/designproject.
1999 - 2000 Digital Preparation for Southampton Record Series, UoW
Scanned material using optical character recognition (OCR) software, ready for the
internet.
OTHER EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2007 – 2008 Short-Term Projects
• Tour Leader, Oak Hall. Sole responsibility for guests whilst overseas, creating
enthusiasm, implementing necessary changes at short notice, providing feedback on
completion. Developed high level team-working skills, led daily non-denominational
worship sessions, offered pastoral care.
• Writing projects: London Transport Museum; Second World War Experience Centre
• Courses: Churches Media Council Conference: awarded place on ‘MediaNet Academy’;
LICC ‘Toolbox’; Traveller’s Tales: ‘Travel Writing’; BusinessLink: ‘Running Your Own
Business’
• Overseas trip planning; TEFL certification. 7-month trip: South-East Asia, Australasia,
South America
OTHER INTERESTS
I maintain a healthy work-life balance. I enjoy keeping myself fit, and my mind alert, through regular exercise,
notably walking: I finished the 26.2mile overnight ‘Moonwalk’ in 2006. I am an active member of Christ
Church, Winchester. I spend my relaxation time meeting friends, travelling, online, on short courses and
reading extensively.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
1997 – Present: Institute of Historical Research (IHR)
2008 – Present: Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA)
2005-2006: Association of Research Managers and Administrators
2001-2006: British Web Design and Marketing Association
PUBLICATIONS
Book
• ‘“It’s Up to You” or “Keep Calm and Carry On”: British Home Front Propaganda Posters of the Second
World War’, conversion of the PhD thesis to a museum-appropriate book, in preparation.

Book Chapters
• ‘Posters as Propaganda’ (with David Bownes), for London Transport Posters: A Century of Art and
Design, edited by Oliver Green and David Bownes, commissioned by the London Transport Museum,
published October 2008.
• ‘Docs on the Box - TV Medical Dramas’, Chapter for Playing God: Ethics and Technology in Medical
Dramas, commissioned by Damaris Trust, published May 2006

Journal Articles
• “The civilian ‘Problem’ of Venereal Disease in wartime – Did posters offer a solution?”, planned for
Twentieth Century British History Journal, in preparation.
• Lewis, B., “Keep Calm and Carry On”, The Poster Journal, in preparation
• Lewis, B. (2011) “Developing a community of practice in blended learning: theory, practice and
reflection”, Capture Vol 3, Spring 2011, pp.29-36
• Lewis, B., (2011) “Exhibition Review: The Ministry of Food”, The Poster Vol 1: Issue 2 pp.215-224
(forthcoming)
• Lewis, B., (2010), “Icon of the Month. No 124: KCCO” Third Way Magazine, p54
• Jessop, T., Edwards, S. and Lewis, B., (2009) “Disabled student perspectives on web accessibility”,
Capture (University of Winchester), pp.50-57
• “‘Careless Talk Costs Lives’: The Government’s Information Security Campaign on the Home Front”, in
Everyone’s War: The Journal of the Second World War Experience Centre, No.15, Spring/Summer 2007

Digital Projects
• Creation and development of http://bigbible.org.uk, since August 2010. The website is part of The Big
Bible Project, which ties into The Big Read 2011, an ecumenical Lent project. In March 2011, the
website reached a peak number of visitors of over 11000, with a regular readership of around 7000 per
month.

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• Continued development of http://www.ww2poster.co.uk since 1997. The website provides information
related to my PhD, ranks highly on Google, and has been referred to as one of the top poster-websites
in James Aulich War Posters: Weapons of Mass Communication (Thames & Hudson, Imperial War
Museum), 2007. The site has generated contacts from other academics working in the field, and
information from artists’ relatives. In March 2009, in response to interest in ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’
poster, a blog was added. The site now receives around 7000 visits a month.
• Major content contributor for http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/theartofwar/, The National Archives,
2004-5. Contextual information on posters, artists and the Ministry of Information for a high-profile
website.
See http://digital-fingerprint.co.uk/portfolio/ for a full portfolio of websites designed or contributed to.

Reviews
• “My Sister’s Keeper”, http://www.damaris.org/content/content.php?type=5&id=844, Damaris Culture
Watch, July 2009
• “A Slip of the Mask: Easy Virtue”, http://www.damaris.org/content/content.php?type=5&id=807,
Damaris Culture Watch, May 2009
• Lucy Noakes, Women and the British Army: War and the Gentle Sex 1907-1948 (2006), for Journal of
Contemporary British History, March 2008
• “Challenging a fast food culture”, http://www.damaris.org/content/content.php?type=5&id=498,
Damaris Culture Watch, September 2006
• “The date-doctor’s lessons in love: Hitch”, http://www.damaris.org/content/content.php?
type=5&id=426%20, Damaris Culture Watch, July 2005
• “Struggling to Achieve: ‘The Games’“, http://www.damaris.org/content/content.php?type=5&id=418,
Damaris Culture Watch, April 2005

Note: All Culture Watch material goes through an editorial process.

Editorial
• Reviewer: [Unknown], “Student experiences and views of two different blended learning models within
a part-time post-graduate programme”, International Journal of Management Education forthcoming
• Editor: Capture: Conversations about pedagogy and teaching underpinned by research enquiry (2009)
University of Winchester
• Editor: Alfred’: An undergraduate student e-journal (2009) University of Winchester

Committees & Review Boards

• Wimba Working Group, University of Winchester (October 2009 – Present)
• Learning and Teaching Committee, University of Winchester (November 2009 – Present)
• Learning Networking Working Group, University of Winchester (November 2009 – Present)
• JISC Learning and Teaching Practice Experts Group (June 2010 – Present)
• CODEC Steering Committee (July 2010 – Present)
• The Poster Journal Editorial Review Board (August 2010 – Present)
• Plymouth E-Learning Conference (PELC), International Review Board, (November 2010 – Present)
• Social Media Working Group, Evangelical Alliance (January 2011 – Present)

Press Coverage
• Extensive press coverage for ‘The Big Bible Project’: http://bigbible.org.uk/about-2-2/press-publicity/ (2011)
• Coverage related to ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’: http://ww2poster.co.uk/publications/ (2009 – present)
SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
• “Getting in on the Twitter Action? Using Social Media to Build Your Professional Network.”, ALT-C,
forthcoming September 2011 (with David Rush)
• “D-ICE for Change: Applying Organisational Development Guidance to IT Projects”, ALT-C, forthcoming
September 2011 (with Andy Wilson)
• “The future’s bright, the future’s social? The future’s here!”, Greenbelt Festival, forthcoming August
2011 (with Sara Batts)
• “Keep Calm and Carry On and Other Second World War Posters”, Winchester Women Graduates,
forthcoming July 2011
• Social Media Panel, Church and Media Network Conference, forthcoming June 2011
• “Keep Calm and Carry On: A Re-Sounding Message”, Cultural Memory Conference, University of
Brighton, forthcoming June 2011
• “Good News Online: Positive Christian New Media Stories”, Visual Story Network (by invitation),
forthcoming April 2011 (with Andrew Flynn)
• “Manipulating Media: Social Media Develops Academic Literacy Skills”, PELC11, forthcoming April
2011 (with Marcus Leaning)
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• “Good News Online: Positive Christian New Media Stories”, UPLOADST (London), February 2011
• “The BODGIT Project: Overview/Workshop”, University of Winchester, February 2011 (with Andy Wilson
and Marina Jantsky)
• ‘SuperUser’, “JISC Innovating e-Learning 2010 Online Conference: Bringing innovation to life: From
adversity comes opportunity”, November 2010
• Keynote: “Online: A Theology”, Christian New Media Conference, October 2010 (with Maggi Dawn)
• “Twitter and Facebook in Thirty Minutes”, Christian New Media Conference, October 2010
• “Videos: Going Viral”, Christian New Media Conference, October 2010
• “Good CoP, Bad Cop? Twitter for Communities of Practice”, Hertfordshire Blended Learning
Conference, June 2010 (with David Rush), where I was also complimented on creating a real ‘social
buzz’.
• “Twitter”, Out There Event, July 2010
• “Top Topics in Social Media”, Church and Media Network Conference, June 2010
• “Death at War”, Death Day Conference, University of Winchester, May 2010
• “Snow, Floods Swine Flu Terrorist Threats Keep Calm and Carry On”, PELC10, April 2010 (with James
Clay and Carolin Esser)
• “The 21st Century Learner: Blended Learning tools and the use of social networks”, Collaborative
Enhancement in Teaching Lunch, University of Winchester, March 2010
• “Twitter in Higher Education”, Webinar, JISC, March 2010
• “Men at Work: Visible and Invisible Men in Second World War Posters”, Men at War: Masculinities,
Identities, Cultures, Swansea University, September 2009.
• “‘Selling a Healthy War’: propaganda posters and public information films produced by the Ministry of
Information during the Second World War”, Framing Film, University of Winchester, September 2009
• ‘Bex Lewis: An Ordinary Life, An Extraordinary Journey’, Cradley Baptist Church, by invitation, October
2008
• Paper presentation: ‘Addressing Different Audiences and Creative Approaches to K.T.’ and ‘expert
panel member’ on “Knowledge Management”, Postgraduate Conference: ‘Beyond Academia? A
Conference on Knowledge Transfer’, University of Manchester, December 2006
• 'Nostalgia and the Visual Image: The memory of propaganda posters of the Second World War' for
'Public History Now' at Ruskin College, Oxford, May 2000
• 'British Home Front Posters of WW2' for 'The 1940s Society' in Kent, June 1999

RECENT EVENTS ATTENDED

• ‘Thinking Digital’, Newcastle, forthcoming May 2011
• ‘We are LikeMinds”, Like Minds Events, Exeter, October 2010
• ‘Social Media Bootcamp’, LICC, London, September 2010
• ‘Learning Literacies in a Digital Age’, JISC Workshop, September 2010
• ‘JISC Conference 2010’, London April 2010
• ‘Re-Reading Georgette Heyer’, University of Cambridge, November 2009
• ‘JISC RSC South East e-Learning Fair 2009’, October 2009
• ‘Christianity in the Digital Space’, Church and Media Network/CODEC, University of Durham, July 2009
• ‘Media shaping culture shaping faith’, Churches’ Media Council Conference, June 2009
• A number of events with ‘Out There’ networking, including Twitter, mind-mapping and performance,
2008-2010.
• ‘Academic Consultancy’, with Blueberry Consulting, University of Winchester, May 2009
• ‘Practice, Practise’, with Palatine, University of Winchester, May 2009
• From this point onwards, I have also joined a number of conferences via Twitter, blogs, etc.
• L&T Development Day: “Assessment” (Chris Rust, Oxford Brookes), University of Winchester, April 2009
• Collaborative Enhancement in Teaching (CET) Lunches: 'Teaching a diverse range of learners', ‘Problem
Based Learning’, ‘RIT: Research Informed Teaching in Practice’, University of Winchester, February-April
2009
• Launch of 'Art for All' exhibition, and accompanying book 'London Transport Posters: A Century of Art
and Design', at the London Transport Museum, October 2008
• 'Justifying War: Propaganda, Politics and War in the Modern Age', Conference, University of Kent, July
2008
• 'Institute for International Studies Annual Research Workshop', University of Technology, Sydney,
December 2007

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• ‘MediaNet Academy’, Churches Media Council Conference, (website:
http://medianetacademy.wetpaint.com/), June 2007. (Notified through personal contact via Andrew
Graystone, ex-commissioner BBC Religion.)
• CIDRA Lecture Series/Postgraduate Sessions ‘Visual Knowledge’ November – December 2006
• 'Authenticity: An Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Conference', University of Salford, September 2006
• CIDRA Lecture Series/Postgraduate Sessions ‘Doing Cultural History Now’ November 2005 – May 2006
• Humanities Beyond Digitisation, Conference, Institute for Historical Research, September 2005
• 'Perspectives on Conflict: An Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Conference', University of Salford,
September 2005
• 'New Directions in the Humanities: The Humanities in a Knowledge Society', Humanities
Conference (hosted by University of Cambridge), August 2005
• CRESC Inaugural Conference 2005: “Culture and Social Change: Disciplinary Exchanges” (University of
Manchester/Open University),CRESC, July 2005
• 'Visualising the City', Conference, University of Manchester, June 2005
• ‘In Place Of War’, Seminar, University of Manchester
• 'One Size Fits All: Integration and Fragmentation', postgraduate conference, University of Manchester,
June 2005

A full list of conferences attended, and conference papers given, is available on my website:
http://www.bex-lewis.co.uk/career/publications/publications.htm

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PHD ABSTRACT: THE PLANNING, DESIGN AND RECEPTION OF BRITISH HOME FRONT PROPAGANDA POSTERS OF THE SECOND
WORLD WAR

This project focuses upon propaganda posters produced during the Second World War (1939 to 1945),
primarily by the British government, aimed chiefly at their civilian population. The project uses
Foucauldian discourse analysis and content analysis to investigate the images and their context, and
identify key themes across a wide range of posters, over a long time-frame. This thesis contributes to an
historical understanding of the British popular propaganda experience, largely ignored in previous
historical research.
Drawing upon material from several archives, including the Imperial War Museum (IWM), the Public Record
Office (PRO) and Mass-Observation (M-O), the project also uses questionnaires to elicit memories of the
posters, and a poster database to collect together material which would otherwise remain dispersed. The
thesis sets the posters against a background of contextual material, it identifies key propaganda theories,
discerns relevant poster styles and recognises British poster style as one of pragmatic functionalism. The
thesis outlines the poster production and distribution processes of the Ministry of Information (MOI) and
considers the first (highly criticised) posters before concentrating on four case studies, each of which is
structured in three sections: the planning (context), the design, and the reception of the posters.

The first case study examines what people were fighting for, and identifies their ‘imagined community’, by
considering urban and rural representations of Britain in the posters. The second case study considers
industrial propaganda, emphasises the idea of the island nation, and identifies those involved in the
industrial effort. The third case study looks at ‘the enemy within’, and examines who was excluded from,
or was considered damaging to, the war effort. The fourth case study explores in detail who was
compromising the war effort through their sexual behaviour, putting themselves at risk of venereal
disease. The thesis argues that the posters drew heavily upon longer term discourses emanating from new
and established institutions, although there was often a clear distinction between those that drew on the
past and tradition, and those that pushed forward to the future.

Read more at: http://ww2poster.co.uk/phd-research/

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