James Brooks
Reader at The University of Manchester
England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Brooks is a Reader and educator with 17 years’ experience designing and directing distance-learning engineering programmes at the University of Manchester, currently leading teaching excellence and the MSc in Sustainable Electric Power Systems Engineering. He combines a PhD in quantifying risks in renewable power generation and early AI publications with practical expertise in online pedagogy, translating academic research into actionable training and consultancy on metacognition, motivation and behavioural change. A former founder and product lead, he has hands-on experience in course creation, user-centred development and agile delivery, and contributes front-end improvements to community platforms such as the LessWrong/EA Forum. Colleagues rely on him to bridge rigorous research, scalable distance education and real-world vocational impact, often spotting practical learning interventions others overlook.
17 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Security Assessment in Future Power Systems, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Security Assessment in Future Power Systems at University of BathChepstow Comprehensive School
Github Skills (10)
typescript10
user-interface10
typescripts10
react10
typescript-types10
wpgraphql9
wordpress-graphql9
javascript9
graphql9
material-ui8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ForumMagnum/ForumMagnum
Jun 2021 - Jun 2021
The development repository for LessWrong2 and the EA Forum, based on Vulcan JS
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits in 1 day
Contributions summary:James primarily focused on front-end development within the LessWrong2 and EA Forum repository. Their contributions involved adding new features to the user profile, specifically integrating wiki contributions. They implemented UI tweaks for wiki/tag lists, adjusting the SingleLineTagUpdates component. Additionally, they modified components to display user-specific data, such as wiki contribution counts, in tooltips.
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kerspoon/lipy2
Feb 2010 - Jul 2011
Contributions:25 commits in 1 year 5 months
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