Tosh Warwick

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT TOSH WARWICK

Dr Tosh Warwick is a Heritage Consultant and Historian with Heritage Unlocked and Research Associate in the School of Geography and Planning at the University of Sheffield.He has held Research Associate roles in Urban Studies at Glasgow and REF Impact at Manchester Met. He has lectured at Huddersfield, Leeds Beckett and Teesside Universities and has extensive experience in the heritage sector where he has contributed to major National Lottery Heritage Fund, Historic England High Street Heritage Action Zone (HSHAZ), public and private projects. He is a member of the Teesworks Heritage and Tees Transporter Bridge Taskforces.Tosh has worked as consultant and researcher with numerous multi-million pound engineering and regeneration firms and local authorities and education providers across the United Kingdom, as well as working with international heritage associations.Tosh has expertise in urban history and heritage, experience in cultural and museum consultancy, outreach, archival research and project management. He has appeared as expert contributor for BBC Television (Match of the Day 2, Great British Railway Journeys, Inside Out), ITV Tyne Tees, BBC Leeds, BBC Sheffield, BBC Tees, Channel 5 and authored articles for the Teesside Gazette, The Northern Echo and Vice.His PhD thesis entitled \'Middlesbrough’s Steel Magnates: Business, Culture and Participation 18••••34\' challenged existing understanding of the role of urban elites\' exercised power, authority and influence. He is co-convenor of the \'Spaces, Places and Environment\' strand of the Social History Society Annual Conference and has served on numerous committees.Previous roles include Research Associate positions in Urban Studies, University of Glasgow on the AHRC \"Why Does the Past Matter?\" project and History Research Centre Impact at Manchester Metropolitan University, lecturing roles at the University of Huddersfield and Leeds Beckett University, and Heritage Development, Community Engagement, Education, Learning & Events positions at Middlesbrough Council, where he led the heritage and interpretation development of National Lottery Heritage Fund projects.He is author of a number of academic articles and several books including \'Central Middlesbrough Through Time\'(2013),\'A Town of Immigrants\'(2019),\'Memories of Middlesbrough in the 1970s and 1980s\'(2020),\'Memories of Mannion: South Bank\'s Golden Boy\'(2020) and co-author of \'River Tees: From Source to Sea\'(2016).