{"id":12038,"date":"2024-05-24T17:27:57","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T15:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/existing-lookandfeel.hullschool.ch\/?page_id=12038"},"modified":"2024-05-27T18:13:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T16:13:41","slug":"principal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hullschool.ch\/en\/about-us\/management\/principal\/","title":{"rendered":"Principal: James Cunningham"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"12038\" class=\"elementor elementor-12038\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea95ff5 e-con-full pad-tb-l-first e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ea95ff5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f0709f c-box e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3f0709f\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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(VDS)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-12639\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hullschool.ch\/en\/about-us\/campuses\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Campuses<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c548b8b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c548b8b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67555326 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"67555326\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17f8e184 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"17f8e184\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"rank-math-breadcrumb\"><p><span class=\"last\">Home<\/span><\/p><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3efe8 titleafterstrich elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d3efe8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Principal: Academic Director, Head of Human Resources<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30b55a6 pad-t-s elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"30b55a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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After finishing secondary school, he earned a B.A. in English and History, and subsequently a PGCE at University College Cork.<\/p><p>James taught at an international school in Tripoli, Libya for six years before joining Hull&#8217;s School in 2011.<\/p><p>After earning his M.A. in Education Leadership and Management at the University of Roehampton in London, he was appointed as Vice Principal in 2019 and as Principal in 2021.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1abea2fe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1abea2fe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57e4f652 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"57e4f652\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hullschool.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/principal_james-cunningham.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12043\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hullschool.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/principal_james-cunningham.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.hullschool.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/principal_james-cunningham-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first college in Switzerland to offer an Eng&shy;lish Year 10 pro&shy;gramme. Principal: Academic Director, Head of Human Resources James Cunningham, B.A., PGCE, M.A. James Cunningham grew up in Cork, Ireland. After finishing secondary school, he earned a B.A. in English and History, and subsequently a PGCE at University College Cork. 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