Academic Expert Profiles
Experts in the School of Law and Social Sciences
Our School of Law and Social Sciences has an abundance of academics with a wealth of knowledge and a passion for teaching. Our experts range from lawyers to police, all with their own real life experiences of working in the industry they now teach.
Meet the experts
Alice Storey
Dr Alice Storey is a Senior Lecturer in Law and Associate Director of the Centre for Human Rights. She leads the Human Rights in America & American Criminal Procedure and Evidence LLB modules. Alic...
Laura Hammond
Laura's research has focused on a wide range of related areas, from spatial patterns in crime and Geographical Profiling to investigative processes and decision-making, the modelling of crime and s...
Ronald Winch
Ron served for over thirty years with the Metropolitan Police Service and West Midlands Police. These included front-line CID roles, as well as senior command roles in local policing, public order ...
Rebecca Smyth
Rebecca is a Lecturer in Law, specialising in international human rights law. She focuses on women’s and LGBTQ* rights, and the tensions arising from historically oppressed groups engaging wi...
Tina Collins
Tina is a Senior Lecturer in Education. She is joint course lead of the Masters in Education (taught) programme.
Vina Patel
Vina has worked with children and their families in the private and public sector. She has developed, led and managed early years teams for a large chain in the private sector.
Our Research
Social Sciences
Our social sciences research team aims to create real-world impact across the themes of sociology, psychology and criminology.
Social Sciences researchLaw
Through its international outlook, interdisciplinary engagement, and collaborative ethos, the law research team produce research that promotes social justice world-wide.
Law researchEducation
The Centre for the Study of Practice and Culture in Education (CSPACE) is a research collective consisting of academic staff, university colleagues, and the Doctoral Research College.
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