Our staff
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Dr Philip Dee
Senior Lecturer / APEL Advisor / Education Facilitator
Philip has been a member of the PDD for over ten years. His core roles are ‘RPL Advisor' and 'Education Facilitator'. In this latter role, Philip supports students across the full range of academic writing skills. As RPL Advisor he facilitates university applicants and ongoing students to appraise their prior learning in order...
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Dr Kirsty Devaney
Research Assistant, Module Leader and Composition Tutor
Kirsty Devaney is a Birmingham based composer, researcher and educator with a passionate for promoting creative music making as something we all have the capacity to do. Her music has been performed by professional contemporary music ensembles, aired on Radio 3 and shortlisted for a British Composer Award. As a practitioner...
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Neil Fraser Dickson
Senior Lecturer in Primary Design and Technology and Computing
Neil teaches on several BA/PGCE modules including primary computing, D&T and Science. He teaches about creativity and how to promote it within highly practical sessions following well established approaches to learning. He looks at the skills needed for the 21st century and ensure students are aware of the changes that are...
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Martin Duke
Senior Lecturer in Mathematics
Martin completed a BEd in Mathematics at Sheffield Hallam University and began his teaching career at a Secondary school in Sandwell. He worked in a number of schools across the West Midlands, before spending 8 years at Perry Beeches School, firstly as 2 nd in Mathematics and Gifted and talented co-ordinator, before becoming...
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Dr Julia Everitt
Research Assistant
Dr. Julia Everitt is a Research Assistant in the Centre for the Study of Practice and Culture in Education (CSPACE). She has worked in education for 19 years in roles within Further Education, Schools, Higher Education (HE) and her own social enterprise. During this time she qualified as an FE Lecturer, was a Community...
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Professor Martin Fautley
Professor of Education
Professor Martin Fautley has a wealth of experience in music education, both in terms of pedagogy, and of music education research. After enjoying many years as a classroom music teacher, he then undertook full-time Doctoral research working across the education and music faculties at Cambridge University, investigating...
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Dr Amanda French
Head of Department: Professional Development, Research and Enterprise
Amanda has worked in higher, further, adult education and the voluntary sector for 30 years as a lecturer, writing developer and researcher and is currently employed as Head of Department: Professional Development, Research and Enterprise in the School of Education and Social Work. Her PhD in Education: '"Through a glass...
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Juliette Gaunt
Associate Professor
Qualified Speech and Language Therapist with professional registration and HCPC licence. Clinical specialism paediatric dysphagia and professional practice. Specialist interest in preparation for practice and wider professionalism teaching in healthcare. Passion for working with High Achieving Students and developing the...
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Samuel Geary
Foundation Year Lecturer
I joined the Professional Development Department (PDD) and Birmingham City University in 2018 as a Foundation Year Lecturer. Since then he has been involved in the design and delivery of the Foundation Year programme for the faculty. The Foundation Year allows students to progress onto a number of HELS undergraduate courses....
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Rebecca Gibbons
Lecturer in Academic Skills
Rebecca joined the Professional Development Department (PDD) in January 2019 as a lecturer in Academic Skills. Prior to this, she worked in academic skills roles at the University of Birmingham and the University of Wolverhampton for seven years. She also has experience of teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP), English...