Staff profiles

Charlotte Burnside

Acting Head of Department for ODP and Paramedic Science

Charlotte is the Programme Leader for BSc (Hons) Medical Ultrasound programme and Deputy for the BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography. Her role is the overall management of the programmes, as well as supporting students in their studies and helping them to manage their learning. Charlotte's door is always open for students who...

Kate Chadwick

Senior Lecturer in Radiotherapy

Kate worked as a Therapeutic Radiographer in Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre and as a Radiation Therapist in Perth, Western Australia. At Bristol she took on the roles of Union Representative for the Society and College of Radiographers and Infection Control Lead Radiographer. In her clinical role Kate reviewed head...

Victoria Fletcher

Senior Lecturer and Course Leader for BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography

Vicki is a Senior Lecturer and the current Course Lead for BSc (hons) Diagnostic Radiography at Birmingham City University. Vicki is a member of the BCU alumni, having completed her BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography at BCU between 2008-2011. She achieved a First Class degree and was awarded the Student of Excellence...

Julie Hall

Senior lecturer in Radiotherapy

Julie Hall is passionate about raising the profile of radiotherapy both as a cutting edge treatment for cancer and as a profession. To do this she helps to arrange open evenings at clinical radiotherapy departments in the West Midlands, she liaises with cancer networks and patient groups and writes a regular blog for NHS local,...

Mark Holland

Senior Lecturer / Clinical placement co-ordinator in Radiotherapy

Mark qualified from the Department of Radiographic studies in Stoke-on-Trent in 1994, having spent the majority of his training at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. He worked for four years as a clinical radiographer at Essex County Hospital in Colchester, before being seconded part-time in June 1999 to the role of...

Helen Hopkins

Course Leader for MSc Radiography

Having qualified from University of Central England (now BCU) in 2000, Helen worked for City Hospital, Birmingham for 13 years. She became an Advanced Practitioner in 2004 as a reporting radiographer. She maintained her clinical expertise by working evening shifts alongside her university work up until October 2013. Having...

Eilir (Sam) Hughes

Senior lecturer in Diagnostic Radiography/ Admissions Tutor

I trained as a Diagnostic Radiographer in Wrexham, North Wales. On qualifying I moved to the Midlands and have remained ever since. I worked in a number of hospitals, accumulating a broad range of experience and undertaking many imaging modalities. I began at Selly Oak Hospital with a busy District General Hospital portfolio...

Dr Louise McKnight

Senior Lecturer in Radiography

Louise is a Diagnostic Radiographer who worked in clinical practice for many years and brings that experience to vocational degree teaching in a higher education setting. Her research interest is the pedagogy of research in radiography, for which she continues to develop her Doctoral work on an innovative qualitative data...

Tracey Perks

Programme Leader BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography

Tracey is a Diagnostic Radiographer with 20 years’ experience, focusing on trauma imaging and student support. She worked clinically in Southampton before moving to Heartlands Hospital as a Senior Radiographer. Tracey moved into academia in 2002 as a senior lecturer with Birmingham City University. She has fulfilled a number...

Lisa Pharaoh-Stokes

Senior Lecturer in Radiotherapy

Lisa is a qualified Therapeutic Radiographer who has been working in education for 20 years. She has experience of teaching at both undergraduate and Foundation degree level and currently coordinates one module at level 6 on the undergraduate radiotherapy programme. Lisa is involved in the marking and moderation of...