Our People
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Lisa Abbott
Associate Head of School
As Associate Head of School, Lisa is a proud advocate of Nursing and Midwifery at BCU. Throughout her 15 years working here, Lisa has enjoyed a variety of roles including Head of Department for Children’s and Young People’s Health, Deputy Programme Leader for Children’s Nursing, Senior Lecturer and Lecturer Practitioner. Lisa...
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Dr Keeley Abbott
Associate Professor
Dr Keeley Abbott career to date has been characterised by an interest and awareness around issues related to equality, diversity and inclusivity. This is based on her research focus related to sexualities, sexual health and sex education.
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Dr Yemisi Akinbobola
Senior Lecturer
Yemisi holds a PhD in Media and Cultural Studies from Birmingham City University. She is a senior lecturer and Research Degrees Coordinator for the Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research . Her research interests are in African Feminism(s) and media in Africa, particularly the intersections of Women's Rights and...
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Dr. Alex Albans
Research Fellow in Landscape Architecture
Dr Alex Albans is a Research Fellow at the West Midlands National Park Lab, investigating landscape as a manifestation of the culturally-framed relationships between people and their territories. Alex’s research-informed teaching at BCU focuses on how designers ‘get to know’ the places they’re working with, and how this impacts...
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Professor Islah Ali-MacLachlan
Professor in Engineering Product Design
With nearly 30 years of academic experience and a prior background in industry, Prof. Ali-MacLachlan has made significant contributions to the fields of acoustics, audio engineering, and product design. His work combines research, teaching, and industry collaboration, focusing on creating innovative, practice-informed curricula...
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Dr Nazlı Alimen
Lecturer
Dr. Nazlı Alimen teaches on MA Luxury Brand Management and MA Fashion Management courses and supervises PhD projects at BCU. Before joining BCU in 2019, she taught at London College of Fashion (UAL) and Helsinki and Aalto universities in Finland. She holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Studies from London College of Fashion, and her...
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Professor Kehinde Andrews
Professor of Black Studies
Professor Kehinde Andrews is an academic, activist and author whose books include Back to Black: Retelling Black Radicalism for the 21 st Century (2018). His first book was Resisting Racism: Race, Inequality and the Black Supplementary School Movement (2013).
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Amanda Andrews
Senior Teaching Fellow
Amanda is passionate about the education of nurses and in particular those starting in the profession. Amanda continues to encourage professionalism, developing caring and competent nurses for the future.
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Professor Caroline Archer-Parré
Professor of Typography
Caroline Archer-Parré is Professor of Typography, Co-director of the Centre for Printing History & Culture at Birmingham City University/University of Birmingham, and Chair of the Baskerville Society. With particular interest in typographic history from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries, Caroline has published widely and is...
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Dr Olatunde Aremu
Health Economist & Joint Programme Leader, Master of Public Health (MPH)
Dr. Aremu specialises in Health Economics and Management and Population health. Dr. Aremu completed doctoral training at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm. He has more than 15 years of experience spanning MedTech consulting, Public Health, clinical practice and academia. Dr. Aremu has held a couple of postdoctoral academic...