Education and Teacher Training staff
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Salya Akhtar
Assistant Lecturer
Salya is an Assistant Lecturer within the Department of Education, working across the Children, Youth and Community Cluster. She teaches across a range of education related courses, drawing on extensive experience as a secondary English teacher and her expertise in higher education teaching, teacher education and educational...
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Dr Anthony Anderson SFHEA
Associate Professor in Music Education
Anthony taught music in schools for 16 years, during which time he was a Head of Performing Arts. He is an accredited Advanced Skills Teacher and coach, and has worked as an Outstanding Facilitator with the National College for Teaching and Leadership. He is an experienced initial teacher educator having worked in schools as a...
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Jo Armitage
Teaching Fellow in Secondary Education (Specialism in MFL)
Secondary School Teacher for 25 years with positions held including Subject Mentor for PGCE and ECTs, Lead Practitioner, Subject Lead, Careers Lead, EVC. Previous industry experience in management in Travel and Tourism Industry.
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Dr Ian Axtell BA (Hons); PGCE; DPSE; PG Cert; PG Dip; MEd
Associate Professor in Education Leadership
Ian has been working in education since 1984. He began his teaching career in Coventry working in arts education, mainly teaching music and music technology. In 1989 Ian moved to Birmingham to become a Head of Music in a school near the city centre. In 1993 he moved to Hereford, becoming a Curriculum Area Leader for Arts...
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Professor Amanda Bateman
Professor Early Years
Amanda Bateman is a Professor of Early Years at Birmingham City University. She has many years of experience in early childhood education, beginning her career as an early childhood practitioner in Wales and then completing a PhD in children’s interactions at Swansea University in 2010. Professor Bateman has many years of...
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Annamaria Berger-Jones
Conductor - Senior Lecturer
Annamaria has been working in the field of special educational needs and disabilities for over 25 years in various sectors and roles. Her undergraduate degree is in conductive education – a transformative pedagogical approach for children and adults with movement disorders. She has been working as a practitioner since 2006....
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Dr Christopher Bolton
Senior Lecturer and Course Leader for PGCEi
Chris is a Senior Lecturer in Drama Education here at BCU. Before this role, he worked in secondary schools as a Drama Advanced Skills Teacher. He has a keen interest in how drama pedagogy can create spaces for dialogic learning within Initial Teacher Education and the role of autoethnography in exploring professional identity....
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Dr Karina Butler
Lecture in Education
Dr Karina Butler studied International Relations and Political Science at the University of Birmingham, where she received her BA (Hons) followed by a Doctorate in Political Science from the Department of Political Science and International Studies.
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Dr Kate Carruthers Thomas
Senior Research Fellow / BCU Athena SWAN Project Manager
Dr Kate Carruthers Thomas has worked in higher education since 1999, primarily as a Widening Participation programme manager, but undertook a full-time doctorate funded by the HEA in 2012, completing in 2016 at the age of 50.
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Dr Tina Collins
Senior Lecturer in Education
Tina is a Senior Lecturer in Education. She is joint course lead of the Master’s in Education (taught) programme. Tina’s experience also includes teacher training and she is Academic Lead for the PGCE(I)/PGDE(i) working with the Indus Training and Research Institute in India (ITARI). Her doctoral research focusses on gender and...