Health Professions staff

Claire Jones

Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy

Claire has been a registered physiotherapist with the HCPC since graduating from the University of Birmingham in 2007 MSc Physiotherapy (pre-registration). Claire has worked primarily in the NHS but also in the private sector. Claire has worked in a variety of settings within physiotherapy and the majority of this time was...

Henna Kaur Heir

Senior Lecturer

Henna is part of the Birmingham City University (BCU) alumni having qualified in 2014. She went onto work as a Diagnostic Radiographer working at University Coventry and Warwickshire. During this time, she worked as a rotational radiographer then went onto specialising in CT imaging from 2016. Henna completed her Pg Cert in CT...

Leonie Keeling

Lecturer

Leonie is a registered nurse with over 20 years of clinical experience in an elective orthopaedic hospital setting, she has developed extensive expertise across a range of perioperative roles. Throughout her career, she has worked as a scrub nurse, sister, and scrub manager, demonstrating strong leadership, clinical competence,...

Kathy Kinmond

Chartered Psychologist

Kathy is a Chartered Psychologist, Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist, she is also accredited by BSCAH having completed the BSCAH/Staffordshire University course in Clinical Hypnosis. She has been an academic in Higher education for over 25 years, during which time she has been module leader for several UG modules,...

Jeremy Lima

Jeremy Lima qualified as a Diagnostic Radiographer at the University of Hertfordshire in 2009 after moving to England from Gibraltar. He worked at a large NHS foundation trust in Oxford before joining BCU.

Rhiannon Lockley

Foundation year Lecturer

Rhiannon’s primary focus as a lecturer is equality and widening participation. I believe access to education for all is essential for democracy and a healthy society. She grew up in the Black Country and studied in the West Midlands, graduating from Aston University in Psychology and Sociology in 2001 followed by an MA in...

Jessica Lowe

Foundation Year Lecturer

Jessica joined the ADD (Academic Development Department) in 2019 as a Lecturer on the HELS Foundation Year Programme. Her role is to lead and develop modules to support students on their journey on the Foundation Year Programme. Prior to joining BCU, she has worked in a FE and HE institution teaching students on a range of...

Victoria Lundie

Senior Lecturer and Programme Lead for BSc (Hons) Speech and Language Therapy

Victoria has been a part of the SLT teaching team at BCU since 2012. She is joint course lead for BSc (Hons) Speech and Language Therapy and has specific responsibility for student experience as a part of this role.  She is part of the placements team working with two colleagues to ensure that students and placement educators...

Dr Claire Manford

Research Assistant

Dr Claire has just completed her PhD at Anglia Ruskin University, aiming to raise academic and social success for deafblind learners. Claire’s PhD follows a 20-year teaching career, most of which was spent working for a local authority as a Qualified Teacher for children with Multi-Sensory Impairment (QTMSI). Dr Claire’s...