Our staff
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Joe Miles
Course Leader BA (Hons) Photography and BA (Hons) Fashion Imaging
Joe has extensive experience as a freelance photographer, specialising in commercial and editorial photography for national and international clients. He has worked with models, politicians, sportspeople and celebrities for clients including the BBC, British Telecom, The Condé Nast Publications, The Daily Telegraph, Fulham FC...
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Maya Mistry
ADM Technician
Maya’s role involves supporting students, academic colleagues and student monitors across the Art, Design and Media faculty. Through providing technical support and assisting with learning and teaching activities for our facilities: Creative Print, Photography, The Shell, TV and Radio Studios. For Maya, acquiring new...
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Christopher Morris
Senior Lecturer & Course Leader: BA (Hons) Creative Advertising
After graduating from Northumbria University, Newcastle in BA (Hons) Advertising & Graphic Design, Christopher Morris was employed as an Art Director for several London agencies; Lowe Howard-Spink/Horseman Cooke, The Unknown Partnership & D4. As Art Director, Christopher worked on accounts for Boots, M&S, James Capel,...
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Jo Newman
Foundation Course Director
Jo chose a career in education so that she could provide students with learning environments where conversations, ideas and materials can be selected, combined, analysed and shared, offering them a way of socializing, caring and questioning to grow their learning with meaning for their futures. She champions the integration...
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Sofia Niazi
Lecturer in Illustration
Sofia Niazi is an artist, illustrator, and member of One of My Kind (OOMK) artist collective. As part of OOMK, she set up community Risograph print workshop Rabbits Road Press in London. She has worked on a range of commissioned projects, taken part in international artist residencies and regularly speaks about her work in...
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Rachel Oldfield
Lecturer in Illustration BA (Hons)
Rachel has worked as a successful freelance illustrator for over fifteen years. Her work has been commissioned for use on a wide range of formats including room decor, wall art, book covers, wrapping paper, greeting cards, commercial murals, surface pattern design, including six published children’s books. She has taught...
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David Osbaldestin
Deputy Course Director
Category: Engaging and Inspiring Teacher of the Year More about Extra Mile David Osbaldestin is Deputy Course Director for the BA (Hons) Visual Communication in the School of Visual Communication. He joined the University nine years ago. A Creative Director with a passion for typography, David Osbaldestin is...
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Koray Pezukoglu
Senior Animation Technician
Koray is experienced in the fields of motion graphics design, 3D modelling, animation, filmmaking and advertisement. He is a serious Cinema 4D enthusiast, researching Unity integration into Cinema 4D and live motion capture technologies. Koray provides daily or weekly software demonstrations and assists staff and students with...
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Nick Priest
Lecturer in Photography
Nick is a Lecturer in BA Photography and has a distinction in MA Photography and Outstanding in his teaching qualification. Nick has a passion for all photography and his practice has led him into documentary and portrait photography, shooting communities, people, places, and readings in Psychogeography and Sense of Place, and...
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Robert Sharl
Senior Lecturer
Robert Sharl is a Senior Lecturer in Visual Communications in the School of Visual Communications at Birmingham City University’s Faculty of Art, Media and Design. He joined the University in 1999. Robert Sharl is changing the way that industry and the School of Visual Communications collaborate. Instead of having external...