Our People

Dr Emily Coyne-Umfreville

Deputy Head of the College of Psychology

Emily is a Senior Lecturer in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Emily’s doctoral thesis was entitled “Capturing Reading Strategies in Young children.”

Dr Tatiana Grieshofer (formerly Tkacukova)

Reader in Language and Law

Dr Tatiana Grieshofer (formerly Tkacukova) is Reader in Language and Law at Birmingham City University. Tatiana’s empirically driven quantitative and qualitative research explores a wide range of language and communication related topics within family, civil, tribunal and criminal legal settings, with a specific interest on the...

Dr Philip Talbot

Senior Academic in Accounting for Intangibles

Philip served with the 1st Battalion Staffordshire Regiment, British Army 1974-75 before entering into accountancy. He worked for the District Audit Service of England and Wales gaining extensive and wide experience as an External Auditor. He then worked in local government and the NHS in a wide range of accounting roles and...

Dr Jacqueline Taylor

Senior Lecturer in Research Practice

Jacqueline Taylor is an artist, writer, researcher and educator. She is the doctoral education lead for the faculty of Arts, Design and Media where she develops and delivers research training for PhD researchers. Her teaching specialism lies in the area of practice research and she has presented, taught and published widely on...

Dr Richard Taylor

I have been actively engaged within the gemstone and jewellery industry throughout my working career. I have founded a number of very successful SME’s that were established upon the development of both professional and technical innovations which were then recognised as the market leaders. Although entrepreneurism was an...

Dr Dionne Taylor

Associate Professor in Sociology, Course Leader – MA Black Studies

Dr Dionne Taylor's role in BCU is about supporting, inspiring and guiding the students to reach beyond what many of them believe is possible. Encouraging students to work through the challenges, barriers and limitations to success is one of the reasons she became an academic.

Helen Thomas BSc, PGCE, PGCert(HE), MA Ed, CPhys, MInstP, FHEA

PGCE Subject Route Leader for the Sciences and Senior Lecturer in Science Education

Helen taught science and physics in particular for 17 years in schools, 6th form college and FE before joining Birmingham City University. Responsibilities included GCSE Science Course Leader and Head of Physics. Helen's move to the University led from catching the research bug whilst completing a Master's degree combined with...

Dr Gareth Thomas

Senior Lecturer and Assistant Course Director (Undergraduate)

Dr Gareth Thomas is a full-time lecturer at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. He completed his BMus and MA degrees at Cardiff University before moving to the University of Birmingham to complete his PhD on ‘The impact of Russian music in Britain 1893-1929’. He has been part of the teaching staff at RBC since 2001. His interests...

Professor Shirley Thompson

Vice Principal (Music)

Shirley Thompson is a graduate of Hull University (BMus, 1987; PhD, 1998). She took up her post at Birmingham Conservatoire in 2001, and was promoted to her present role as Director of Postgraduate Studies in 2009. This role combines the management of the Conservatoire’s taught postgraduate courses with teaching (at both...