Health Professions staff
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Natacha Capener
Lecturer / Placement Coordinator in Speech and Language Therapy
Natacha qualified as a speech and language therapist (SLT) from University College London (UCL) in 2012. Throughout her career she has worked in the NHS and as an independent SLT in a range of school settings (mainstream, specialist, and additionally resourced provisions) with children and young people of all ages. Her area of...
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Kate Chadwick
Senior Lecturer in Radiotherapy
Kate has worked as a Therapeutic Radiographer in Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre and as a Radiation Therapist in Perth, Western Australia. Kate joined Birmingham City University in 2006 as a Senior Clinical/Academic Lecturer in Radiotherapy. During her time at BCU Kate has co-ordinated modules for the BSc and FdSc...
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Dr Nicola Clarke
Senior Lecturer / Professional Navigator / Academic Advisor / SEDA Accredited Doctoral Supervisor
Nicola is a registered mental health nurse completing her degree with honours in Mental Health Nursing at Oxford Brookes University. She has an MSc in General Psychiatry which she completed at Keele Postgraduate Medical School. In 2013 Nicola was awarded her Educational Doctorate and she has since become a Senior fellow of the...
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Lewis Clemson
Lecturer in Operating Department Practice
Lewis qualified as an Operating Department Practitioner (ODP) in 2017. Once qualified, he worked at a Major Trauma Centre, helping to care for patients with severe life-threatening injuries. He was able to experience the perioperative care of patients undergoing complex procedures within Orthopaedics (both elective and...
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Dr Simon Cook
Senior Lecturer
Simon is a human geographer with specialisms in sport, exercise, physical cultures, mobilities, transport and everyday life. His research concerns everyday active practices, how they change, and what that tells us about society, spaces, cultures and bodies. This has included research into run-commuting, post-collision cycling...
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Peter Cooke
Senior Lecturer/Admissions Tutor
Peter's key experience of Rehabilitation Work arose from working in the heart of Birmingham area delivering rehabilitation assessment and training to people newly diagnosed with sight loss. This area of Birmingham was particularly challenging due to high numbers of people of working age whose sight loss was often accompanied...
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Julie Davis
Foundation Year Lecturer
Julie joined the ADD (Academic Development Department) in 2018 as a Lecturer on the HELS Foundation Year programme. Prior to joining Birmingham City University, she worked at a number of local FE and HE institutions where she developed and delivered a range of Early Years and Education programmes. Her professional background...
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Lesley Ann Docherty
Senior Lecturer
Lesley Ann qualified in 2001 from UCE and worked at Selly Oak Hospital and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital until joining the University in 2014. She worked in the Stroke Unit and supported patients in the Burns Unit and ITU. Lesley Ann currently holds an honorary contract at a local NHS hospital.
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Paul Finnemore
Lecturer in Operating Department Practice
Paul is an Operating Department Practitioner and Alumni of BCU. During his training he attended the Birmingham hospitals circuit rotation for his first year and at City Hospital for his second. Paul initially worked at City Hospital post qualification for three and a half years, and then moved to Birmingham Children’s...
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Victoria Fletcher
College Academic Lead - Access, Participation and Success
Vicki is a Senior Lecturer at Birmingham City University, and is a BCU alumna, having studied her BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography at BCU between 2008 and 2011. She achieved a First Class degree and was awarded the Student of Excellence accolade for achieving the highest average grade in her studies for her cohort. ...