Health Professions staff
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Kiri Pointon-Bell
Lecturer in Dietetics
Kiri joined BCU after working for the British Dietetic Association (BDA) as their Policy Officer for Professional Development. In this role she supported the dietetic profession across the UK in various aspects of professionalism, digitalisation and also led a key project on safe workload and safe staffing levels for NHS...
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Jonathan Potter
Lecturer in Academic Skills
Jonathan provides academic skills support for students at all levels within the Faculty of Health, Education, and Life Sciences. This includes in-course sessions, as well as extracurricular provisions such as workshops and one-to-one tutorials, and online resources. Previously, he has taught academic writing across all...
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Julie Quick
ODP Apprenticeship Course Leader / Senior Lecturer Clinical Lead & Enterprise/Research
Julie has spent 25 years working within the perioperative environment. In her last NHS post she worked as a Surgical Care Practitioner in general surgery at Trust within the West Midlands. Julie is passionate about perioperative care and has a particular interest in surgery, research and advancing surgical roles.
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Lynsey Richards
Senior Lecturer and Course Lead for MSc Dietetics
Lynsey qualified as a Registered Dietitian in 2010 at the University of Nottingham, and has over a decade of experience in the NHS in a range of clinical areas, including home enteral tube feeding, nutrition support, weight management, renal and diabetes. Lynsey joined BCU in 2017 as a Lecturer in Dietetics and an admissions...
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Dr Hazel Richards
Senior Lecturer in Speech and Language Therapy
Hazel is a registered Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) who worked in NHS for over 20 years as a specialist SLT, with a focus on complex special needs including AAC (alternative and augmentative communication), dysphagia, CAMHS, and multi-disciplinary working. She completed a Level 5 Institute of Leadership and Management...
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Tracey Righton
Senior Lecturer in Speech and Language Therapy (Acquired Disorders)
Tracey returned to Birmingham City University as a Senior Lecturer in 2016, having previously lectured at BCU (University of Central England) from 1995 to 2000. She qualified as a Speech and Language Therapist in 1988, since qualification she has worked in the NHS and in independent practice and lectured as a Speech and...
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Dr Anne Robbins
Senior Lecturer, Public Health
Anne's background is in public health and health promotion, on research based projects at a local, regional and national level. This has been within the NHS, Local Authorities, BBC and National Charities. She has undertaken a wide range of research and consultancy appointments on health promotion and public health which have...
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Gillian Rudd
Senior Lecturer and Joint Programme Lead (MSc Speech and Language Therapy)
Gillian has extensive experience of supporting children and young people with a wide range of communication needs and additional expertise in supporting children and adults presenting with fluency disorders. She promotes a person-centred, solution-focused approach in both her teaching and practice. Gillian is actively engaged...
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Michelle Ryland
Admissions Tutor / Senior Lecturer - Radiotherapy
Michelle qualified from the University of Liverpool and Northern Centre for Cancer Treatment (Newcastle) in 1999 with a BSc (Hons) in Radiotherapy and started work as a therapeutic radiographer at UHCW. She then moved to London in 2001 and worked at the Royal Marsden Hospital, in Chelsea, as Senior 2/Band 6 clinical...
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Ayazullah Safi
Senior Lecturer
Dr Ayazullah Safi is a senior lecturer in the Department of Public Health, teaching across Foundation, BSc, and Master of Public Health courses at Birmingham City University (BCU). Prior to joining BCU, he was the Course Leader for MSc Sport and Exercise Nutrition, Deputy Course Leader for Essential of Nutrition (Short Course)...