Jewellery staff
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Dauvit Alexander
Senior Lecturer
Rusty bolts lie by the side of the road. A coffee jar filled with corroded spring washers sits on the windowsill of a disused engineering works. Someone throws a cast-iron fencing spike into a skip. A piece of pitted steel washes up on the beach. These are not the images normally associated with the worlds of either...
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Karen Barlett
Senior Technician, Demonstrator
Karen trained as a Jewellery Designer/ Maker and has a post-graduate Master of Arts degree in jewellery & related products. Karen has over twenty years of experience working within arts education and works as part of the Technical Team at The School of Jewellery. The scope of her duties includes: Operating the School of...
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Beaulagh Brooks
Course Director, Senior Lecturer
A highly experienced Educator, Academic, Manager and Designer-Maker, with a passion for Teaching & Learning focusing on the Creative Industries and Applied Arts. Beaulagh is especially interested in Studio Practice and developing students employability and Graduate enterprise skills, alongside creative research and practice....
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Dr Ann-Marie Carey
Associate Professor
Ann-Marie is a Research Fellow for Jewellery. She specialises in combining craftsmanship with laser technology to introduce new perspectives of understanding. She has worked with museums in London and Birmingham to create replicas of the Cheapside Hoard and Staffordshire Hoard respectively. In her academic career, Dr...
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Nuala Clooney
Course Director, Lecturer
Nuala Clooney is an artist working with sculpture and video based in Birmingham, UK, and teaches on jewellery Foundation courses. Nuala has exhibited internationally and extensively across the UK. She was recently selected by Art & Heritage for a new commission project for Middleport Pottery, Stoke-on-Trent, (2021). Nuala...
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Glen Day
Lecturer
Over 35 years’ experience working for some of the biggest and best companies in the UK Jewellery industry. Influencing Business Strategy and marketing plans. Many senior positions held including Production Manager, Quality Control Manager, Business Manager and Business Development Manager; with expertise embedded in...
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Suzanne Ettrick
Lecturer in HND Jewellery and Silversmithing
Sue has over 26 years’ experience working in the jewellery industry ranging from retail to manufacturing; Sue runs her own business specializing in bespoke jewellery design, repairs, restoration and remodelling. A majority of the business is remodelling sentimental jewellery, reusing sentimental and precious materials and...
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Michela Ferraro
Senior Lecturer – MA Luxury Brand Management
With over three decades of passion and international experience, Michela is a jewellery expert and educator specialising in luxury, innovation, sustainability, and precious additive manufacturing (metal AM). These elements are crucial for ethical and sustainable practices in the jewellery and luxury sectors. Michela currently...
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Dr Sian Hindle
Senior Lecturer in the History of Jewellery
Sian Hindle is a Senior Lecturer in the History of Jewellery. Her research interests centre on jewellery as an element of dress, and she holds a PhD exploring how jewellery’s wear and use can contribute to the formation of individual and collective identities. The thesis sits at the intersection of a number of disciplines, and...
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Jeremy Hobbins
Deputy Head of the College of Jewellery, Fashion and Textiles
Originally graduating with a Business background, Jeremy transferred his skills into the horology world following his study of HND Horology at this institution. Jeremy worked as a professional horologist for others, and himself, for 20 years before returning to BCU to share his love of the subject and train a new generation...