Our People

Professor Gregory Leadbetter

Professor of Poetry, Course Director of the MA in Creative Writing, Director of the Institute of Creative and Critical Writing

Professor Gregory Leadbetter is a poet and critic. His research focuses on Romantic poetry and thought, the traditions to which these relate, and the history and practice of poetry more generally. He is the author of two poetry collections, Maskwork (2020) and The Fetch (2016), both with Nine Arches Press, as well...

Francesca Leighton

Francesca Leighton is a performance maker and lecturer. She uses performance as a tool to raise awareness, inform, educate and sometimes instigate change. Her specialist areas include feminist performance and sexuality in performance. She also has experience of devising performance, working on site-specific projects and making...

Laura Leyland

Interim Head of Engineering

Laura Leyland is Interim Head of Engineering and has been innovating in engineering education for over 10 years, teaching materials based modules and practical project focussed delivery with a specific interest in developing humanitarian engineering. This module delivery incorporates the Engineering for People Challenge from...

Dr Scott Lichtenstein

Associate Professor

Scott's lecturing, research and publishing are in the areas of strategy and strategic leadership. His specialism is in the area of leaders’ and executives’ personal values and how they impact strategic choice and leadership.

Cathy Liddle

Senior Lecturer (Skills and Simulation)

In 2000 Cathy joined Birmingham City University when it was known as University of Central England (UCE) following a career working at local Trusts. Cathy qualified at Good Hope Hospital and worked on a general medical ward before moving to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital or University Hospital Birmingham (UHB) as it is known now....

Sarah Louise

Lecturer

Sarah Eades is a lecturer in our School of Nursing and Midwifery . She has had a long career in nursing - after qualifying in 1985, she worked in the acute sector, before taking roles within community and primary care in 1992, where she subsequently successfully completed a specialist practitioner BSc in community health...

Dr Adam Lynes

Associate Professor in Criminology

Dr Adam Lynes  is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology  at Birmingham City University, where he has taught since 2012, covering topics such as criminological theory, homicide, and transnational organised and corporate crime.

Dr Khaled Mahbub

Associate Professor in Software Engineering

Khaled started his academic career, in September 1999, as a Lecturer (US hierarchy) in Computer Science & Engineering at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, where he worked until March 2001. From May 2006 to July 2007, Khaled served as Research...

Dr Michael Mantzios

Professor of Applied and Experimental Psychology, College Director of Research, Enterprise and Innovation

Michael is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, leading initiatives to improve students’ wellbeing, and aims to enhance student academic and employment prospects. Apart from his passion for utilising evidence-based practices in Higher Education, he is also working on research projects related to obesity, eating...