Our People
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Dr Vanessa Cui
Senior Research Fellow
Dr Vanessa Cui is currently a Senior Research Fellow at Birmingham City University Centre for the Study of Practices and Culture in Education (CSPACE). Her research work has mainly focused on the interface between education policy and practice from educators’ and learners’ perspectives across fields of education (e.g. teacher...
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Dr. Paul Cureton
Senior Research Fellow in Landscape and Infrastructure
Dr. Paul Cureton is a Senior Lecturer in Design (People, Products, Places) Imagination Lancaster, Lancaster University. Paul is also a Senior Research Fellow in Landscape and Infrastructure, Birmingham City University, UK in the CATiD Research Centre. He holds a PhD in Landscape Representation from Manchester School of...
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Prof Joe Cutler
Professor in Composition
Joe Cutler has been described as ‘writing music of quirky dancing energy and humour mingled with mystery’ (Ivan Hewett, Daily Telegraph). For more than 20 years, he has been a distinctive figure on the contemporary music scene, often exploring the spaces between genre. His music has been performed in over 40 countries and...
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Dr Faye Davies
Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Theory
Faye Davies is Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Theory at the BCU. She joined the University in 2001. Her expertise lies in Media and Cultural theory, particularly in the areas of television, developing pedagogical approaches for media education and digital cultures. Faye has also presented various papers in the United...
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Ravi Deepres
Professor of Moving Image and Photography
Award winning artist, photographer and film maker with an international reputation for focusing on the intersection of the still and moving image. Influences of identity, psychology, social conditioning, historical archives, and scientific cosmological research constantly feed his practice. Expressed through conceptual...
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Emeritus Professor Elaine Denny
Professor of Health Sociology
Elaine Denny has a background in hospital and community nursing and taught health sociology to students on health related courses for 20 years. Her research interests focus around women as recipients and providers of health care, and she has published work on women’s experience of IVF, the experience of endometriosis, and on...
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Beth Derbyshire
Course Leader: MA Art and Project Management
Beth is a practising artist who has been working largely in the public realm for over 25 years. Her practice explores the diverse nature of human presence and expression within social and historical registers. Themes have been: silence in society, conflict and collective memory, nationality and identity. Recent works have...
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Neil Fraser Dickson
Senior Lecturer in Primary Design and Technology and Computing
Neil teaches on several BA/PGCE modules including primary computing, D&T and Science. He teaches about creativity and how to promote it within highly practical sessions following well established approaches to learning. He looks at the skills needed for the 21st century and ensure students are aware of the changes that are...
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Christopher Dingle
Professor of Music
Christopher Dingle is a specialist in French Music, notably Messiaen and Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges , and the history and practice of Music Criticism. Messiaen’s Un oiseau des arbres de Vie (orchestration realized by Dingle), received its world premiere at the 2015 BBC Proms. Chris is Associate Director of...
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Andrew Dixon
Senior Lecturer/Course Director in Sociology
Andrew Dixon teaches at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the School of Social Sciences. He is presently the study abroad tutor for the School.