Our People
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Simon Dobbs
Senior Lecturer
Simon has been delivering BCU’s post registration Cardiac courses since 2003 and has overseen their development from diploma awards to the current provision at Level 6 and 7. In addition he is part of the Dimensions in Health Care (now Professional Practice award) programme team, facilitating the provision of a variety of...
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Ian Dodds
Deputy Course Leader in Illustration
Ian Dodds has worked as a freelance illustrator since 2002. His work covers Editorial, Design and Publishing Illustration working for a number of national and international clients including The Japan Times, Radio Times, Guardian, Cycling Plus Magazine, The Economist, Institute of Directors, Financial Times, Independent on...
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Ann-Marie Dodson
Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing and Critical Care
Ann-Marie commenced her career in the NHS as nursing auxiliary and qualified as a General Nurse in 1981 from Selly Oak School of Nursing where she worked in Medicine, Emergency Surgery and Intensive care. In 1989 she moved to the Queen Elizabeth hospital working in Renal, Liver and Intensive care before qualifying as a...
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Dr Thomas Domboka
Head of the College of Business, Digital Transformation and Entrepreneurship
Tom comes from a strong entrepreneurial and management background with experience in starting new businesses, having worked with a variety of organisations in the UK and overseas. He is now the Head of Business, Digital Transformation and Entrepreneurship.
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Professor Anthony Downey
Professor of Visual Culture in the Middle East and North Africa
Dr Anthony Downey is Professor of Visual Culture in the Middle East and North Africa (Birmingham City University), where his research and teaching focuses on contemporary visual cultures and practice-based research, postcolonial theory and praxis, digital methodologies, machine vision and AI, pedagogical networks, and...
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Dr Asya Draganova
Lecturer in Media and Communication
Dr Asya Draganova is a Lecturer in Media and Popular Music Culture and a researcher co-leading the Popular Music Research Cluster based at the Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research . Asya is the Course Director for MA Media and Cultural Studies and teaches across all MA programmes at the School of Media within the...
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Professor Rajinder Dudrah
Professor of Cultural Studies and Creative Industries
Rajinder Dudrah is Professor of Cultural Studies and Creative Industries and served as the Interim Associate Dean for Research, Innovation and Enterprise in the Faculty of Arts, Design and Media at Birmingham City University (2021-22). He has also served as the University's AHRC-funded Midlands3Cities Doctoral Training...
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Aleksandar Dunjerovic
Professor in Performing Arts
Aleksander is an internationally award winning professional theatre director. His research and theatre practice informs his learning and teaching and development of student experience. In his 26 years of theatre career, he has directed across Britain, Ireland, Serbia, Romania, Iran, Colombia, Japan, Brazil and Canada. His...
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Professor David Edwards
Professor of Plant and Machinery Management
David has accrued considerable leadership and management experience in the roles of teaching, award management and development, quality enhancement, student liaison and the national student survey (NSS), academic administration and research at a number of higher education institutes in this country and abroad. He is currently...
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Professor David J Edwards
Director of Centre for Business Innovation and Enterprise
David worked as a Senior Construction Manager for a local company and contracted to major construction and civil engineer companies before joining academia. He gained formative teaching and learning and administration experience whilst working at the University of Wolverhampton (as a Senior Research Fellow) but went onto...