Our staff
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Tracy Allanson-Smith
Employability Co-ordinator
Tracy is currently working as an Employability Co-ordinator for the Visual Communication department team, maximising engagement with students and graduates through one to one appointments, events, workshops and a range of employability activities to promote student and graduate opportunities and positive Graduate Outcomes. She...
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Jane Anderson
Course Director and Lecturer in Graphic Design
Jane Anderson is Course Leader for BA (Hons) Graphic Design at Birmingham City University. She has a BA (Hons) in Fine Art (1998), and an MA in Art and Design: Interdisciplinary Practice (2020). She is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), and has taught on the BA Graphic Design course since 2009, working with...
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Dr Caroline Archer-Parré
School of Visual Communication
Caroline Archer-Parré is Professor of Typography, Co-director of the Centre for Printing History and Culture at Birmingham City University / University of Birmingham, and Chairman of the Baskerville Society. Caroline supervises doctoral students both at BCU and beyond and is a member of the Faculty Research Directorate...
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Paul Barrett
Course Director/ School Academic Lead
Paul Barrett has been the course director for BA Hons Design for Performance: Theatre, Film and Live Events since 2001. A practising scenographer, his professional credits include designs for large-scale theatre, small-scale outdoor touring productions, corporate events and festivals. He has many years’ experience as a...
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Anurag Basak
Lecturer in Visual Communication BIFCA
Anurag Basak is a visual artist and an educator from India. With over a decade of experience in university education, he has successfully synchronised his creative practice and teaching creating an innovative classroom environment for the students. His academic journey also includes teaching international students at...
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Jaskirt Boora
Lecturer in Photography
Jaskirt is an award-winning multi-disciplinary artist whose work focuses on a socially engaged practice, working with local communities. She is interested in celebrating untold stories while exploring visual representations of gender, ethnicity and place. Jaskirt creates work with the aim to empower and give voice to...
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Dr Gary Bratchford
Associate Professor of Photography
Gary Bratchford is a writer, editor & curator, and an Associate Professor of Photography. Gary co-edits Visual Studies Journal, Visual Culture in Britian and co-edits the Palgrave Book Series, Social Visualities. Formally president of the International Sociological Association’s Visual Research Group, Gary is a Fellow of...
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Steven Chamberlain
Lecturer in Film and Animation
Steven Chamberlain is a lecturer in film and animation. Steven trained as a painter at Central Saint Martins and continued painting for a number of years before becoming a multimedia designer and artist, creating interactive audio visual, installations and projection events. Steven has over a decade experience of...
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Gareth Courage
Lecturer in Illustration BA (Hons)
Gareth is an experienced educator, illustrator and designer. He has over 15 years of experience devising, designing and delivering creative learning projects for compulsory education and arts-based organisations. These have been produced in various settings across the UK and have involved participant-led outcomes as...
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Matt Cusworth
Lecturer in Film
After a short stint as an offline editor, Matt decided that production was where his passions lay. Working initially as an assistant director and stand-by prop man for the BBC until he eventually found his calling in the camera department. From his 8 years working in industry, matts television and film credits include:...