College of Arts and Law: Key School Contacts

The College of Arts and Law is made up of five Schools.

Birmingham Law School

English, Drama and Creative Studies

Heads of Departments:

Full staff lists:

History and Cultures

Heads of Departments:

Full staff lists:

Languages, Cultures, Art History and Music

Heads of Departments:

Full staff lists:

 

Philosophy, Theology and Religion

Heads of Departments

Full staff lists:

College Graduate School

 

Academic Administrative roles in the Schools

English, Drama & American and Canadian Studies

  • Head of Education - Dr Dan Moore
  • Head of Quality Assurance and Enhancement- Dr Amanda Patten
  • Heads of Research - Professor Dagmar Divjak and Professor Tiffany Stern
  • PGR Lead - Dr John Fagg
  • PGT Lead - Dr Erin Sullivan 
  • Impact Lead - Dr Ruth Gilligan
  • Research Lead (English Literature): Dr Rebecca Roach and Dr Jarad Zimbler
  • Research Lead (Drama & Theatre Arts): Dr Caroline Radcliffe
  • Research Lead (English Language & Linguistics): Professor Jack Grieve
  • PGTA Co-ordinator - Dr Philippa Semper
  • Assessment and Progress Lead - Dr Philippa Semper
  • Appeals and Reasonable Diligence Officer - Bob Holland
  • Senior Tutor - Dr Sara Wood
  • Senior Admissions and Recruitment Lead - Dr Dan Moore
  • Extenuating Circumstances Officer- Dr Matt Hayler
  • Deputy Extenuating Circumstances Officer - TBC for semester two
  • Staff-Student Liaison Contact- TBC for semester two
  • Academic Integrity Lead - Dr Oliver Herford
  • Employability and Enterprise Lead - Dr Ruth Page 
  • Global Engagement Lead - Dr Nick Groom
  • Programmes and Modules (School Academic Administration and Quality Manager) - Dr Ian Evans
  • International Exchange Tutor - Dr Matteo Fuoli
  • Athena Swan Lead - Dr Rachel Sykes
  • Equality and Diversity Lead - TBC for semester two
  • School Outreach and Engagement Lead - Dr Jessica Fay
  • International Student Authorised Absence Tutor - Dr Sheldon Brammall

History and Cultures

  • Head of Quality Assurance and Enhancement - Dr Simone Laqua O'Donnell
  • Head of Education - Dr Matthew Francis
  • Director of Research - Dr Henriette van der Blom
  • Head of PGR Studies - Dr Simon Yarrow
  • Head of Taught Postgraduate Studies - Dr Jonathan Willis
  • Learning Resources Representative- Dr Archie Dunn
  • School Senior Admissions Tutor - Dr Dan Reynolds
  • Admissions Lead- 
  • CAHA - Dr Dan Reynolds and Professor Henry Chapman.
  • DASA - Dr Daniel Mulugeta 
  • History - Dr David Gange
  • International Heritage Management - Professor Henry Chapman
  • World Heritage Studies - Dr Helle Jorgensen
  • Assessment and Programme Lead TBC
  • School Plagairism/Academic Integrity Officer - Professor Henry Chapman
  • Employability Co-ordinator - Dr Christopher Markiewicz
  • School Student Mobility - Dr Armin Grunbacher

Languages, Cultures, Art History and Music

School RoleSemester 1Semester 2

Head of School

Helen Abbott

Helen Abbott

Deputy Head of School

Aengus Ward

Aengus Ward

Head of Department (AHCVS

Camilla Smith

Camilla Smith

Deputy Head of Department (AHCVS)

Gregory Salter

Gregory Salter

Head of Department (Modern Languages

Charlotte Ross

 

Charlotte Ross

 

Deputy Head of Department (Modern Languages)

Craig Blunt

Craig Blunt

Head of Department (Music)

Annie Mahtani

Annie Mahtani

Deputy Head of Department (Music)

TBC

Ben Earle

Head of Education

Nicholas Hunter

Nicholas Hunter

Deputy Head of Education/Head of Quality

Emma Wagstaff

Emma Wagstaff

Head of Research

Fran Berry

Fran Berry

Deputy Head of Research (Impact) - (role share)

Sophie Hatchwell
Andrew Kirkman

Andrew Kirkman

Head of Postgraduate Studies

Sara Jones

Sara Jones

Head of Taught Postgraduate Studies

Andrew Watts

Andrew Watts

Head of Global Engagement

Alex Cannon

Alex Cannon

Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Amy Brosius

TBC

Athena Swan Lead

Hilary Brown

Natasha Rulyova

Senior Admissions Officer

Craig Blunt

Craig Blunt

School Senior Tutor

Kate Nichols

Kate Nichols

Deputy Senior Tutor/Appeals

Paul Rodmell

Paul Rodmell

Extenuating Circumstances Panel Chair

Aengus Ward

Ben Earle

Assessment & Progress Lead

Nick Martin

Nick Martin

Academic Integrity Officer

Matthew Riley

Matthew Riley

Study Abroad Chair

Ruth Whittle

Ruth Whittle

Birmingham Law School

  • Head of School: Prof Lisa Webley
  • Deputy Head of School (Staffing): Prof Nelson Enonchong
  • Associate Head (x4): Dr Meghan Campbell; Prof Rilka Dragneva-Lewers; Prof Mohammad Shahabuddin; Prof Martin Trybus
  • Head of Education: Prof Jean McHale
  • Head of Research: Prof Atina Krajewska
  • Head of CEPLER: Linden Thomas
  • Head of Global Engagement: Paul McConnell
  • Head of Planning and Strategy: Dr Ben Warwick
  • Head of Risk and Accreditations: Dr Mariela de Amstalden
  • Student Communications and Special Projects Lead: Lizzy Przychodzki
  • Head of Quality Assurance and Enhancement (also programme/ module paperwork lead): Emily Carroll
  • VL/PGTA Coordinator: Dr Katharina Moser
  • Widening Participation Lead [also P2B Coordinator, Stephen Lawrence Scholarship Lead and Benussi Bursary Lead]: Dr Lovleen Bhullar
  • Student Complaints Lead: Prof Catherine Mitchell
  • BLS Skills Academy Lead : Dr Sam Cole, Dr Charlotte Bendall 
  • BLS Skills Academy Deputy Lead: Dr Sam Cole
  • BLS Skills Academy Dubai: Zeenat Beebeejaun
  • Deputy Head of Education (LLB): Dr Kieren McGuffin
  • Inter-Sessional Lead [also Welcome Week Coordinator]: Dr Samantha Schnobel 
  • Deputy Head of Education (Specialised UG): Dr Samantha Schnobel
  • French Programmes Liaison: Catherine Vincent
  • German Programmes Liaison: Dr Sandra Ingelkofer
  • Deputy Head of Education (PGT): Dr Lydia Morgan
  • PGT Community and Development Lead: Dr Felix Torres
  • Programme Lead (Energy and Environmental Law Distance LLM): Dr Walters Nsoh
  • Programme Lead (MSc Responsible Data Science): Dr Argyro Karanasiou
  • Programme Lead (LLM Dubai Campus): Dr Mohammad Hwaidi
  • Deputy Head of Education (Exams) [also Assessment and Progress Lead, and Chair of the Board of Examiners]: Dr Rehana Parveen
  • Formative and Feedback Lead: Dr Amber Dar
  • Assessment and Quality Lead (Dubai LLM) - part of the LLM Programme Director Dubai role: Mohammad Hwaidi
  • Chair of the Extenuating Circumstances Panel: Dr Emma Breeze
  • EC Panel Member (x3): Dr Chen Zhu, Dr Chukwuma Okoli, Dr Jenny Papettas
  • Appeals Officer (x3): Dr Synda Obaji, Dr Emma Breeze, John Tingle
  • Academic Integrity Officer [also CAL Misconduct Committee Representative]: John Tingle
  • Deputy Academic Integrity Officer: Dr Alex Latham-Gambi
  • Deputy Head of Education (Support)  [also Senior Tutor and Head of Student Development and Support]: Dr Maureen Mapp
  • Deputy Senior Tutor (student case work): Dr Kirsty Moreton
  • International Student Tutor: Dr Georgia Antonopoulou
  • Reasonable Diligence Officer (x2): Dr Alexander Orakhelashvili
  • Deputy Head of Research: Dr Alan Greene ; Dr Jason Haynes
  • Research Funding Lead: Prof Rosie Harding
  • Research Impact Lead: Prof Mairead Enright
  • Research Committee: Scholarship Liaison: Dr Celine Hocquet 
  • Peer review Panel (PRP) – member: Prof Nelson Enonchong, Dr Andreas Kokkinis, Dr Bosko Tripkovic, Dr Meghan Campbell; Prof Atina Krajewska; Prof Lorraine Talbot; Prof Sean Coyle
  • School Ethics Lead: Dr Damian Gonzalez-Salzberg; Chen Zhu
  • BLS Blog Editors: Dr Alexander Orakhelashvili; Dr Alan Greene, Dr Jason Haynes
  • REF reader (x3): Prof John Child; Prof Aleks Cavoski; Prof Rilka Dragneva-Lewers; Dr Alan Greene; Prof Lorraine Talbot; Prof Fiona de Londras; Prof Shahab Shahabuddin; Prof Karen Yeung; Prof Karen McAuliffe; Prof Rosie Harding; Prof Catherine Mitchell 
  • Head of PGR Study: Dr Andreas Kokkinis
  • Deputy Head of PGR Study (Environment): Dr Sam Fairclough
  • Deputy Head of PGR Study  (Admissions and Funding): Prof John Child
  • Head of Global Engagement: Paul McConnell
  • School Communications Lead (see below as combined with School Communications Lead role): Dr Peter Coe
  • BLS Open Access Champion: Dr Mariela de Amstalden
  • Head of Academic Development: Prof Sean Coyle
  • Deputy Head of Academic Development (Education): Dr Katharina Moser
  • Deputy Head of Academic Development (Research): Prof Lorraine Talbot
  • School Equality and Diversity Officer: Dr Steven Cammiss
  • Deputy School Equality and Diversity Officer: Dr Tara Quinlan
  • Diversity Champions (x3): Dr Synda Obaji; Marcelo Carvalho Loureiro; Dr Shaimaa Abdelkarim
  • School Communications Lead (internal and external including staff, but not student comms which falls within Education): Dr Peter Coe
  • Senior Admissions Tutor: Dr Gavin Byrne and Lizzy Przychodzki; Lizzy Przychodzki
  • PGT Admissions Tutor: Dr Henok Asmelash
  • UG Admissions Tutor: John Tingle
  • UG Admissions Tutor: Theresa Lynch
  • Head of CEPLER: Linden Thomas  (maternity leave), in the interim Dr Ben Warwick
  • Deputy Head of CEPLER (Research Facilitation): Dr Damian Gonzalez-Salzberg
  • CEPLER Dubai Lead: Dr Shamini Ragavan 
  • Deputy Head of CEPLER (Employability): Frances Seabridge
  • Employability team member: Internal/ UoB placements (PGT focus): Nia Stead
  • Employability team member: External Placements (PGT focus): Nia Stead
  • Employability team member:  Entry into Qualifying Practice including Law in the City: Frances Seabridge
  • Employability team member: Employer engagement and CePLER placements: Nia Stead
  • Employability team member: Careers as an Academic (including ReSkill): Dr Emma Oakley
  • Employability team member: Careers at the Bar: Dr Audrey Cook
  • Employability team member: Legal careers in other jurisdictions  including international placements: Dr Sam Schnobel and Paul McConnell
  • Employability team member: international placement support in France and elsewhere: Catherine Vincent
  • Deputy Head of CePLER (Pro Bono): Amy Tabari
  • Pro Bono Team member: Supervising solicitor for pro bono legal advice and assistance (including LLM provision): Amy Tabari
  • Pro Bono Team member: Supervising solicitor for pro bono legal advice and assistance: Linden Thomas
  • Pro Bono Team member: Supervising solicitor for pro bono legal advice and assistance: Anisa Altaf
  • Pro Bono Team member: Supervising solicitor for pro bono legal advice and assistance: Raymond Kisswany
  • Pro Bono Team member: Streetlaw and PLE: Dr Amber Dar; Linden Thomas
  • Deputy Head of CEPLER (Extra Curricular Advocacy including skills training): Dr Audrey Cook
  • Advocacy team member: Dubai: Dr Amer Tabbara
  • Advocacy team member: Skills training: Dr Audrey Cook
  • Advocacy team member: Internal Mooting competitions: Dr Chukwuma Okoli
  • Advocacy team member: External Mooting competitions: Dr Alex Latham-Gambi 
  • Advocacy team member: International Mooting competitions: Dr Damian Gonzalez-Salzberg
  • Advocacy team member: Negotiations (training, internal and external): Raymond  Kisswany
  • Advocacy team member: Client interviewing (training, internal and external competitions): Dr Szilard Gaspar-Szilagyi
  • CAL Director of Global Engagement: Prof Aleks Cavoski
  • CAL Impact Lead: Prof Fiona de Londras
  • CAL Sustainability Lead: Prof Aleks Cavoski
  • CAL Deputy ProFF Lead: Dr Ben Warwick
  • University Ethics Committee: Dr Chen Zhu; Dr Shaimaa Abdelkarim

Philosophy, Theology and Religion

  • Head of Research:  Dr Katherine Brown
  • Deputy Head of Research (Impact) - Dr Merten Reglitz
  • Head of Education: Dr Wouter Peeters
  • Deputy Head of Education (QAE) - Dr Isabel Wollaston
  • Deputy Head of Education (Student Experience) - Dr Jagbir Jhutti-Johal 
  • Head of Internationalisation: Professor Nicholas Adams
  • Head of UG Programmes - Dr Darragh Byrne (Philosophy) and Dr Karen Wenell (Theology)
  • BA Theology and Religion Programme Lead - Dr Amy Daughton
  • UG BA PRP Lead - Dr Amy Daughton
  • UG BA PRE Lead - Dr Karen Wenell (semester one) and Dr Katherine Brown (semester two)
  • UG Programme Lead (BA JH) - Dr Isabel Wollaston
  • Head of Postgraduate Studies - Dr Martin Pickup
  • Head of Postgraduate Taught Studies: Dr Herjeet Marway (Philosophy) and Professor Wolfgang Vondey (Theology)
  • PGT Programmes (Islamic Studies) Lead - Dr Ali-Reza Bhojani
  • PGT Programmes (Theology and Religion) Lead - Professor Wolfgang Vondey
  • PGT Programmes (Religion, Politics and Society) Lead - Professor Andrew Davies
  • PGT Programmes (Holocaust) Lead - Dr Isabel Wollaston
  • PGT Programmes (MPA) Lead - Professor Andrew Davies
  • EDI Lead: Dr Jeremy Williams
  • Distance Learning Lead - Dr Darragh Byrne
  • PGTA Co-ordinator - Dr Henry Taylor (Philosophy) and Dr Ali-Reza Bhojani (Theology & Religion)
  • Library Officer -Dr Maja Spener (Philosophy), Dr Daniela Augustine (Theology & Religion)
  •  UG Admissions Officer - Dr Iain Law (Philosophy) and Dr Jeremy Kidwell (Theology)
  • PGT Admissions Officer - Dr Herjeet Marway (Philosophy) and Professor Wolfgang Vondey (Theology).
  • PGR Admissions Officer - Alex Silk (Philosophy) and Professor Wolfgang Vondey (Theology)
  • PGR DPT Director - Dr Amy Daughton
  • PGR Biblical Studies Seminar Lead - Professor Candida Moss
  • PGR Islamic Studies Seminar Lead - Dr Ali-Reza Bhojani
  • PGR Theology and Study of Religion Seminar Lead - Dr Rachael Shillitoe
  • School Academic Integrity Officer - Dr Darragh Byrne
  • Assessment and Progress Lead - Dr Nikk Effingham (Philosophy) and Dr Daniela Augustine (Theology)
  • Extenuating Circumstances Panel Chair - Dr Darragh Byrne 
  • Extenuating Circumstances Panel Member -Dr Iain Law, Professor Scott Sturgeon & Professor Nicholas Adams
  • Appeals Officer -  Dr Darragh Byrne 
  • International/Year Abroad Officer - Professor Scott Sturgeon  (Philosophy) and Dr Ali-Reza Bhojani (Theology)
  • M4C Applications - Dr Maja Spener (Philosophy)
  • RIP co-ordinator - Dr Francesco Antilici
  • Philosophy Society - Professor Scott Sturgeon (Autumn) & Dr Henry Taylor (Spring)
  • Maths and Philosophy Officer - Dr Salvatore Florio
  • PRE and PRP Lead - Dr Francesco Antilici 
  • Academic Support Co-ordinator - Dr Francesco Antilici 
  • Woodbroke Liaison - Dr Daniela Augustine
  • Co-director of Birmingham Centre for Philosophy of Religion - Professor David Cheetham
  • Co-director of Birmingham Centre for Philosophy of Religion - Professor Yujin Nagasawa
  • CAL Misconduct Panel Members - Dr Nikk Effingham and Dr Iain Law (Philosophy), Dr Isobel Wollaston (Theology)
  • Senate Review panel members - Dr Nikk Effingham and Dr Jussi Suikkanen
  • University Academic Appeals panels - Dr Jussi Suikkanen
  • HASS Ethical Review Committee Member - Dr Jussi Suikkanen, Dr Amy Daughton and Dr Jeremy Kidwell
  • Extenuating Circumstances Panel Member for Law - Dr Nikk Effingham
  • CAL Sustainability Committee - Professor Alastair Wilson
  • CAL Widening Participation Lead - Dr Ema Sullivan-Bissett
  • ECARS Committee (CAL/COSS) - Dr Herjeet Marway
  • Research Progress & Awards Sub-Panel - Professor Yujin Nagasawa & Professor Lisa Bortolotti
  • Director of Ethics Research Grants Group - Professor Yujin Nagasawa
  • Al-Mahdi Institute Collaborative Officer - Dr Ali-Reza Bhojani
  • Oscott Collaborative Officer - Professor Hugh Houghton
  • Anglican Chaplaincy Trust - Professor Hugh Houghton
  • PGR Exams Officer - Professor Wolfgang Vondey
  • A2B and Schools Lead - Kathleen Murphy-Hollies
  • Beacon Officer - Dr Isabel Wollaston, Dr Ali-Reza Bhojani
  • University Chair of Academic Panels - Dr Isabel Wollaston
  • University Misconduct Panel Member - Dr Isabel Wollaston
  • Progress and Awards Board - Dr Isabel Wollaston

 

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