College of Arts and Law: Key School Contacts
The College of Arts and Law is made up of five Schools.
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:
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
- 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 Role | Semester 1 | Semester 2 |
Head of School
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Helen Abbott
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Helen Abbott
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Deputy Head of School
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Aengus Ward
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Aengus Ward
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Head of Department (AHCVS
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Camilla Smith
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Camilla Smith
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Deputy Head of Department (AHCVS)
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Gregory Salter
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Gregory Salter
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Head of Department (Modern Languages
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Charlotte Ross
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Charlotte Ross
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Deputy Head of Department (Modern Languages)
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Craig Blunt
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Craig Blunt
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Head of Department (Music)
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Annie Mahtani
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Annie Mahtani
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Deputy Head of Department (Music)
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TBC
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Ben Earle
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Head of Education
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Nicholas Hunter
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Nicholas Hunter
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Deputy Head of Education/Head of Quality
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Emma Wagstaff
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Emma Wagstaff
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Head of Research
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Fran Berry
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Fran Berry
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Deputy Head of Research (Impact) - (role share)
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Sophie Hatchwell Andrew Kirkman
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Andrew Kirkman
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Head of Postgraduate Studies
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Sara Jones
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Sara Jones
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Head of Taught Postgraduate Studies
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Andrew Watts
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Andrew Watts
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Head of Global Engagement
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Alex Cannon
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Alex Cannon
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Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
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Amy Brosius
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TBC
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Athena Swan Lead
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Hilary Brown
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Natasha Rulyova
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Senior Admissions Officer
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Craig Blunt
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Craig Blunt
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School Senior Tutor
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Kate Nichols
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Kate Nichols
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Deputy Senior Tutor/Appeals
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Paul Rodmell
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Paul Rodmell
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Extenuating Circumstances Panel Chair
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Aengus Ward
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Ben Earle
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Assessment & Progress Lead
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Nick Martin
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Nick Martin
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Academic Integrity Officer
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Matthew Riley
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Matthew Riley
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Study Abroad Chair
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Ruth Whittle
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Ruth Whittle
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- 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