Our People
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Julie Hadley
Associate Professor - Nursing and Midwifery
Julie is the Deputy Head of Nursing and Midwifery at Birmingham City University . She has been employed in higher education since 2008. After qualifying, she worked as a midwife at the Birmingham Women's Hospital and later as a Research Midwife. She was then employed as a project manager and research teacher and was...
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Dr Janet K Halfyard
Director of Studies (Undergraduate)
Dr Janet K. Halfyard is Director of Undergraduate Studies at Birmingham Conservatoire, part of Birmingham City University,where she teaches courses on film and TV music, and on twentieth century and contemporary music. Her publications include Danny Elfman’sBatman: a film score guide (Scarecrow Press, 2004), Music in Cult TV...
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Dr Simon Hall
Head of Music Technology
Simon Hall’s musical interests are wide-ranging, which is reflected in his variety of work. He is an active composer, producer, recording engineer and bass trombone player as well as educator. He has worked across a range of genres in a range of capacities, with artists as diverse as Karlheinz Stockhausen, Pierre Boulez,...
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Dr Emily Harrison
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Emily is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology with a specialism in Child Development and Education. Emily’s research expertise lies within the area of childhood literacy development, and her doctoral thesis was entitled “Evaluating the potential of a speech rhythm-based reading intervention”, which involved designing, developing,...
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Dave Harte
Acting Head of Department of English and Media
Dave Harte is Acting Head of Department of English and Media. His research is focused on local and community journalism, and he has published widely on these topics. He was co-investigator on the UK Research Council funded project 'Media, Community and the Creative Citizen' where he led a research strand investigating the...
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Claire Hartley
Senior Lecturer
Claire Hartley is a Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) and Senior Lecturer (in acquired communication difficulties) at Birmingham City University. She is also the Programme Director for the Return to Practice in SLT Programme. Her interests include aphasia, motor speech disorders, simulated practice in SLT, and working with...
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Dr Hannah Harvey
Research Assistant
Hannah’s focus is on ensuring that research is inclusive and responsive to real-world needs. She is driven by finding new ways to brighten the public’s relationship research and develop better ways to incorporating patient and public voices into healthcare. Her PhD examined the diagnostic practices of paediatric speech and...
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Zoë Hillyard
Senior Lecturer | BA (Hons) Textile Design
Zoë Hillyard is a Senior Lecture and Course Leader for BA(Hons) Textile Design at Birmingham City University. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and has over 20 years of lecturing experience in both national and international contexts. Zoe is also an established textile artist craft practitioner...
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Dr Sian Hindle
Senior Lecturer in the History of Jewellery
Sian Hindle is a Senior Lecturer in the History of Jewellery. Her research interests centre on jewellery as an element of dress, and she holds a PhD exploring how jewellery’s wear and use can contribute to the formation of individual and collective identities. The thesis sits at the intersection of a number of disciplines, and...
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Dr Anthony Howe
Reader in English Literature and MA English Literature Course Director
Dr Anthony Howe is Reader in English Literature and Director of Graduate Research for English at Birmingham City University. Originally from the North East of England, he studied at Liverpool (BA; MA) before taking a PhD at Cambridge. Prior to his current post he taught at the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford. He is a...