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Nishi Bremner
Nishi is a Senior Lecturer in Primary & Early Years Initial Teacher Education and ITaP Coordinator at Bishop Grosseteste University, having joined the institution in September 2024. She brings over 25 years of successful teaching experience across diverse educational settings, including inner city schools in London, village schools, and international schools in Spain, before settling in Lincolnshire in 2011.Beginning her career after completing a PGCE in London, Nishi progressed through various teaching roles and year groups, ultimately serving as Deputy Head Teacher and Head of Academy at a school in a deprived area of Lincolnshire. Her extensive classroom experience provides a strong foundation for her current role in teacher education.Coaching and mentoring are central to Nishi's professional passion. She served as ECT Lead for 10 years, successfully supporting and mentoring Early Career Teachers in school settings. This commitment to developing new educators led to collaborative work with the EoETTC and SCITT programmes as a School Based Mentor and Quality Assurance Mentor. Her expertise in clinical practice, coaching and mentoring aligns seamlessly with her ITaP coordinator responsibilities.Nishi has also contributed to academic scholarship, co-authoring a chapter on supporting vulnerable children in the Early Years alongside BGU colleagues. Her areas of specialism include EYFS, Mathematics, Assessment and Science, with interests in English as an Additional Language (EAL) and supporting children and families from disadvantaged backgrounds.Through her experience and ongoing commitment to mentoring trainees, Nishi continues to champion the development of high-quality teaching practice and the support of newly qualified educators entering the profession. -
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Emma Edwards
Before joining BGU Emma had been a Primary school teacher for over twenty years. She worked in a number of settings, both rural and city based and in every year group from Foundation Stage to Year Six. She still maintains a teaching role within school, allowing her the opportunity to make links to current practice for training teachers. Emma has worked with trainee teachers and ECTs (NQTs) for many years as well as training and supporting the mentors with whom they work. Whilst working in schools Emma has led in most areas of the curriculum, but her main interest lies in Reading. She is particularly interested in text choice and how all pupils can be engaged to read through a curriculum which prioritises their love of reading. Emma is currently studying for the Children's Literature and Literacies Masters, here at BGU and has found the modules exploring the reflections of the child within a text both fascinating and relevant for today's classroom. -
Dr Jamila Hussain
Jamila Hussain joined BGU in April 2023 as a Senior Lecturer in ITE. She had previously worked in a similar role in South Yorkshire. She is also a member of The Brilliant Club and an advocate for promoting opportunities for pupils from disadvantaged or minority backgrounds. She has recently forged links with the University of Central Punjab to look at gender inequality in higher education. Before embarking on a career in higher education, Jamila worked as a SENCO in Nottinghamshire and Nottingham City primary schools. She worked as an Early Years teacher for 13 years and SENCO for 8 years. As a SENCO, Jamila was the Achievement for All lead for her school. She gained her QTS from Manchester Metropolitan University and her National Award for SEND Coordination from Nottingham Trent University. Jamila also trained as an EY OFSTED inspector in 2022. Jamila runs The Saffron Club, a science workshop once a month in a Nottingham City Library aimed at children and their families who are from less advantaged socio-economic status (SES). She partners with scientists from The University of Nottingham to run this outreach programme. Her current areas of research also include early reading and scientific literacy in SES disadvantaged families. Prior to her career in education, Jamila worked as a post-doctoral electrophysiologist researcher for 8 years at Manchester, Cambridge and Nottingham Universities. She attained her PhD in Molecular Neuropharmacology from The University of Nottingham. She is currently co-authoring a chapter in a book entitled: Encountering Literacies in Early Years Classrooms. She teaches on the Primary ITE UG and PG programmes. She is also a mentor for the MA research students. Jamila is also the ITE representative for the RKEC at BGU. -
Dr Steve McNichol
Steve joined Bishop Grosseteste University after eleven years teaching in primary schools. During his teaching career, Steve taught throughout the primary age range and developed specialisms in behaviour management and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). Having completed the National Programme for Specialist Leaders of Behaviour, Steve undertook the role of lead behaviour teacher in three schools and has also led provision for pupils with SEND as a Special Educational NeedsCo-ordinator (SENCO). Steve holds a Master's Degree in Education from the Open University, a Doctorate in Education from the University of Nottingham and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). Teaching Steve holds the role of Associate Dean for Teaching and learning, promoting high quality curriculum, pedagogy and practice across the university. He is also is the Programme Leader for the National Award for Special Educational Needs Co-ordination (NA-SENCO), a nationally recognised master's-level qualification for current and aspiring Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators in schools. Steve also leads the teaching of behaviour management skills for students on undergraduate and postgraduate routes into teaching. He also makes a significant contribution to the teaching of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) on courses that lead to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). -
Janet Atkinson
Janet joined BGU in September 2016 from Bath Spa University where she was a Senior Lecturer. She worked with the PGCE students in Maths and Professional Studies alongside being an Academic Tutor for a group of teacher trainees. Her introduction to Higher Education was as an Associate Lecturer at the University of the West England teaching on both their undergraduate ITT and PGCE courses. She worked within the primary and early years teams supporting the 3rd Year students and PE Subject Specialists. Janet had previously been a Primary School Teacher in Lancashire for over 15 years, teaching across the Primary age range. She held a number of leadership and subject responsibilities, including supporting colleagues in both primary and secondary school settings. Teaching Janet teaches on the BA (Hons) Primary Education Course and contributes to the Primary PGCE and PTS programmes. Her teaching interests include Maths, PE and computing. -
Dr Joy Mullan
Joy joined Bishop Grosseteste in 2011. Since then, she has taught predominantly on the Undergraduate primary teaching programmes, with specific responsibilities including professional co-ordinator and cohort leader. Prior to working in Higher Education, Joy taught in a range of primary schools, in a variety of teaching roles and senior leadership. While most of her experience has been in England, Joy has also gained experience of teaching overseas in Australia and New Zealand. Teaching Joy teaches on the BA (Hons) programmes in Primary Education and Primary Teaching Studies. Her particular area of interest is global learning, and she currently leads a module which explores issues of culture and inclusion. Other teaching areas in which Joy is particularly involved include primary RE and geography. -
Katie Potter
Teaching Katie teaches on a range of Education Studies modules. She is a Primary School teacher with over twenty years experience. She has taught all Primary years including the Early Years in schools in the UK. Katie has also taught in state schools in Sweden and an international school in Portugal. -
Dr Matthew Dunn
Matt is Head of Initial Teacher Education Programmes, with a portfolio encompassing primary, secondary and further education age phases. His portfolio also covers postgraduate taught programmes for teachers such as the MA Education and international distance learning programmes, including the iPGCE and MA International Education. Matt is also Associate Dean (Admissions) with a cross-Faculty remit for liaison between the Faculty Executive Group and the university’s Marketing, Recruitment and Admissions teams. -
Louise Connolly
Louise has established a career in education over the last 24 years. Having previously worked with the University as a Visiting Tutor for three years before joining the team permanently, Louise joined Bishop Grosseteste University in September 2020 in a permanent role as a Senior Lecturer in Initial Primary Teacher Education where she now works on both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Louise leads academic writing, research modules and also supervises masters students through their dissertations. Prior to joining the university academic team, Louise was a teacher in primary schools for nearly 20 years. Throughout her time in school, she carried out a number of roles such as Foundation and Key Stage One Leader, English Lead, History Lead and was also a Special Educational Needs Coordinator for 15 years. She later became a Head Teacher of a large primary school in a deprived area in Nottinghamshire and was also the Safeguarding Lead and Special Educational Needs Coordinator for a Multi-Academy Trust.Louise completed a Masters in Education in 2019 and predominantly focused on areas of Special Educational Needs and Emotional Health. Louise achieved Fellowship with the Higher Education Academy in 2021 and is in the final stages of her PhD where her topic of interest is around worry and wellbeing in undergraduate student teachers. She is a review editor for an educational journal and also an external examiner for Initial Teacher Education at another university. Louise also enjoys a role as a Primary School Governor in a local school. Louise has previously written articles on educational areas of interest in the TES and other educational magazines. She had her first book published by Sage in 2022 in their Super Quick Skills series about proofreading essays and also recently had an article approved for publication by The Teacher Education Advancement Network (TEAN).
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