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  1. Dr Hannah Grenham
    Hannah has been a member of staff at Bishop Grosseteste University since 2017, when she joined the Centre for Enhancement in Learning and Teaching (CELT) as a Learning Development Tutor. Since 2021, she has worked as a Senior Lecturer on the Foundation Year programme and also contributes to teaching in the History department. Prior to coming to BGU, Hannah earned an undergraduate MA in English and Modern History and a postgraduate MLitt in Modern History, both from the University of St Andrews. She was awarded her PhD from the University of St Andrews in 2017 for a thesis titled ‘Power to the People: Changing Attitudes to Computer Technology in the United States, 1951-1982’. Hannah is also a Certified Practitioner of Learning Development through ALDinHE and an Associate Fellow of the HEA. Hannah’s research interests are in late modern US history, particularly in the connections between society, culture, and technology. She is also interested in researching the professionalisation of Learning Development and pedagogical practices within Higher Education. Foundation Year Our degrees with an embedded Foundation Year offer the chance to study almost any undergraduate degree at BGU over four years, rather than the traditional three. For more information, visit: bgu.ac.uk/course-types/foundation-year
  2. Dr Adam Foxon
    Dr. Adam Foxon is a senior lecturer at BGU on our Foundation Year programme. He also lectures on Theology, Philosophy and Ethics. He completed his PhD in 2022 entitled, Quod Homo sit Minor Mundus: Robert Grosseteste and the Potentiality of the Material World: Microcosmism and Deification in the Development of a Didactic Weltanschauung. Dr. Foxon has worked in schools and colleges around his work at BGU and actively encourages public exposure to the academic world. He is open to conversations surrounding academic outreach, particularly in areas concerning history, philosophy, and religion. His academic work and interests are incredibly varied. He is a medievalist at heart (12th-13th centuries), but he also delves into other areas, from: historic and modern perspectives on the paradigm between science and religion; arguments for the existence of God; the Christian notion of microcosmism (and its effect on deificatory convictions); and process theology, to: exotheology (theological thought related to extra-terrestials) and the relationship between religion and football.
  3. Gillian Johnston
    Gillian joined BGU in October 2022 as a Sociology/Criminology lecturer. Her current role is Programme Leader for both the BA (Hons) Sociology and BA (Hons) Criminology programmes. Gillian played a pivotal role in developing the recently validated BA (Hons) Criminology programme. Gillian’s qualifications span both disciplines. She graduated from the University of Lincoln with a BA (Hons) Social Science degree and later graduated from Keele University with an MA in Criminology and Research Methods. She is currently undertaking an EdD. Her area of interest and the topic of her thesis is related to class, gender and Higher Education. The aim of her research is to examine the impact that social background and gender may have on mature working-class women whilst on their Higher Education learning journey. The working title of her research: Exploring the inner worlds of mature working-class women on their journey through Higher Education. Gillian’s criminological interest is with punishment and prisons. She has gained extensive practical skills through her volunteering experiences with several local organisations that offer support to offenders in the prison environment and ex-offenders in the community. Gillian teaches on several Sociology modules: What is (the point of) sociology?Advanced Social ThoughtDiscourse and Identity: Local, National and Global ContextsProfessional ContextsIn Dialogue: Subject Studies Across the Arts and HumanitiesSurveillance and Society She will also be delivering several modules on the BA (Hons) Criminology programme.
  4. Mary Brown
    Mary joined BGU November 2023. Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology. Mary has contributed to the programme development and delivery of the new undergraduate programme: BA Criminology degree and to the BA Sociology degree, developing several modules including the new module Sociology of Education, one of her specialist subject areas. More widely, Mary contributes to the Lincolnshire Youth Justice Team Futures4Me programme on the Community Panel. She is involved with developing placement opportunities as part of the BA Criminology as well as developing involvement of multiple sections of Lincolnshire police and agencies within the Criminal justice System in vocational curriculum development and employability. Other connections and class based learning development Mary has affiliated with include from Social Work teams, the Lincolnshire Recovery Partnership and LiNCHIGHER. Previously, Mary gained her BA (Hons) Social Sciences degree at the University of Hertfordshire (1995), her PGCE from Nottingham Trent University (2010) and her Master of Philosophy research degree from University of Lincoln (2022). Mary has taught at Lincoln College, where she was a lecturer in sociology, criminology (2007-2024) and policing (2021-2024) and at the University of Lincoln where she was an Associate Lecturer (2018-2021). Mary’s research interests are principally focused on young people and social class, particularly in the field of education and the relationship between these and what they mean for experience and success in education. She has contributed to improved innovation and focus on learning programmes and their accessibility for wider participation students and those with more practical focus particularly from working class backgrounds. Such interests are also shared with the wider sociological community via the British Sociological Association and Mary is a contributor to discoversociety.org. By applying research literature reviews of sociologists of education, Mary has applied new found ways of contributing to teaching programmes.
  5. Louise Boulter
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  6. Claudia McKibbin
    Claudia McKibbin is a Business Lecturer. She holds an LLB in Law and a Master of Arts in Middle East Policy Studies from the University of Exeter. She also holds a Master of Arts in International Relations recognised by the Universidade de Brasília. Her experience includes teaching in both Portuguese and English, developing professionals, content creation, coaching and mentoring, and learner capability analysis. Claudia’s areas of interest and expertise include EDI, Strategy and Risk Management, International Business, Continuous Improvement in Industry, Project Management, Law and Policy Compliance, Leadership and Management, Human Resources Management, Organisational Development, L&D, Conflict Resolution, and Cultural Intelligence. Claudia is a member of the Chartered Management Institute, works as a freelance consultant and has experience working within both public and private sector companies. Notably, Claudia worked as a Contracts Manager at an engineering firm in the USA, as an Executive Officer and Continuous Improvement Specialist within the steel industry in Brazil, and most recently as a Strategic Business Partner at a Lincolnshire NHS Trust. Alongside her role as lecturer, Claudia supports the Lincolnshire Open Research & Innovation Centre (LORIC) as a Business Research Associate with projects funded through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. Outside of academia, Claudia teaches Latin and Ballroom dancing, and enjoys spending time with her family.
  7. Professor Caroline Horton
    Caroline joined BGU in April 2015. She is Professor of Sleep and Cognition, where she is director of the DrEAMSLab, Chair of BGU’s Research Ethics Committee, Lead for the Psychology, Health and Wellbeing Research and Knowledge Exchange Unit, and REF lead for Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience (UoA 4A) for BGU. Caroline contributes to the undergraduate BA Psychology courses, having previous programme led the courses, as well as the PhD programme. (see: www.dreamslab.co.uk / @sleepandmemory). More widely, Caroline is the Co-Director of the Lincoln Sleep Research Centre (LiSReC), the Treasurer and Trustee of the British Sleep Society, an elected committee member of the Cognitive Section of the British Psychological Society, where she is also a Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol), and a member of the International Association for the Study of Dreams Research Board. As a Committee member for the BPS’ Division of Health Psychology, Caroline is Co-Editor of the Health Psychology Update. Caroline is affiliated to research groups at the University of Lincoln, and Swinburne University, Australia. Caroline is a regular reviewer for several academic journals, a renowned expert in sleep, dreaming and memory, as well as on the Editorial Board for Sleep Psychology, and two of the Frontiers in Psychology journals. Caroline has been an external examiner at the University of Edinburgh (2019-2023; MSc Psychology of Mental Health) and is currently an examiner at the University of Derby (Psychology MRes) and Newman University (MSc Psychology (conversion)) and has externally examined several research degrees. Before joining BGU, Caroline obtained her undergraduate (2003) and Master's (2004) degrees in Psychology from the University of Durham, her PhD from the Institute of Psychological Sciences, University of Leeds (2007), and a PGCHE from Leeds Metropolitan University (2008). Caroline has taught at the Universities of Durham and Leeds as well as the Open University, and predominantly at Leeds Metropolitan University where she was a Lecturer then Senior Lecturer (2007-2015). Caroline’s research interests principally span the fields of sleep, dreaming, and memory, and the relationships between those concepts. She has pioneered and developed the Sleep Well programme, a behavioural sleep improvement programme, which is being rolled out to various populations, including young adults with anxiety, and people living with diabetes. Caroline regularly features in the media, on BBC radio shows and international podcasts. She is the founder and host of the Sleep Science Pod.
  8. Dr Nyree-Anne Nicholson
    Programme Leader - Professional Studies Nyree Nicholson is the Programme Leader for the Professional Studies team, and teaches across the three pathways on the Professional Studies Foundation, Honours and Master’s Degrees. She joined Bishop Grosseteste University in 2015. Prior to this Nyree worked as a Programme Leader within another Higher Education intuition. Nyree worked with the Early Years Sector for eleven years also working as a foster carer for twenty years. Teaching Nyree teaches on the Foundation, Honours and Master’s Degrees across the Professional Studies pathways. Her teaching interests include all aspects of early childhood development. Nyree has a particular interest in Early Years research, collaborative practice, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and the Early Years Practitioner’s role planning and assessment within the Early Years Foundation Stage. Nyree is also interested in how the practitioner develops their own professional identity through experience and education.
  9. Martin Smith
    Martin Smith joined BGU in 2016 and is the technician for Psychology. His main role is supporting staff and students with using the variety of Psychology equipment we have available in the department, such as the virtual reality headset and BIOPAC devices. Martin delivers a number of practical sessions across the degree to help support student understanding of psychological concepts. Martin also co-ordinates the SONA system, which is used to help advertise staff and student research projects. He completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Lincoln and completed a Research Master's looking at using Virtual Reality as a means of investigating how we use language for objects that are in motion. Martin is part of the Psychology, Health and Wellbeing Research and Knowledge Exchange unit, where he offers additional technical support for other members of the unit.
  10. Dr Derwin Gregory
    Associate Professor of Conflict ArchaeologyProgramme Leader, Archaeology, Military History, and Heritage derwin.gregory@bishopg.ac.uk Dr Derwin Gregory specialises in post-medieval landscapes and modern conflict archaeology. He has undertaken research projects on the archaeology of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and the United States Army Air Force (USAAF). Following excavations at a Second World War airfield, during which he uncovered evidence of personal acts of memorialisation, he has become particularly interested in the link between material culture and wellbeing within the armed forces. Related courses: Archaeology & HistoryArchaeological Specialist ApprenticeshipMilitary History

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