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Thomasin Nicholds
Thomasin is the Head of Programmes; Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and the Associate Dean; International. Having spent a large proportion of her career in the Third Sector, responsible for the strategic development and running of a wide range of services for children, families and communities. These include organisational development programmes for other businesses, community research, Ofsted regulated Further Education, health and wellbeing programmes. In this context she has worked at a national level developing and informing policy, engaging in a wide range of partnerships and leading strategic networks. Thomasin is an experienced Charity Trustee has been on the Boards of organisations of varying sizes and reach. Thomasin has studied Occupational Psychology at postgraduate level and has a particular interest in leadership, inclusivity in the workplace and organisational change. She has worked closely with the University of Lincoln International Business School’s Community Organisations Group for over 15 years in an Associate role. For two years Thomasin was the Principal Investigator for an externally funded, gender and leadership research project, working with colleagues with a background in Social Psychology, Business, Education and Sociology. Thomasin has a background teaching on the Psychology BA (Hons) programme and supervises undergraduate dissertations. -
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Identity, culture and communication
The Identity, Culture and Communication cluster is comprised of members of staff from the School of Humanities and elsewhere at BGU. The Cluster brings together the work of a number of researchers from across the subjects in the School, including English Literature, History, Theology, Drama and Sociology. -
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Degrees with a Foundation Year at BGU
If you don’t have the required UCAS points necessary to start a degree course then we’re here to help. Our brand new range of degrees with a Foundation Year are designed to give you an alternative route onto a full degree course. We have a huge range of courses to choose from which will see you progress onto a three year degree once you’ve successfully completed your Foundation Year. Choose from courses in a wide range of subject areas, including Psychology, Business, Sociology, Sport, History, Health & Social Care, English, Counselling, Archaeology, Drama, Geography, Education Studies, Mathematics, Early Childhood Studies, Special Educational Needs, TESOL & Linguistics and Theology. Find out more about the options open to you for starting in September this year by calling (01522) 583658, or emailing enquiries@bishopg.ac.uk. -
Reverend Dr Tania ap Siôn
The Revd Dr Tania ap Siôn is Reader of Religions, Humanities and Education, and joined Bishop Grosseteste University in 2018. She holds a BA and MA in Theology from Oxford University, an MA in Religious Studies from the University of Wales, Bangor, and a PhD in Education (focusing on theology, psychology and education) from the University of Warwick. Tania’s academic research has a strong relationship with professional practice in church-related, school-related, and community-related contexts. This is underpinned by the professional qualification of PGCE in Religious Studies, ordination as an Anglican priest in the Church in Wales, active membership of national and international organisations concerned with religion in schools, and the position of Executive Director of the St Mary’s Centre (a Christian research institute in Wales). Previously, Tania has held academic posts at Bangor University (1994-2007), Glyndwr University Wrexham (2011-2015), and the University of Warwick (2015-2018). Funded by the Wrexham (Parochial) Educational Foundation in partnership with Bishop Grosseteste University, since October 2020 Tania has been working on the St Giles’ Centre Research, Development and Impact Project in Religious Education, which is an exciting and innovative development taking place in the Wrexham County Borough, North East Wales. -
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.
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