
Research Associate
Luca Badini Confalonieri is a Research Associate at the Jubilee Centre for Character and Values. He is involved in two collaborative research projects investigating the ideals of professional ethics operative in the medical, legal, and teaching professions. Other research interests include the role of values in ecclesial policy-making on problems whose understanding and solution require ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 4861
Email l.badiniconfalonieri@bham.ac.uk

Professor of Vocational and Higher Education
Ann-Marie Bathmaker joined the University of Birmingham in 2012 as Professor of Vocational and Higher Education. She started her career working in provision of English for Speakers of Other Languages, and she then worked as a local authority advisor for equal opportunities as part of the Technical and Vocational Education Initiative, before moving into higher education. Her career in ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 3467
Email a.m.bathmaker@bham.ac.uk

Senior Lecturer
Tom started his career as a high school teacher in economics and accountancy. He was a member of the academic staff of the following tertiary institutions: University of South Africa (Pretoria, South Africa), Central University of Technology (Bloemfontein, South Africa), Vista University (Sebokeng, South Africa) and the University of Johannesburg before joining the University of Birmingham in ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 4804
Email t.c.bisschoff@bham.ac.uk

Professor of Bilingualism and Director of MOSAIC
Adrian Blackledge is Professor of Bilingualism. He is author of numerous articles and books based on his research on multilingualism in education and wider society. His books include Multilingualism. A Critical Perspective (2010); Discourse and Power in a Multilingual World (2005); Negotiation of Identities in Multilingual Contexts (2004); Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, and Gender ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 415 8221
Email a.j.blackledge@bham.ac.uk

Senior Lecturer in Education
Marion is Senior Lecturer in Education in the School of Education. Early in 2009, she returned from three years’ leave of absence in Aotearoa New Zealand where she was Senior Lecturer in Adult and Community Education at the University of Canterbury and Manager of the University’s Adult and Community Education Teaching and Research Team.
She is a ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 4380
Email m.bowl.1@bham.ac.uk

Academic and Professional Tutor
Nick Bozic works on the initial training course for educational psychologists. His special interests include community psychology and the use of web-based technology to support learning. Fifty percent of his time is spent working as a practicing educational psychologist in the West Midlands.
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 5959
Email n.m.bozic@bham.ac.uk

Lecturer - Science and ICT in Primary Education
Alison joined the School of Education in January 2010. She is a lecturer on the Primary PG Dip Ed (PGCE Advanced) course. She coordinates and teaches the science and ICT modules on the General Primary and Early Years Initial Teacher Education programmes. Alison has a very strong background in early education, having taught for many years in a number of Primary schools ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 415 8191
Email a.broad@bham.ac.uk