Andy Aiers is a Lecturer on the social work course at the University of Birmingham.

Pete is Director of the Third Sector Research Centre and Professor of Social Policy and Administration.

Dr Chris Allen is a Research Fellow in the Institute of Applied Social Studies, School of Social Policy at the University of Birmingham.  He joined the Institute in June 2009.

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Dr Lindsey Appleyard is a Research Fellow at the Centre on Household Assets and Savings Management (CHASM) in the Institute of Applied Social Studies, School of Social Policy.

Ric is the Director of Community Mental Health Programmes at the Institute of Applied Social Studies, School of Social Policy.

Harriet is Director of Doctoral Research in the School of Social Policy and lectures in social research and social policy.  She provides support to postgraduate taught students on research ethics and supervises taught course dissertations and doctoral research.

Stuart Connor is the Director of the BA Social Policy programme.

Tarsem is a Social Work Lecturer and Associate Director at the Centre of Excellence in Interdisciplinary Mental Health (CEIMH).  In 2011 Tarsem was awarded a Birmingham University Teaching Fellowship in recognition of his wide ranging and significant interventions in learning and teaching across the institution. As part of his responsibilities at the Centre of Excellence in ...

Ann is Emeritus Professor of Social Work and Mental Health and Director of the Centre of Excellence in Interdisciplinary Mental Health (CEIMH) from 2005-2010.

John is Professor of Housing Studies in the School of Social Policy, Institute of Applied Social Studies.

Kathryn Farrow is a qualified social worker and as Director of Education in the School provides strategic support for all teaching and learning programmes.

Joy joined the School of Social Policy as the Service User and Carer Co-ordinator within the Social Work Programmes in October 2007.

Matthew is a Teaching Fellow on the Postqualifying social work programmes, Institute of Applied Social Studies, School of Social Policy. He joined the University in August 2011.

Lisa is a Lecturer at the Institute of Applied Social Studies, School of Social Policy.  She specialises in new migration, integration, community cohesion and inclusion and community engagement and community research methodology .

Surinder Guru is a Lecturer on the Social Work course at the Institute of Applied Social Studies, School of Social Policy.

Tina is a Lecturer and Admissions Tutor for the undergraduate social policy degree programmes.  She has a particular commitment to the University's widening participation programmes and facilitating the inclusion of a diverse range of students within higher education, through a range of Outreach activities.

Rachel Hek is a lecturer on the Social Work team at the University of Birmingham and also Head of Qualifying Practice Learning for the MA and BA Social Work courses.  She also manages a bank of independent Practice Tutors and Practice Educators.  Rachel is responsible for creating new practice learning opportunities for students and for liaising with, recruiting and training Practice ...

Gary Hickman is a registered social worker and as Director of the social work programmes, provides operational and strategic leadership for both the BA and MA courses.

Nathan is a Lecturer in Social Policy and Social Work and at the School of Social Policy, Institute of Applied Social Studies.

Ricky Joseph is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Household Assets and Savings Management (CHASM) in the Institute of Applied Social Studies.

Rosemary is part of the teaching group on the qualifying social work programmes for the BA and MA in Social Work. She is a qualified social worker and has worked in generic and specialist teams for older people in the statutory sector. Rosemary has a particular interest in service user and carer involvement in social work education and has strategic responsibility for their involvement in the ...

Bob is part of the Social Policy Undergraduate Teaching Group where he teaches Social Inclusion and Comparative Social Policy and has an input to other modules

Angus is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Social Policy, University of Birmingham.

Stephen is director of the ESRC Doctoral Training Centre, and chair in social research. He conducts research in the areas of poverty, wealth and inequality.

David Mullins is Professor of Housing Policy and leads the Service Delivery and Housing streams in the Third Sector Research Centre (TSRC) at the University of Birmingham. His research interests include the governance, management and regulation of housing, housing need and homelessness, the role of third sector, hybrid organisations and social enterprises in public service delivery. He is ...

Robert is a Reader in Democratic Socialism and Social Policy at the Institute of Applied Social Studies and has been a teacher of Social Policy for over thirty years. 

Alison Paris is Director of Professional Practice Development in the Institute of Applied Social Studies. She is also Head of Student Development and Support for the School of Social Policy and is a Welfare Tutor within the Institute.

She provides operational and strategic leadership for the Leadership and Management and Practice Education programmes for qualified ...

In her role as E-Learning Manager for the School of Social Policy Dee is keen to capitalise on her experience and interest in creating resources for teaching and learning with a focus on enquiry based blended learning design. 

Between 2005 and October 2010 Dee was a member of the multimedia team at the Centre of Excellence in Interdisciplinary Mental ...

Simon is a Birmingham Fellow currently researching aspects of social harm caused by states and corporations, as well as social structures, in particular the harms caused by inequality.

Jenny Phillimore has researched widely in the fields of migration and superdiversity. Over the past decade she has managed teams of researchers focusing on access to health, education, employment, training, and housing integration with a particular focus on integration and organisational change in the UK and EU. Jenny co-directs the New Migration and Social Policy MA programme, sits on the ...

Dawn is a Lecturer and Admissions Tutor for the Social Work Programme, Institute of Applied Social Studies.

Liz is a part-time lecturer in Social Policy and coordinator of the Post Graduate Policy into Practice programmes.

Karen is a Professor of Social Policy in the Institute of Applied Social Studies as well as being Director of the Centre on Household Assets and Savings Management (CHASM).

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Barbara is a Teaching Programmes Administrator at the Institute of Applied Social Studies.

Maureen is an Associate Director for the Centre of Excellence in Interdisciplinary Mental Health (CEIMH) and is also Welfare Tutor for the Social Work and Post-qualifying programmes at the Institute of Applied Social Studies.

Basia is a Reader in Communities and Justice within the School of Social Policy, and she is also Director of Research and Knowledge Transfer.

David Stephenson is Head of the School of Social Policy and Head of the Institute of Applied Social Studies.

Denise Tanner is a Lecturer on BA and MA Social Work courses.  Her areas of teaching and research interest include community care policy and practice; social work with older people; social work skills; social perspectives of mental distress; and service user involvement in education and research. She is Assessment Tutor for MA Social Work course and has responsibility for teaching and ...

Jerry is a Senior Lecturer on the Social Work programme, and Director of Postgraduate Taught Programmes, School of Social Policy, Institute of Applied Social Studies.

Sue has practice interests in housing debt, social security and anti-poverty measures.

Nicki is a Lecturer at the School of Social Policy, Institute of Applied Social Studies.  Her role now, as a social work lecturer, enables her to combine her interests in social work, social care and social justice.

Sue is Professor of Social Work for Children and Families in the School of Social Policy, Institute of Applied Social Studies. She is also an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences.