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School of Education Senior Leadership Team
Catriona MacDonald Interim Depute Head of the School of Education Dr Carol Hickman School Administration Manager School of Education Executive Team
Leigh Bjorkvoll Director of Teaching and Learning Undergraduate Prof Matthew Clarke Director of Research Dr Carol Hickman School Administration Manager Catriona MacDonald Depute Head of the School of Education Catriona McDonald Head of Early Years and Childhood Education Prof Peter McGeorge Head of Counselling, Wellbeing and Educational Psychology Dr John Mynott Head of Initial Teacher Education Dr Dean Robson Director of Teaching and Learning Postgraduate Charlaine Simpson Head of Postgraduate Taugth and Professional Learning Head of Departments
Prof Matthew Clarke Director of Research Catriona McDonald Head of Early Years and Childhood Education Prof Peter McGeorge Head of Counselling, Wellbeing and Educational Psychology Dr John Mynott Head of Initial Teacher Education Charlaine Simpson Head of Postgraduate Taught and Professional Learning - Administration Team
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Central School Administration
Dr Carol Hickman School Administration Manager; Athena Swan Co-Lead Sharon Palla Depute School Administration Manager Sharon Smith Depute School Administration Manager Lorna Thomson PA to Head of School; School Secretary Anne Malcolm Receptionist Academic Support Staff
Wendy Arthur School Administration Assistant for PG Autism and Learning, PG Cert Gaelic Medium Education and MSc Studies in Mindfulness Sarah Burney School Administration Assistant, The Bounds Rosemond Cochrane School Administration Coordinator Tracy Collier Technician Katherine Cross School Administration Assistant for BA Childhood Practice and MEd Early Years Joyce Michie School Administration Assistant for Counselling Skills and Sixth Century Courses Heather McAteer School Administration Assistant for MEd Inclusive Practice, TQFE, UG BAPD Marc McNaughton School Administration Assistant for MA in Education Jonathon Reading Technician Kirsty Shand School Administration Assistant Catherine Simpson School Administration Assistant for Online Access Livia-Ina Tanasie School Administration Assistant for PGDE Primary and Secondary Karen Thomson School Administration Assistant for Masters In Education (MEd) Emma Wallace School Administration Assistant for MSc Leadership in Professional Contexts, Work Based Project and MSc Person Centred Counselling Research
Reasearch Admin School Administration for Research Partnership Support Team
Mandy Innes Senior School Administrator Wendy Laing School Administration Assistant Catherine Simpson School Administration Assistant Marketing
Ray Addison Marketing Manager Rosemond Cochrane Marketing and Communications Coordinator Jacinta Malikebu School Marketing Officer - Programme Directors
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Undergraduate
Amy McFarlane MA in Education Programme Coordinator Dorothea Scherer BA Childhood Practice Programme Coordinator Mary Stephen BA Professional Development Programme Coordinator Postgraduate
Dr Shannon Babbie MSc Leadership in Professional Contexts, Into Headship and Middle Level Leadership Programme Coordinator Susan Black Counselling Skills Programme Coordinator Dr Kirsten Darling McQuistan MEd Inclusive Practice Programme Coordinator Dr Catherine Francis PGDE Primary Programme Coordinator Flossie Guidi PG Cert Gaelic Medium Education Programme Coordinator Faye Hendry PGDE Secondary Programme Coordinator Catriona McDonald MEd Early Years Programme Coordinator Prof Graeme Nixon MSc Studies in Mindfulness Programme Coordinator Stephanie O'Reilly Interim Med Pastoral Care, Guidance and Pupil Support and MEd/MSc Masters Project Coordinator Dr Jackie Ravet PG Cert Autism and Learning Programme Coordinator Anne Smith MSc Person Centred Counselling Programme Coordinator Stephanie Thomson PG Cert TQFE Programme Coordinator Online Access
Alan Grieve Online Access English Coordinator Brenda Harden Online Access Maths Coordinator Research
Dr Peter Mtika Director of Post Graduate Research Chair
Prof Pamela Abbott Chair in Education Prof Donald Gray REF Outputs Lead Prof Yvonne Bain Personal Chair - Academics
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Christine Aldred Lecturer Jennifer Alexander Lecturer, ITE Vanessa Alexander-Reaper Lecturer, Early Years Terry Ashton Tutor, ITE Leah Athanassopoulos Teaching Assistant, Counselling B
Dr Shannon Babbie Senior Lecturer, PGT; Programme Director Leadership Programmes Elena Bain Teaching Assistant, Counselling Adele Barber Lecturer Dr William Barlow Senior Lecturer; Lead Tutor: Drama Leigh Bjorkvoll Lecturer; Lead Tutor: Sciences; Director of Teaching and Learning (UG) Susan Black Lecturer; Counselling Undergraduate Coordinator Elise Boyle Research Assistant; ITE Caroline Breyley Lecturer, ITE Victoria Burnett Lecturer; ITE C
Nantia Chatzitheodorou Lecturer, ITE Dr Shun Chen Lecturer, Counselling Dr Colin Christie Lecturer Prof Matthew Clarke Director of Research Susan Cowie Lecturer, ITE Dr Elizabeth Curtis Lecturer; D
Dr Kirsten Darling-Mcquistan Lecturer; Programme Director Inclusive Practice George Drew Lecturer; Senior Personal Tutor; Lead Tutor: Computing Brenda Dunn Lecturer, Early Years F
Thomas Ferguson Tutor, ITE Laura Ford Teaching Assistant, Counselling Laura Fowler Lecturer, ITE Katrina Foy Lecturer; Disabilties Coordinator Dr Catherine Francis Lecturer; Programme Director PGDE (Primary) Mhairi Freeman Lecturer G
Mary Gilchrist Tutor, ITE Dr Archie Graham Senior Lecturer Prof Donald Gray Lecturer; REF Outputs Lead; Athena Swan Co-Lead May Gray Lecturer, ITE Dr Maria Gregoriou Lecturer Alan Grieve Lecturer; Online Access English Coordinator Flora Guidi Lecturer; Programme Director Gaelic Medium Education H
Angelika Hallman Teaching Assistant, Counselling Brenda Harden Lecturer; Online Access Maths Co-ordinator Faye Hendry Lecturer, Programme Director PGDE Secondary Fraser Hepburn Lecturer, Science; Convenor for Recruitment (Secondary) J
Dr David Johnston Senior Lecturer; Lead Tutor: English K
Terpsichori Kaltsouni Teaching Assistant, Counselling Marion Kerr Lecturer, ITE L
Janine Lowe Lecturer; Tutor: Home Economics M
Catriona MacDonald Senior Lecturer; Deputy Head of School of Education Lindsay MacDougall Lecturer Roderick MacKenzie Lecturer, ITE Elizabeth McClure Lecturer, ITE Catriona McDonald Senior Lecturer; Programme Director Early Years Amy McFarlane Lecturer; Programme Director MA Education Isabella McIntyre Lecturer PGT Andrew McLaughlin Lecturer, ITE Neil McLennan Senior Lecturer Nicola McNally Teaching Fellow, Counselling Dr Helen Martin Lecturer; Lead Tutor: Maths Sarah Mitchell Lecturer, Counselling and ITE Annette Moir Lecturer, ITE Janet Mowat Lecturer; Counselling Skills Dr Peter Mtika Senior Lecturer; Director of Postgraduate Research Aloyise Mulligan Lecturer Dr John Mynott Senior Lecturer, Head of Initial Teacher Education N
Lisa Nais Lecturer Dr Yukiyo Nishida Lecturer, Early Years Prof Graeme Nixon Senior Lecturer; Programme Director Studies in Mindfulness; Lead Tutor: RMPS Sheila Nutkins Senior Lecturer O
James O'Neil Lecturer, Lead Tutor: Music Stephanie O'Reilly Lecturer, Lead Tutor: Social Subjects. Interm Programme Director Pastoral Care, Guidance and Pupil Support. P
Ian Parkin Lecturer, Professional Learning Leadership Julie Pose Teaching Assistant, Counselling Laura Puhalak Teaching Assistant, Education R
Dr Jackie Ravet Reader; Programme Director Autism and Learning Louise Robertson Lecturer, ITE Dr Dean Robson Senior Lecturer; Director of Teaching and Learning (PG) S
Nejla Sahin Teaching Assistant, Counselling Colette Savage Lecturer, Mindfulness Dorothea Scherer Lecturer; Programme Director Childhood Practice Dr Rachel Shanks Senior Lecturer Andy Simpson Tutor, ITE Charlaine Simpson Head of Post Graduate Taught and Professional Learning Vicky Simpson Lecturer, Early Years Carol Smart Teaching Assistant, Counselling Anne Smith Teaching Fellow, Counselling Ingrid Stanyer Lecturer, ITE Mary Stephen Senior Lecturer; Study Abroad Coordinator; Programme Director Professional Development Gordon Stewart Lecturer, ITE Lorna Stewart Lecturer; Convenor for Recruitment (Primary) T
Andrea Taylor Lecturer, Early Years Dr Stephanie Thomson Lecturer, Programme Director TQFE Sarah Tosh Lecturer, Early Years V
Joanna Vadenbring Lecturer, ITE Anne Valyo Tutor, ITE W
Janet Watson Lecturer, Counselling Skills Iona Watt Lecturer Y
Kathleen Young Lecturer, ITE Alyson Young Lecturer Yvonne Yule Tutor, ITE - Research Students
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Hind Al Qahtani Shahrzad Ardavani B
Joe Bezzina Elise Boyle Espinosa C
Ainsley Carnarvon Nantia Chatzitheodorou E
Tracy Edwards Seham El Saiti F
Catherine Francis G
Sirui Gong Shirley Gonsalves H
Louise Haynes Farhat Hussain J
Touria Jouilla K
Ali Kaleeba Bakali Terpsichori Kaltsouni M
Maisara Maisara Josetta Malcolm Elizabeth Mcclure David McCusker Suzanne McDonald Clayton Micallef N
Emmi Naja Esther Nyaga Asterie Nyirahabimana O
Jennifer Obbard Stephanie O'Reilly P
Avis Parker Laura Puhalak R
Susan Elder Reid Tracy Robbie S
Vicky Simpson Alison Speakman Gordon Stewart T
Anna Teitz Astrid Tonna

Recognising commitment to the advancement of gender equality in academia.

The School of Education is committed to the advancement of gender equality and opposes all forms of inequality and discrimination.
As a school, we aspire to the principles of the Athena Swan Charter and are currently seeking to adopt these principles in our policies and practices. We were the first School of Education in Scotland to achieve the Athena Swan Bronze award and are now working towards the Silver award.
The Athena Swan initiative was developed by the Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) in 2005. It was set up to address gender inequalities in Higher Education, including those arising from discrimination, underrepresentation, the gender pay gap, barriers to career progression and the use of short-term contracts, as set out in the Athena Swan Charter (2005).
Our Athena Swan ‘Self-Assessment Team’ (SAT) is led by Prof Donald Gray and Dr Carol Hickman and includes representatives from our staff and student body. The work of the team is wholeheartedly supported by the wider school community.
Please read more about Athena Swan here.