People
- Leadership Team
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School of Education Senior Leadership Team
Catriona MacDonald Head of the School of Education Lorna Thomson Interim School Administration Manager School of Education Executive Team
Leigh Bjorkvoll Director of Teaching and Learning Undergraduate Dr Colin Christie Director of Teaching and Learning Postgraduate Prof Matthew Clarke Director of Research Catriona MacDonald Head of the School of Education Catriona McDonald Head of Early Years and Childhood Education Prof Kate Smith Head of Counselling, Wellbeing and Educational Psychology Dr John Mynott Head of Initial Teacher Education Lorna Thomson Interim School Administration Manager Dr Charlaine Simpson Head of Postgraduate Taught and Professional Learning Head of Departments
Prof Matthew Clarke Director of Research Catriona McDonald Head of Early Years and Childhood Education Prof Kate Smith Head of Counselling, Wellbeing and Educational Psychology Dr John Mynott Head of Initial Teacher Education Dr Charlaine Simpson Head of Postgraduate Taught and Professional Learning - Administration Team
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Central School Administration
Sharon Palla School Administration Manager (Maternity Leave) Sharon Smith Depute School Administration Manager Lorna Thomson Interim School Administration Manager; PA to Head of School; School Secretary Anne Malcolm Receptionist Academic Support Staff
Wendy Arthur School Administration Assistant for MSc Leadership in Professional Contexts, MSc Studies in Mindfulness and Work Based Project Catriona Bergman School Administration Assistant; Interim Online Access, MSc Person Centred Counselling Rosemond Cochrane School Administrator, Learning and Teaching Team Lead Tracy Collier Technician Katherine Cross School Administration Assistant for BA Childhood Practice and MEd Early Years, Interim Masters In Education (MEd) Rhea Marnoch School Administration Assistant for PGDE Primary and Secondary, iPGDE and PG Autism and Learning Joyce Michie School Administration Assistant for Counselling Skills and Sixth Century Courses Heather McAteer School Administration Assistant for MEd Inclusive Practice, TQFE, MEd Health and Wellbeing and UG BAPD Marc McNaughton School Administration Assistant for MA in Education Jonathon Reading Technician Emma Wallace School Administration Coordinator Research
Sarah Milne School Administration for Research Partnership Support Team
Mandy Innes Senior School Administrator Wendy Laing School Administration Assistant The Bounds
Marc Dressler The Bounds, Clinic Manager Marketing
Rosemond Cochrane Marketing and Communications Coordinator Jacinta Pilkington School Marketing Officer - Programme Directors
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Undergraduate
Dorothea Scherer BA Childhood Practice Programme Coordinator Mary Stephen BA Professional Development Programme Coordinator Gordon Stewart MA in Education Programme Coordinator Postgraduate
Dr Shannon Babbie MEd Inclusive Practice Programme Coordinator Alan Grieve PGDE Secondary Programme Coordinator Gillian McInnes PG Cert TQFE Programme Coordinator Sheila Nutkins MEd Early Years Programme Coordinator Prof Graeme Nixon MSc Studies in Mindfulness Programme Coordinator Stephanie O'Reilly Med Pastoral Care, Guidance and Pupil Support Dr Murat Oztak MEd/MSc Masters Project Coordinator Dr Jackie Ravet PG Cert Autism and Learning Programme Coordinator Dr Charlaine Simpson MSc Leadership in Professional Contexts, Into Headship and Middle Level Leadership Programme Coordinator Dr Kate Smith Counselling Skills Programme Coordinator Dr Kate Smith MSc Person Centred Counselling Programme Coordinator Alyson Young PGDE Primary and iPGDE Programme Coordinator Online Access
Beth McClure 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 - Academics
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Christine Aldred Teaching Fellow Jennifer Alexander Lecturer, ITE Vanessa Alexander-Reaper Lecturer, Early Years Terry Ashton Teaching Fellow Leah Athanassopoulos Teaching Assistant, Counselling B
Dr Shannon Babbie Senior Lecturer, PGT; Programme Director Inclusive Practice Adele Barber Lecturer; ITE Dr William Barlow Senior Lecturer; Lead Tutor: Drama Leigh Bjorkvoll Lecturer; Lead Tutor: Sciences; Director of Teaching and Learning (UG) Elise Boyle Research Assistant; ITE Caroline Breyley Lecturer, ITE Victoria Burnett Lecturer C
Nantia Chatzitheodorou Lecturer, ITE Dr Shun Chen Lecturer, Counselling Dr Colin Christie Senior Lecturer; Director of Teaching and Learning (PG) Prof Matthew Clarke Director of Research Susan Cowie Lecturer, ITE Dr Elizabeth Curtis Lecturer, ITE D
Brenda Dunn Lecturer, Early Years F
Thomas Ferguson Tutor, ITE Laura Ford Teaching Assistant, Counselling Laura Fowler Lecturer, ITE Katrina Foy Senior Lecturer; Disabilties Coordinator Dr Catherine Francis Lecturer; ITE Mhairi Freeman Lecturer; ITE 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; ITE Alan Grieve Lecturer; Programme Director PGDE Secondary H
Angelika Hallman Teaching Assistant, Counselling Brenda Harden Lecturer; Online Access Maths Co-ordinator Faye Hendry Lecturer, ITE Fraser Hepburn Lecturer, Science; Convenor for Recruitment (Secondary) J
Dr David Johnston Senior Lecturer; Lead Tutor: English Dr Patricia Joyce Teaching Fellow, Counselling K
Terpsichori Kaltsouni Teaching Assistant, Counselling Marion Kerr Lecturer, ITE L
Helen Lloyd-Ogg Lecturer, ITE M
Catriona MacDonald Senior Lecturer; Head of School of Education Lindsay MacDougall Lecturer, ITE Roderick MacKenzie Lecturer, ITE Elizabeth McClure Lecturer, ITE, Online Access English Coordinator Catriona McDonald Senior Lecturer; Head of Early Years Amy McFarlane Lecturer; ITE Gillian McInnes Lecturer, Programme Director TQFE Isabella McIntyre Lecturer PGT Andrew McLaughlin Lecturer, ITE Neil McLennan Senior Lecturer Julia McLeod Lecturer, Counselling Fiona McWilliam Lecturer, ITE Dr Helen Martin Lecturer; Lead Tutor: Maths Annette Moir Lecturer, ITE Dr Peter Mtika Reader; Senior Lecturer; Director of Postgraduate Research 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; Programme Director Early Years O
James O'Neil Lecturer, Lead Tutor: Music Stephanie O'Reilly Lecturer, Lead Tutor: Social Subjects. Programme Director Pastoral Care, Guidance and Pupil Support. Dr Murat Oztak Senior Lecturer; Post Graduate Taught and Professional Learning, Programme Coordinator Masters Project. P
Ian Parkin Lecturer, Professional Learning Leadership Laura Puhalak Teaching Assistant, Education R
Dr Jackie Ravet Personal Chair; Reader; Programme Director Autism and Learning Louise Robertson Lecturer, ITE Dr Dean Robson Lecturer S
Nejla Sahin Teaching Assistant, Counselling Colette Savage Lecturer, Mindfulness Federica Savoré Teaching Assistant Dorothea Scherer Lecturer; Programme Director Childhood Practice Dr Rachel Shanks Senior Lecturer Andy Simpson Tutor, ITE Dr Charlaine Simpson Head of Post Graduate Taught and Professional Learning Vicky Simpson Lecturer, Early Years Carol Smart Teaching Assistant, Counselling Prof Kate Smith Head of Counselling, Wellbeing and Educational Psychology Ingrid Stanyer Lecturer, ITE Mary Stephen Senior Lecturer; Study Abroad Coordinator; Programme Director BA Professional Development Gordon Stewart LEcturer; MA in Education Programme Coordinator Lorna Stewart Senior Lecturer; Convenor for Recruitment (Primary) T
Dr Stephanie Thomson Senior Lecturer Sarah Tosh Lecturer, Early Years V
Joanna Vadenbring Lecturer, ITE Anne Valyo Tutor, ITE W
Iona Watt Lecturer, Early Years Y
Kathleen Young Lecturer, ITE Alyson Young Lecturer; Programme Director PGDE (Primary), iPGDE - Research Students
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Suliman Alshabrmi Leah Athanassopoulos B
Aygul Baghirova Joe Bezzina Elise Boyle Espinosa C
Ainsley Carnarvon E
Begum Esha F
Tomisin Fadamoro G
Sirui Gong Shirley Gonsalves H
David Harrison Louise Haynes Farhat Hussain J
Mohsen Jabali Touria Jouilla K
Ali Kaleeba Bakali Michael Kimm M
Maisara Maisara Josetta Malcolm Sian Mantovani Elizabeth Mcclure Suzanne McDonald Robert Morris N
Emmi Naja Asterie Nyirahabimana P
Avis Parker R
Tracy Robbie S
Fargana Seyidli Alison Speakman Gordon Stewart T
Astrid Tonna U
Zhanara Urazgaliyeva V
Jordi Vilahur W
Lesley Wallace Serena Wong Y
Shuyuan Yu
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.