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Martin Smith
Martin Smith joined Lincoln Bishop 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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Professor Caroline Horton
Caroline joined Lincoln Bishop in April 2015. She is Professor of Sleep and Cognition, where she is director of the DrEAMSLab, Chair of Lincoln Bishop’s Research Ethics Committee, Lead for the Psychology, Health and Wellbeing Research and Knowledge Exchange Unit, and REF lead for Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience (UoA 4A) for Lincoln Bishop. Caroline contributes to the undergraduate BA Psychology courses, having previous programme led the courses, as well as the PhD programme. (see: www.dreamslab.co.uk / @sleepandmemory). More widely, Caroline is the Co-Director of the Lincoln Sleep Research Centre (LiSReC), the Treasurer and Trustee of the British Sleep Society, an elected committee member of the Cognitive Section of the British Psychological Society, where she is also a Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol), and a member of the International Association for the Study of Dreams Research Board. As a Committee member for the BPS’ Division of Health Psychology, Caroline is Co-Editor of the Health Psychology Update. Caroline is affiliated to research groups at the University of Lincoln, and Swinburne University, Australia. Caroline is a regular reviewer for several academic journals, a renowned expert in sleep, dreaming and memory, as well as on the Editorial Board for Sleep Psychology, and two of the Frontiers in Psychology journals. Caroline has been an external examiner at the University of Edinburgh (2019-2023; MSc Psychology of Mental Health) and is currently an examiner at the University of Derby (Psychology MRes) and Newman University (MSc Psychology (conversion)) and has externally examined several research degrees. Before joining Lincoln Bishop, Caroline obtained her undergraduate (2003) and Master's (2004) degrees in Psychology from the University of Durham, her PhD from the Institute of Psychological Sciences, University of Leeds (2007), and a PGCHE from Leeds Metropolitan University (2008). Caroline has taught at the Universities of Durham and Leeds as well as the Open University, and predominantly at Leeds Metropolitan University where she was a Lecturer then Senior Lecturer (2007-2015). Caroline’s research interests principally span the fields of sleep, dreaming, and memory, and the relationships between those concepts. She has pioneered and developed the Sleep Well programme, a behavioural sleep improvement programme, which is being rolled out to various populations, including young adults with anxiety, and people living with diabetes. Caroline regularly features in the media, on BBC radio shows and international podcasts. She is the founder and host of the Sleep Science Pod. -
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Dr Stephanie-Roxanne Blanco
Dr Steph Blanco, is a Neuropsychologist, Senior Lecturer and Disability Advocate known for blending science and lived experience to challenge exclusion in psychology and beyond. She is module leader across biopsychology, cognitive, advanced clinical and community-focused modules, and the Psychology Placements module, bringing creativity, critical thinking and a deep commitment to inclusive practice. Her practice is rooted in research and personal experience from classroom discussions to national advocacy work. With students, she will often explore intersectionality, diversity, inclusion and hidden disabilities or dynamic conditions in sessions and quirky topics too. She is vice-chair of a national charity and her work beyond the classroom regularly features in public talks, including TEDx or policy making, on neurodiversity, dynamic disability or health, environmental or other equity.Her research explores the intersection of neuroscience, identity and justice. She works across neuroimaging, phlebotomy, mixed methods analyses, lived experience and participatory methods, and critical health psychology with a key focus on hidden and dynamic disabilities, psychological and environmental distress, and the role of inclusive research in transforming systems of care or in brain health, inflammation, and nutrition. In 2024, she was awarded the University’s STAR Awards for Inclusive Teaching and Student Support (voted by students), received the Scope Purple Pioneer Award in 2025, and was nominated for a National Diversity Lifetime Achievement Award. She believes psychology should be human, accessible, and bold, and that’s exactly how she teaches it (creatively, a little chaotically, critically and always with care). -
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Dr Richard Newton
Senior Lecturer in Education Studies Dr Richard Newton works on the Education Studies programme at Lincoln Bishop University. He currently teaches on modules across Years 1-3 as well as supervising undergraduate dissertation students. He leads two first year modules – ‘People, Schools and Society’ and ‘Wellbeing and Resilience’. Prior to joining Lincoln Bishop in 2018, Richard taught on undergraduate and postgraduate Initial Teacher Training courses at Oxford Brookes University. Whilst at Oxford Brookes he completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education, granting fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. Before working in academia Richard completed a PhD in psychology and an MA in educational research, following a career as a primary school teacher in South Yorkshire. Richard’s interests stem from cultural psychology and socio-cultural theory, particularly the context of learning and the situated nature of cognition. He has a research interest in socially constructed notions of identity and how these shift in response to external social and cultural conditions. Richard is also interested in 'transitions' and how these alter notions of self in different communities. -
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Dr Thomas Dunn
Dr Thomas Dunn oversees the running of all single and combined Hons Psychology degree programmes. Thomas leads on Researching Psychology I, Social Psychology, and Advanced Statistics modules. He is enthusiastic about the subject matter he teaches and utilises activate participation, problem solving, and creativity in his teaching sessions. Thomas’ own research focusses on assessing the potential benefits of complementary therapy interventions such as mindfulness meditation on various outcomes (e.g., work-related stress). His work has been published in world-leading journals and cited extensively. -
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Thomasin Nicholds
Thomasin is the Dean of the Faculty of People and Society at Lincoln Bishop University. She joined the University following a career in the Charity and Community Sector, where she was responsible for the strategic development and delivery of a wide range of services supporting children, families, and communities. Her areas of expertise include organisational development programmes, community-based research, Ofsted-regulated further education, health and wellbeing initiatives, and knowledge transfer projects. In this context, she has operated at a national level, contributing to policy development, building and sustaining strategic partnerships, and leading cross-sector networks. Thomasin worked in partnership with the Higher Education sector via a range of programmes and projects.Thomasin is an experienced charity trustee and has served on the boards of organisations of varying size and scope. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and holds a postgraduate qualification in Occupational Psychology, with research interests in leadership, workplace inclusivity, and resilience.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. -
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Dr Zoe Nye
Dr Zoe Nye trained and worked as a secondary Mathematics teacher in Boston, UK before moving overseas in 2005 to work firstly in a Women’s College in Abu Dhabi, then as a Head of Mathematics in Hong Kong and a Head of Mathematics in Argentina. Returning to the UK in 2013 she worked as a Leading Practitioner of Mathematics in Nottinghamshire before joining Lincoln Bishop University in 2015 as the Senior Lecturer in Mathematics Education. Zoe is a member of the Association of Teachers of Mathematics and a Fellow of the Society for Education and Training. Teaching Zoe teaches on the PGCE Secondary Education Course where she is subject leader for Mathematics. She also teaches on the Undergraduate Degree in Mathematics and leads the third year pedagogy module. -
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Reverend Dr Tania ap Siôn
The Revd Dr Tania ap Siôn is Reader of Religions, Humanities and Education, and joined Lincoln Bishop 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 Lincoln Bishop 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. -
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Revd Prof Jeff Astley
Jeff Astley holds the honorary post of Alister Hardy Professor of Religious and Spiritual Experience. His main research interests are religious and spiritual experiences, Christian formation and ‘ordinary theology’. Jeff studied biological sciences and theology as an undergraduate at Cambridge University and did postgraduate work in theology at Birmingham University and Durham University (where he received his PhD). After working in parish ministry, college chaplaincy and HE teaching, he was for four years (1977-1981) Head of Religious Studies at Bishop Grosseteste College and Associate Tutor at Lincoln Theological College, overseeing a joint degree programme taught at both institutions. From 1981 to 2013, he was the founding Director of the North of England Institute for Christian Education, an independent, ecumenical research and development centre with strong links with Durham University where he taught on courses in philosophical theology, science and religion and practical theology, and where he is also an honorary Professor in the Department of Theology and Religion.He is the author or editor of over 40 books and 170 articles or essays on religious faith, experience and formation; philosophical, systematic, ordinary and practical theology; and related issues in Christian education and spirituality. -
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Rachel Linstead
Rachel joined Lincoln Bishop in 2021 as a Lecturer in Business and Enterprise. Alongside this role Rachel runs a successful consultancy business specialising in workplace culture and wellbeing. Rachel holds an MSc in workplace health and wellbeing and is a qualified nutritionist and business coach and mentor. Rachel’s main research interests include workplace culture, leadership and management, high performing teams and workplace health and wellbeing. Rachel has successfully ran two workplace health and wellbeing conferences and has spoken at both national and international conferences on the subject of nutrition and its impact on both workplace performance and mental health. Rachel teaches on the undergraduate BA (Hons) Business programme and the Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship. Rachel's teaching specialisms include leadership and management, organisational psychology and sociology, business start-up and Leadership for a changing world.
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