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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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Dr Erik Grigg
Senior Lecturer in HistoryI have a wide background in teaching both academically and in the heritage sector (in museums and castles). My primary focus is early medieval Britain, but I also take an interest in the Home Guard, Magna Carta, the Cornish language, the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Vikings, Forest Law and warfare in history. I give regular talks to history groups throughout the East Midlands.Related courses:HistoryMilitary HistoryArchaeology & Historyerik.grigg@lincolnbishop.ac.uk -
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Dr Alan Malpass
Senior Lecturer – Military History alan.malpass@lincolnbishop.ac.uk Dr Alan Malpass is a historian who specialises in 20th century military history, particularly civilian internment and prisoners of war. Before joining in 2019, Alan taught at Sheffield Hallam University, where he completed his PhD. Alan teaches a range of modules across the History and Military History courses. Inspired to study history by playing a lot of board/computer games, Alan incorporates them into his teaching at every opportunity. He is currently playing games which represent POWs and their experiences. You can find out more about Alan’s research about Italian and German prisoners of war in Lincolnshire here. Related courses: HistoryMilitary HistoryArchaeology & History -
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Dr Derwin Gregory
Dr Derwin Gregory, Associate Professor of Conflict Archaeology, studied Geography at the University of Cambridge before working as a European Funding Officer for a local authority. In this role, Derwin travelled across the North Sea region working with local business to create international networks of mentors. Derwin then returned to academia to study a Masters in Landscape Archaeology at the University of Bristol, before joining Historic England as part of a training scheme delivered in partnership with the Chartered Institute of Archaeologists. On completion of the scheme, Derwin undertook a PhD in the Department of History at the University of East Anglia on the infrastructure of the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War. Following his viva, Derwin joined the University of East Anglia as a Partnership and Development Officer working with local authorities to research the history of the throw away society. Derwin was then appointed as a Lecturer in Modern History and was responsible for running a project on the archaeology of the United States Army Air Force during the Second World War. Working with members of armed forces community, the project supported the wellbeing of veterans, and worked with local businesses to promote the East Anglia as a tourism destination to the American market. Derwin Joined Lincoln Bishop University as Programme Leader for Archaeology in September 2020, before being appointed as Head of the School of Applied Humanities in January 2026. -
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Louise Connolly
Louise has established a career in education over the last 24 years. Having previously worked with the University as a Visiting Tutor for three years before joining the team permanently, Louise joined Lincoln Bishop University in September 2020 in a permanent role as a Senior Lecturer in Initial Primary Teacher Education where she now works on both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Louise leads academic writing, research modules and also supervises masters students through their dissertations. Prior to joining the university academic team, Louise was a teacher in primary schools for nearly 20 years. Throughout her time in school, she carried out a number of roles such as Foundation and Key Stage One Leader, English Lead, History Lead and was also a Special Educational Needs Coordinator for 15 years. She later became a Head Teacher of a large primary school in a deprived area in Nottinghamshire and was also the Safeguarding Lead and Special Educational Needs Coordinator for a Multi-Academy Trust.Louise completed a Masters in Education in 2019 and predominantly focused on areas of Special Educational Needs and Emotional Health. Louise achieved Fellowship with the Higher Education Academy in 2021 and is in the final stages of her PhD where her topic of interest is around worry and wellbeing in undergraduate student teachers. She is a review editor for an educational journal and also an external examiner for Initial Teacher Education at another university. Louise also enjoys a role as a Primary School Governor in a local school. Louise has previously written articles on educational areas of interest in the TES and other educational magazines. She had her first book published by Sage in 2022 in their Super Quick Skills series about proofreading essays and also recently had an article approved for publication by The Teacher Education Advancement Network (TEAN). -
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Katie Furnival
Katie joined Lincoln Bishop in September 2020. During her teaching career, Katie taught in a range of schools in different parts of the UK, teaching every year group across the primary range. She has been responsible for many curriculum areas, including English, SEN, ITT and Art and also has been a member of SLT as a KS2 leader. In addition, Katie has been a Director of Learning for a large academy trust in the North of England. She provided modelled teaching, pedagogical leadership and professional development to colleagues in order to develop teaching and learning. She has also researched and developed a new approach to Feedforward marking; a method embraced by 32 schools. Katie has SLE (Specialist Leader of Education) status for ITE, support for the most able and English and is a trained KS2 writing moderator for Doncaster Council. She has previously been a guest lecturer at another HEI and enjoyed delivering a workshop at the Festival of Education in Sheffield. -
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Professor Julian Stern
Professor of Education and Religion julian.stern@lincolnbishop.ac.uk Julian Stern works on education and religion, leading research projects and organisations, and supervising doctorates. He qualified as a piano teacher, and then as a teacher of humanities and social sciences, and was a school teacher for fourteen years. Moving into teacher education and research, he has worked in universities in London, Yorkshire, and now Lincolnshire. Themes of his work include the philosophy of schooling, religious education, spirituality in education, research methods, and issues related to solitude, silence and loneliness. Related courses: PGCE Religious EducationMA in EducationEdDPhD -
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Nikki Smith
Nikki joined Lincoln Bishop in 2017 originally taking up a post in BG Futures Business and Enterprise Centre alongside running her own Business and working as an Accounts Manager at Woldgrain Storage Ltd. Nikki started lecturing on the Business programmes at Lincoln Bishop in 2019 initially delivering the Finance and Economics modules on the BA Business. Nikki now leads on the Finance, Economics and Project Management modules across all of the Business provision and relishes the opportunity to share the skills and knowledge that she has developed over a career in finance spanning over 30 years, 26 of which were in banking.Nikki is passionate about enterprise and business start-up and is credited with bringing the Lincoln Teenage Market to Lincoln Bishop in addition to taking a lead on Enactus. Nikki has previously acted as a regional judge for Young Enterprise, is a corporate member of the CMI and holds Fellowship of the HEA. -
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Dr Samantha Hoyes
Samantha has been teaching at Lincoln Bishop University since 2012, initially as a visiting tutor and as a full-time member of staff from 2020. Prior to joining Lincoln Bishop full time, she has worked in a variety of early years settings, as well as managing and co-owning two early years settings in Lincolnshire. Samantha also has experience inspecting early years provision.She teaches on the undergraduate Early Childhood Studies Degree, Health and Wellbeing in Early Childhood, and the Masters in Early Years Education. Teaching interests include policy, provision and practice, safeguarding, children’s rights, and risky play, as well as an array of contemporary issues which impact the sector. Building on research from her Master's, Samantha has a strong interest in early years professionalism and the continued development of the early years sector and is Co-Chair for the Professionalism and Workforce Strategy group (PAWS) as part of the Early Childhood Studies Degree Network (ECSDN).Samantha is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her PhD research focuses on the experiences of working mothers and how they position their identity. Samantha has a keen interest in the power dynamics involved in research, exploring a range of methods and approaches, including photo elicitation, online interviewing and quilting as ways and means to share power and present research findings.
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