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Listed in the Sunday Times University Guide 2013 as one of the UK's top 30 universities for the most students in graduate-level jobs and with figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency in July 2018 showing that 97.4% of our 2017 graduates were in employment or further study six months after graduating, Birmingham City University has a reputation for providing high quality education in a professional and friendly environment with a focus on practical skills. Around 23,500 students from over 80 countries study at Birmingham City University, one of the three long-standing universities in Birmingham. From the UK's leading criminologist to the first female President of the Royal Institute of British Architects, our academics come from and maintain strong links with industry. We collaborate closely with the business, industry and creative services of Britain's vibrant second city and our commitment to the region is reflected in the £270 million we put into the local economy, supporting thousands of jobs in the area. Furthermore, our Knowledge Transfer Partnerships create three-way partnerships between graduates, businesses and the University to solve real-world problems and we provide students with opportunities to gain hands-on industry experience through work placements. We are investing £260 million in our facilities - including our new City Centre Campus at Birmingham’s flourishing Millennium Point - which puts us in the UK's top 10 universities for spending on facilities, according to the Complete University Guide 2012 and 2013. Our state-of-the-art facilities include industry-standard TV studios and mock hospital wards, courtrooms and classrooms, while the quality of our education training is reflected in the Grade 1 'Outstanding' rating we have received from Ofsted for our primary and secondary courses.
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Professor Fiona Cowdell
Professor of Nursing and Health Research
Fiona’s research focuses on skin health with particular reference to knowledge mobilisation, health behaviour change and humanisation.
Frailty and Older People Skin Health Health Behaviour Change
Kevin Crimmons
Head, Department of Adult Nursing
Kevin Crimmons is an expert in the areas of critical care nursing, evidence-based health care and military nursing.
Military Nursing Aesthetic Surgery Critical Care Nursing Burns & Plastics Evidence Based Health Care
Alex de Ruyter
Professor and Director, Centre for Brexit Studies
Alex de Ruyter's main research interests are in labour markets, globalisation, Brexit and economic development
Exonomic Development Labour Markets Brexit Globalisation
Professor David Edwards
Professor of Plant and Machinery Management, School of Engineering and Built Environment
Professor David Edwards is an expert in the fields of construction management, plant and machinery management, and digital technologies.
Business Management Health and Safety Plant and Machinery Management Construction Management Digital Technologies PEdagogical Research in Higher Education
Kiri Elliot
Lecturer of Dietetics
Kiri Elliot supports dietitians throughout the UK with professional issues and facilitates developmental projects.
Impact of Diet and Nutrition on Related Health Conditions Nutrition Diet
Islam Issa
Senior Lecturer, School of English
Islam Issa's research focuses primarily on the modern-day reception of Renaissance and Early Modern English literature in global contexts.
Disability Studies Cultural Studies English Literature Early Modern Literature John Milton Literary Translation Reception Studies Censorship
Professor Craig Jackson
Acting Head of School of Social Sciences
Craig has provided psychology input and interviews to numerous documentaries and news items about offending, crime, and general psychology.
Workplace Issues Suicide Crime and Psychology Occupational Health Spree Killers Stress Psychological Assessments
Dr. Robert Lawson
Associate Professor, School of English
Dr. Robert Lawson is an expert on language use in Scotland and the UK, and the application of sociolinguistic research beyond academia.
Research Application and Impact Language in the Public Eye Language and Gender Sociolinguistics Ethnography Language in the Media
Dr. Adam Lynes
Senior Lecturer in Criminology
Adam Lynes has published research focusing on violent crimes from serial murder to family annihilation.
Mass Murder Applied Investigative Techniques Visual Criminology Family Annihilation Gender and Crime Organized Crime Criminological Theory Serial Murder
Dr. Lynsey Melville
Director of the Centre for Low Carbon Research and Lead of the Bioenergy Research Group, Senior Researcher, School of Engineering and the Built Environment
Dr. Lynsey Melville researches accelerating the adoption of environmentally sustainable and commercially viable energy from biomass.
Wastewater Treatment Biomass and Bioenergy Anaerobic Digestion Organic Waste Management
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