About
Leeds Beckett University transforms the lives and prospects of thousands of individuals and organisations every day in the city, the wider region, and beyond. Our mission is to ensure we use our knowledge and resources to make a positive and decisive difference to people, communities and organisations. The university is investing £200m in its campuses with an ambitious programme of development, focusing on sport and the creative industries, and holds silver status in the Teaching Excellence Framework for its high quality teaching. There are more than 28,000 students on Leeds Beckett University programmes in the UK and overseas across our 13 academic schools and a diverse student population from 143 countries.
Experts (28)
Dr Esther Pugh
Senior Lecturer
Esther's research interests are fashion retail, consumer behaviour, visual merchandising, & sensory retail experiences in physical stores.
Marketing Retail Consumers
Maryam Riaz
Lecturer of Counselling and Mental Health
Maryam's expertise lies in the inclusion of religion, culture and spirituality in mainstream models of psychotherapy.
Transcultural Psychotherapy Bereavement Trauma
Professor Ruth Robbins
Director of Research
Ruth Robbins has a wide range of research interests which span the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Autobiography Virginia Woolf Literature Writing Biography
Professor Jane South
Professor
Jane South is Professor of Healthy Communities working in the field of community engagement and public health.
Volunteering Community Health Public Health Health Health Promotion Community Active Citizenship
Professor Karl Spracklen
Director of Research
Professor Karl Spracklen has written extensively on music, identity, and culture, with interests in alternativity and marginalisation.
Nationalism and Identity in Music Leisure and Diaspora Sociology Music Racism Leisure Tourism Northernness Digital Leisure Heritage and Tourism
Professor Claire Surr
Professor
Her research addresses care and support for people living with dementia and those who care for them.
General Hospitals Social Care Patient Support Carers Dementia Care Homes Training in Dementia Care Alzheimer’s Disease
Professor Ralph Tench
Director of Research
Ralph Tench's research focuses on two communications strands, for social impact and in organisational strategy, behaviour and performance.
Corporate Social Responsibility Public Relations Communications Health
Professor Susan Watkins
Professor
Professor Susan Watkins is an expert in contemporary women's fiction and feminist theory.
Contemporary Women's Dystopian and Apocalyptic Fiction Doris Lessing Gender Culture Ageing Feminism Literature Margaret Atwood