Meet Our Academics

Our Pathway staff come from a range of backgrounds and their combined experience in the higher education sector has helped students to achieve places on Northumbria programmes across a range of subject areas.

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Lesley Ann Smith

Pathway College Director

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Lesley Ann Smith

Paula Henderson

Deputy Head of Pathway and Head of Academic Quality

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Paula Henderson

Emma Temporal

Head of Team for Level 3 Programmes in NU Pathway

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Emma Temporal

Stephanie Clark

Head of Team Business

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Stephanie Clark

Chelsea Barber

Scheduling Specialist

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Chelsea Barber

Lucy Arbon

Student and Academic Support Team Leader

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Lucy Arbon

Lyndsey Austin

Pathway Specialist – Student and Academic Support Team

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Lyndsey Austin

Alec Paterson

Pathway Programme Leader (International Foundation Programme)

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Alec Paterson

Lisa Wilson

Senior Lead for EAP

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Lisa Wilson

Dr Ruba Mohamed

Programme Leader for the International Foundation Medical Programme

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Dr Ruba Mohamed

Paul Kristian

Senior Lead for Learning and Teaching

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Paul Kristian

Susannah Matters

Senior Learning Coach

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Susannah Matters

Dr. Kate Greenwood

Module Leader. Lecturer in Mathematics and Engineering. Module Lead for Applied Algebra and Trigonometry, Engineering Skills, and Introduction to Engineering Design and Problem Solving

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Dr. Kate Greenwood

James Riley

EAP Lecturer and Module Leader

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James Riley

Jennifer Scott

EAP Lecturer

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Jennifer Scott

Philip Henderson

Lecturer in English for Academic Purposes

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Philip Henderson

David Sunderland

Lecturer in English for Academic Purposes

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David Sunderland

Tania Hunt

Lecturer in English for Academic Purposes

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Tania Hunt

Tianna Lucia Elder

Module Leader for Art, Design and Media

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Tianna Lucia Elder

Sebastian Cott

Lecturer in EAP and Module Leader

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Sebastian Cott

Phil Abbot

Lecturer EAP Module Leader

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Phil Abbot

Chris Gyinde

Lecturer and Module Leader Business

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Chris Gyinde

Hanna Myachykova

EAL Lecturer and Module Leader

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Hanna Myachykova

Kieran Close

Module Lead Engineering

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Kieran Close

Dr Aigbokhaebho Oriaifo

Module Lead and Lecturer in Computing

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Dr Aigbokhaebho Oriaifo

Ben Middleton

Module Leader – English for Medical Science

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Ben Middleton

Yunus Celik

Lecturer

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Yunus Celik

Beverley Smith

Module Leader

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Beverley Smith

Kirsten Greener

Module Lead EF3021

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Kirsten Greener

Catherine Motreanu

Learning Coach

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Catherine Motreanu

Tahir Siddique

EAP lecturer

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Tahir Siddique

Dr Ali Daadbin

Associate Lecturer and Module Leader

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Dr Ali Daadbin

Malcolm Burgess

Module Lead for Academic Business Skills - International Year One

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Malcolm Burgess
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“The lecturers are fantastic because they provide me with lots of information, and support me with my studies. The library also is very good, I can find information very easily and it’s open 24 hours which means I can go at my own convenience.”

Saleh T S A M Aldamkhi
International Foundation Programme - Engineering

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