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

Dr Dawn McCartie

Head of Team (Business) Pathway College

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Dr Dawn McCartie

Stephanie Clark

Head of Team Business

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Stephanie Clark

Chelsea Barber

Scheduling Specialist

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Chelsea Barber

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

Dr. Kate Greenwood

Deputy Programme Leader for Engineering, Computing and Applied Science Foundation programmes.

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Dr. Kate Greenwood

James Riley

Deputy Programme Leader Foundation Programmes

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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

Tianna Lucia Elder

Module Leader for Art, Design and Media

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Tianna Lucia Elder

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

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

Kirsten Greener

Module Lead EF3021

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Kirsten Greener

Tahir Siddique

EAP lecturer

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Tahir Siddique

Malcolm Burgess

Module Leader EAP Medical Science - International Year One

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Malcolm Burgess

Rebecca Yunusa Walker

EAP Lecturer and Module Leader Professional Development Planning

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Rebecca Yunusa Walker

Idara Udoh

Module Lead and Computing Lecturer

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Idara Udoh

Dr Elizabeth Ragonga

Lecturer/Module Leader – Business and Law

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Dr Elizabeth Ragonga