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

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

Alec Paterson

Head of Department for the Pathway College

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Alec Paterson

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

Tianna Lucia Elder

Module Leader for Art, Design and Media

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Tianna Lucia Elder

Chris Gyinde

Lecturer and Module Leader Business

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Chris Gyinde

Dr Aigbokhaebho Oriaifo

Module Lead and Lecturer in Computing

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Dr Aigbokhaebho Oriaifo

Tahir Siddique

EAP lecturer

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Tahir Siddique

Dr Elizabeth Ragonga

Lecturer/Module Leader – Business and Law

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Dr Elizabeth Ragonga
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“The teachers at Northumbria gave us tips, advice and guidance on what to do and how to do our own research. The university is very good at supporting students’ wellbeing and helping them whenever they need advice or support.”

Sophiia Karnaukh
International Foundation Programme - Humanities and Social Sciences