By Role
Staff by Role
Head of School
Professor Caroline Walker-Gleaves
Head of School
Email: caroline.walker-gleaves@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 2086553
School Manager
Zoe Bright
School Manager
Email: zoe.bright@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6385
Teaching Staff
Dr Joana Filipa Almeida
Research Associate
Email: joana.almeida@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 5284
Dr Wilma Barrow
Senior Lecturer in Educational Psychology
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8717
Dr Adam Brandt
Lecturer in Applied Linguistics
Email: adam.brandt@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6593
Karl Cain
Programme Leader
Email: karl.cain@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6398
Fred Clark
DPD Primary PGCE
Email: f.clark@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8452
Kim Cowie
Lecturer in Education
Email: kim.cowie@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 6371
Professor Pauline Dixon
Professor International Development and Education
Email: pauline.dixon@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5047
Dr Gail Edwards
Lecturer
Email: gail.edwards@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6591
Dr Alan Firth
Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics
Email: alan.firth@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5273
Dr Simon Gibbs
Reader in Educational Psychology
Email: simon.gibbs@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6575
Jon Haines
Lecturer, Secondary PGCE Science
Email: jon.haines@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: + 44 (191) 208 6597
Dr Spencer Hazel
Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics & Communication
Email: spencer.hazel@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 2086374
Professor David Howard
Research Development Professor
Email: david.howard@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7451
Dr Steve Humble MBE
Head of Education
Email: steve.humble@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44(0) 191 208 7593
Dr Hanneke Jones
Lecturer in Primary Education
Email: h.jones@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5460
Lynne Kay
Senior Teacher
Email: lynne.kay@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 6393
Dr Ghada Khattab
Senior Lecturer
Email: ghada.khattab@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6583
Roger Knill
Secondary PGCE tutor
Email: roger.knill@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3525
René Koglbauer
Executive Director of North Leadership Centre, Senior Lecturer in Education (Educational Leadership)
Email: rene.koglbauer@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8453
Dr Nicole Lallini
Lecturer in Speech & Language Pathology
Email: nicole.lallini@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3932
Professor James Law
Professor of Speech & Language Sciences
Email: james.law@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5250
Professor David Leat
Prof of Curriculum Innovation
Email: david.leat@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6578
Dr Carolyn Letts
Senior Lecturer
Email: carolyn.letts@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7390
Dr Penny Levickis
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow
Dr Christopher Leyland
Lecturer in Applied Linguistics
Email: chris.leyland@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 6000 (ext. 7384)
Dr Mei Lin
Senior Lecturer
Email: mei.lin@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5070
Dr Elaine Lopez
Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and TESOL
Email: elaine.lopez@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6564
Lee Madderson
Guest Member
Email: lee.madderson@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Cristina McKean
Senior Lecturer
Email: cristina.mckean@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6528
Professor Sugata Mitra
Senior Research Investigator
Email: sugata.mitra@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 79 49 11 75 57
Dr Julie Morris
Reader in Speech & Lang Sciences
Email: julie.morris@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6841
Dr Carol Moxam
Literacy Clinic Director
Email: carol.moxam@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5890
Maria Mroz
Lecturer
Email: maria.mroz@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6585
Billy Peters
Senior Teacher
Dr Nick Riches
Lecturer in Speech & Language Pathology
Email: nick.riches@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8720
Professor Sue Robson
Professor of Education
Email: sue.robson@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6760
Dr Christos Salis
Lecturer in Speech & Language Sciences
Email: christos.salis@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8875
Dr Muge Satar Coen
Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and TESOL
Email: muge.satar@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7797
Professor Paul Seedhouse
Professor of Educational and Applied Linguistics
Email: paul.seedhouse@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8873
Dr Peter Sercombe
Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics
Email: peter.sercombe@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5657
Dr Samantha Shields
Lecturer in Education
Email: samantha.shields@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6565
Dr Faye Smith
Lecturer in Speech and Language Sciences
Email: faye.smith@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Heather Smith
Senior Lecturer
Email: heather.smith@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6820
David Stancliffe
Visting Lecturer (Physics Education)
Email: david.stancliffe@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Helen Stringer
Senior Lecturer/Speech and Language Therapist
Email: helen.stringer@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5196
Professor Liz Todd
Prof of Educational Inclusion
Email: liz.todd@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6572
Professor James Tooley
Professor of Education Policy
Email: james.tooley@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 7976 403113
Professor Steve Walsh
Professor of Applied Linguistics
Email: steve.walsh@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5094
Dr Janet Webster
Senior Lecturer, Director of Clinical Education
Email: janet.webster@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5235
Dr Pamela Woolner
Senior Lecturer in Education
Email: pamela.woolner@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5470
Dr Tony Young
Reader in Applied Linguistics and Communication
Email: tony.young@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7515
Research Staff
Dr Jalal-eddin Al-Tamimi
Lecturer in Phonetics
Email: jalal.al-tamimi@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5208
Dr Joana Filipa Almeida
Research Associate
Email: joana.almeida@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 5284
Dr Wilma Barrow
Senior Lecturer in Educational Psychology
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8717
Karl Cain
Programme Leader
Email: karl.cain@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6398
Dr Jill Clark
Principal Research Associate and Executive Director of the Research Centre for Learning and Teaching
Email: jill.clark@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5637
Professor Pauline Dixon
Professor International Development and Education
Email: pauline.dixon@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5047
Dr Gail Edwards
Lecturer
Email: gail.edwards@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6591
Dr Alan Firth
Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics
Email: alan.firth@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5273
Dr Sara Ganassin
Research Associate
Email: sara.ganassin@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Simon Gibbs
Reader in Educational Psychology
Email: simon.gibbs@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6575
Professor David Howard
Research Development Professor
Email: david.howard@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7451
Dr Hanneke Jones
Lecturer in Primary Education
Email: h.jones@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5460
Dr Ghada Khattab
Senior Lecturer
Email: ghada.khattab@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6583
Karen Laing
Senior Research Associate
Email: k.j.c.laing@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8735
Dr Nicole Lallini
Lecturer in Speech & Language Pathology
Email: nicole.lallini@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3932
Professor James Law
Professor of Speech & Language Sciences
Email: james.law@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5250
Professor David Leat
Prof of Curriculum Innovation
Email: david.leat@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6578
Dr Carolyn Letts
Senior Lecturer
Email: carolyn.letts@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7390
Dr Penny Levickis
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow
Dr Mei Lin
Senior Lecturer
Email: mei.lin@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5070
Dr Elaine Lopez
Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and TESOL
Email: elaine.lopez@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6564
Dr Laura Mazzoli Smith
Research Excellence Academy Fellow
Email: laura.mazzolismith@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 6380
Dr Cristina McKean
Senior Lecturer
Email: cristina.mckean@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6528
Email: fiona.menger@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 8625
Professor Sugata Mitra
Senior Research Investigator
Email: sugata.mitra@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 79 49 11 75 57
Dr Julie Morris
Reader in Speech & Lang Sciences
Email: julie.morris@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6841
Maria Mroz
Lecturer
Email: maria.mroz@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6585
Dr Nick Riches
Lecturer in Speech & Language Pathology
Email: nick.riches@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8720
Professor Sue Robson
Professor of Education
Email: sue.robson@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6760
Dr Christos Salis
Lecturer in Speech & Language Sciences
Email: christos.salis@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8875
Dr Alina Schartner
Lecturer in Applied Linguistics
Email: alina.schartner@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: + 44 (0) 191 208 8567
Professor Paul Seedhouse
Professor of Educational and Applied Linguistics
Email: paul.seedhouse@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8873
Dr Peter Sercombe
Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics
Email: peter.sercombe@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5657
Dr Faye Smith
Lecturer in Speech and Language Sciences
Email: faye.smith@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Heather Smith
Senior Lecturer
Email: heather.smith@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6820
Dr James Stanfield
Lecturer
Email: james.stanfield@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 07966 865 860
Dr Helen Stringer
Senior Lecturer/Speech and Language Therapist
Email: helen.stringer@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5196
Ulrike Thomas
CfLaT Research Associate
Email: u.thomas@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5654
Lucy Tiplady
CfLaT Research Associate
Email: lucy.tiplady@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7449
Professor Liz Todd
Prof of Educational Inclusion
Email: liz.todd@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6572
Professor James Tooley
Professor of Education Policy
Email: james.tooley@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 7976 403113
Professor Steve Walsh
Professor of Applied Linguistics
Email: steve.walsh@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5094
Dr Helen Wareham
Research Associate
Email: helen.wareham@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Janet Webster
Senior Lecturer, Director of Clinical Education
Email: janet.webster@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5235
Dr Pamela Woolner
Senior Lecturer in Education
Email: pamela.woolner@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5470
Dr Tony Young
Reader in Applied Linguistics and Communication
Email: tony.young@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7515
Professional Service Staff
Francis Barber
Deputy Director (Projects), North Leadership Centre
Email: francis.barber@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5652
Christine Bell
Programme Secretary, MA Cross-Cultural Communication+ and MSc Language Pathology
Email: christine.bell@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8830
Adele Bennett
Personal Assistant
Email: adele.bennett@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 6553
David Carr
School Office Co-ordinator
Email: david.carr@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6387
Gillian Cavagan
Office Administrator
Email: gillian.cavagan@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7388
Vic Christie
Deputy School Manager
Email: vic.christie@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 20 88297
Frances Cook
Programme Secretary: PGR, MA Education Research, MA Education International Perspectives
Email: frances.cook@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 6569
Helen Cryer
Programme Secretary
Email: helen.cryer@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 2087385
Deborah Elliott
Primary and Secondary PGCE Programme Secretary
Email: deborah.elliott@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6382
Lisa Gilder
Deputy School Manager
Email: lisa.gilder@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 0191 208 8297
Eleanor Gordon
NLC Support Officer
Email: eleanor.gordon@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)191 208 5297
Jan Holroyd
Programme Secretary MA IDE, MA IDE with CCC, MA EIP, ECLS Resource Centre Co-ordinator
Email: jannette.holroyd@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6390
Gina Knaggs
Finance & Timetabling
Email: gina.knaggs@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6397
Janet Moss
Secretary
Email: janet.moss@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8550
Mark Pearson
NLC Support Officer
Email: mark.pearson@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6534
Allison Reid
Secretary
Email: allison.reid@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7385
Jill Richardson
Education Section Co-ordinator
Email: jill.richardson2@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6590
Paul Skelton
Planning and Projects Officer
Email: paul.skelton@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 6628
Helen Stewart
BA Education Secretary
Email: helen.stewart@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 6532
Vivienne Sturgiss
Programme Secretary - MA Applied Linguistics & TESOL
Email: vivienne.sturgiss@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6377
Jane White
Secretary - MEd Practitioner Enquiry
Email: jane.white@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6799
Stacey Wilson
Clerical Assistant
Email: stacey.wilson@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 01912086526