People

Our teams

KIITE is a cross-cutting Institute. We work across all learning communities and learning spaces at Keele University, shaping educational delivery and evaluation; with academics, with students and with external partners.

Leadership Team

Professor Rafe Hallett

Director, KIITE / Dean of Education

Areas of expertise: Digital Literacy, Interdisciplinary Curriculum Design, Civic Engagement

Terry Dray

Director for Employability and Employer Engagement / Deputy Director, KIITE

Areas of expertise: Employability/career development, student and graduate enterprise, employer/stakeholder engagement

Dr Filippo Nereo

Associate Director Curriculum Design and Development

Areas of expertise: Internationalisation, languages, research-based teaching

Emma Pearce

Head of Global Opportunities

Areas of expertise: Student Mobility Programme Development, International Partnerships, Erasmus+

Catherine Chambers

Head of Digital Education

Areas of expertise: Flexible learning, digital learning, creative pedagogies, inclusive learning, technology enhanced learning, social learning, storytelling in teaching and learning, multi-media content production, product development

Curriculum Design and Development

Our teams of developers and learning technologists work together to shape educational delivery, design curricula and deliver enhanced education outcomes for both staff and students. We work in close partnership with the university’s three faculties, and our work is overseen by an international Curriculum Advisory Board and Keele’s Principal Fellow and National Teaching Fellow Network. Curriculum Design and Development is led by Dr Filippo Nereo. View the Curriculum Design and Development Vision and Mission statement

Angela Rhead

Senior Curriculum Developer (Student Success)

Areas of expertise: Holistic curriculum development, academic reading practices, action research

Aimee Merrydew

Curriculum Developer (Student Success)

Areas of expertise: Inclusive learning communities, innovative teaching practices, creative pedagogies

Graham Price

Senior Curriculum Developer

Areas of expertise: Feedback, student experience

Georgina Spencer

Senior Curriculum Developer (Digital Learning)

Areas of expertise: Assessment and feedback, innovative teaching practice, personal tutoring

Dr Adam Jeffery

Curriculum Developer (Curriculum Development and Evaluation)

Areas of expertise: Virtual learning environments, Experiential learning, Inclusive learning

Dr Steve Rogers

KIITE Curriculum Fellow and Lecturer in Geology

Areas of expertise: Collaborative and Co-created Education; Authentic Assessment; Education for Sustainability; Technology Enhanced Education; Curriculum Design and Development; Sedimentary Geology

Karen Gunnell

KIITE Curriculum Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice

Areas of expertise: Wellbeing in the Curriculum, Embedding Employability Skills within the Curriculum

Dr Gordon Dent

KIITE Curriculum Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology

Areas of expertise: Student recruitment & selection; coherent curriculum design; assessment

Dr Ella Maysami

KIITE Curriculum Fellow and Lecturer in Neuroscience

Areas of expertise: Interdisciplinary and internationalisation of the curriculum, research-led teaching, and technology-led assessment

Dr Katherine Haxton

KIITE Curriculum Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Chemistry

Areas of expertise: Inclusive Learning, Educational Scholarship, Education for Sustainability

Dr Panos Sousounis

KIITE Curriculum Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Economics & Finance

Areas of expertise: Educational Scholarship, Internationalisation, Curriculum design for employability

Dr Rebecca Venables

KIITE Curriculum Fellow and Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacy

Aareas of expertise: Authentic Assessment, Inclusive learning, Ethics

Professor Will Foster

KIITE Curriculum Fellow, PFHEA & Senior Lecturer in Leadership - Director of MBA and Executive Education

Areas of expertise: New programme innovation & online development; Academic leadership; Scholarship development / HEA / Mentoring / Coaching; Ethnographic research

Dr Sarah Aynsley

KIITE Curriculum Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Bioscience

Areas of expertise: Educational Scholarship, Technology Enhanced Learning, Mixed methods approaches and Gamification

Dr Nicola Ralph

KIITE APP Fellow and Lecturer in Psychology

Areas of expertise: Educational scholarship, inclusion of students with disabilities, bullying in HE

Dr Katie Szkornik

KIITE APP Fellow, Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography and Dean of Education for Faculty Natural Sciences

Areas of expertise: Access and Participation, Programme Design and Development, Interdisciplinary Education

Professor Zoe Robinson

KIITE Fellow, Professor of Sustainability in Higher Education and Director of Education for Sustainability

Areas of expertise: Education for Sustainability; Interdisciplinarity; Civic engagement & employability

Learning Technology - Digital Education

Our Learning Technology - Digital Education team, led by Catherine Chambers, is a collaborative hub of Educational Technologists working to enhance and transform learning, teaching, and research.

David Bloor

Flexible Curriculum Designer

Areas of expertise: Curriculum and Assessment Design, Social Learning, Flexible Learning, Learner Engagement, Experiential Learning, Learning Technology, Interactive Multimedia

Matt Street

Senior Lead, Digital Education Projects

Areas of expertise: Educational technology, learning design, flexible learning

Mike Lancaster

Digital Learning Producer

Areas of expertise: Learning design, learning technology, media production

Elizabeth Williams

Content Developer

Areas of Expertise: Virtual learning environments, Digital writing & content creation, Creative education and learning design, Flexible and inclusive e-learning

Cat Hallam

Learning Technologist

Areas of Expertise: Electronic assessments and feedback, virtual learning environments, project management, equality, diversity and inclusion, enhancing digital skills, digital exclusion and inclusion

Daryl Kerr

Learning Technology Officer

Areas of Expertise: Digital literacy, online platform design, resource design, augmented reality, programming and development, virtual learning environments.

Dr Pete Lonsdale

Senior Lead, Technology Enhanced Learning and Innovation

Areas of expertise: Technology-enhanced learning, innovative practice, flexible learning design

Find out more about Learning Technology

Employability, Enterprise and Employer Engagement

Led by Terry Dray, our Employability, Enterprise and Employer Engagement Teams focus on developing and promoting Keele Talent. Not only supporting the development of students into highly employable graduates and entrepreneurs, but also connecting businesses and alumni with students and curriculum development opportunities at every level, engaging with opportunity providers and stakeholders every step of the way.

Careers & Employability

Lisa McWilliams

Head of Careers and Employability

Areas of expertise: Graduate Employability, Quality in Higher Education Careers Services

Bernadette Grannon

Careers Consultant

Areas of expertise: Careers Guidance and Coaching, Employability Enhancement.

Sarah Longwell

Careers Consultant

Areas of expertise: Careers Guidance and Coaching, Career Development in the Curriculum, Employability Enhancement.

Ben Simkins

Careers Consultant

Areas of expertise: Careers guidance and coaching, graduate attributes and skills articulation, careers and employability education.

Andrew Whitmore

Careers Consultant

Areas of expertise: Careers guidance, graduate recruitment, careers education

Will Pritchard

Entrepreneur in Residence

Areas of expertise: Enterprise and Entrepreneurship

Find out more about the Careers and Employability Team

Engaged & Experiential Learning

Lou Taylor-Murison

Development Manager

Areas of expertise: Degree and Higher Apprenticeships, placements and work-based learning, reflective practice, e-learning.

Huw Morgan

Business Engagement Manager

Areas of expertise: Business engagement, apprenticeships, Keele Connector

Linda Thorley

Apprenticeships Operation Manager

Sally Challoner

Work-based Learning Officer

Areas of expertise:

Ayshe Birchall

Work-based Learning Officer

Areas of expertise: Degree & higher apprenticeships, Tripartite reviews, employer inductions, UK and International qualifications and Admissions systems

Find out more about the apprenticeships on offer.

OfS Student Knowledge Exchange Project

Julia Molyneux

Project Officer

Areas of Expertise: Student engagement, widening participation and admissions processes

Sofia Valpereiro

Project Administrator

Areas of Expertise: Reader Development, Interdisciplinary Cooperation, Student Engagement

Philippa Richardson

Employment Engagement Advisor

Areas of Activity: Innovative Programming for Internships, Community and Public Engagement

Alice Whitehouse

Experiential Learning Advisor

Areas of Activity: Experiential Learning, Internships, Employability, Project based learning.

Find out more about the OFS Student Knowledge Echange Project.

Global Opportunities Team

The Global Opportunities Team, led by Emma Pearce, provides opportunities for students to spend time abroad through a semester or year of study, a Faculty-led short programme, or summer school, and is responsible for the management and development of staff mobility, through Erasmus+ Staff Mobility. The Team also welcomes inbound students to Keele from all over the world.