College of Arts, Humanities and Education staff

As Interim Head of School for the School of Arts, Matt Hawthorn has academic leadership responsibility for the learning, teaching, research and student experience in the school. He is also Head of the Design Discipline with specific responsibility for the leadership of Design within the University.

Dennis is an Emeritus Professor of Education and the director of the campaign group Academics For Academic Freedom (AFAF). 

Simon is Senior Lecturer, Creative and Professional Writing.

After many years as a business leader in the creative and cultural industries, Alistair Hodge is now Head of the School of Humanities and Journalism. His MA (Hons) is in Modern History from St Andrews University, Scotland, and he studied toward a PhD, in seventeenth-century history, at Lancaster University.

Susan Hogan is Professor of Arts and Health. Susan has wide-ranging interests in visual culture, from the history and development of the arts and health, including the use of the arts in propagating health messages and research findings, to artistic and performative research methods. Her books are used in the training of arts and health professionals internationally.

Clive is a a Senior Lecturer in Department of Therapeutic Arts within the School of Allied Health and Social Care.