Staff

Senior Lecturer Dramatherapy
Dr Clive Holmwood
Associate Professor

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

David Home
Joint Honours lead for the College of Health and Social Care, Subject leader for Dance and Movement Studies and lecturer on the Creative Expressive Therapies programme

David is a senior lecturer with the Therapeutic Arts team. This means that he can use his experience as an acupuncturist and oriental health practitioner to give creative arts students fresh perspectives on the use of the arts to enhance health and wellbeing through approaches such as mindfulness and movement.  

Ava Hunt
Dr Ava Hunt
Senior Lecturer Programme Leader MA Applied Theatre & Education

Ava is a Senior Lecturer in Theatre Arts. She also works as a professional actor, director, programmer and producer. She has worked in theatre, film, commercials and television.

Cameron Jinks
Programme Leader & Senior Lecturer in Commercial Photography/LTA Champion School of Art

Cameron is a Senior Lecturer in Commercial Photography.

Rhiannon wearing a silver blazer, looking upwards.
Dr Rhiannon Jones
Associate Professor (Civic)

Dr Rhiannon Jones is an artist researcher, specialising in civic practice. She is resident artist at Primary Studios, Nottingham, UK. She is currently a researcher for the Digital and Material Artistic Research Centre (DMARC), College of Arts at the University of Derby.

Vered wearing glasses- smiling in front of a bookcase.
Vered Lahav
Programme Leader, MA Arts (Fine Art & Photography)

Vered is Programme Leader for our MA Arts (Photography) course.

Kit Lane
Senior Lecturer in Performance

Performing Arts and Theatre

Martin Leedham in the print workshop.
Martin Leedham
Technical Instructor - Print

Martin Leedham is the Technical Instructor in Print within the School of Art. Martin has over twenty years experience of working in education and has been at the University of Derby since 2010. Martin is passionate about print / printmaking and helping students gain print skills. 

Richard Levesley at our Markeaton Street site
Richard Levesley
Programme Leader

Drawing is at the core of Richards practice. He is particularly interested in sketchbooks, gathering ideas exploring various drawing processes and illustrative outcomes. His research practice explores drawing, digital process and printed in relation to commercial Illustration and directly informs my teaching.

Caroline Locke at YSP with tuning forks
Caroline Locke
Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts

Associate Professor Caroline Locke works as an artist and artistic researcher. Her research is attuned to natural ecologies. Finding ways to understand and respond to new geological age, she develops kinetic sculptures, large-scale immersive installations, and sound works. One focus of her research is on identifying the need for closer connection and greater understanding of nature.