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Department of Education

Our Department of Education offers a range of courses dedicated to the areas of childcare, education and the early years sector, as well as providing pathways to qualified teacher status (QTS).

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Department of Psychology

Our Department of Psychology enables students to put theory into practice in the real world through practical opportunities, work-based learning and hands-on experience in the lab.

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Department of Sport

Our Department of Sport provides hands-on training in everything from strength and conditioning to sports therapy and specialist management courses for the sports industry, with access to cutting-edge facilities.

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Department of Computing

Join the booming world of digital technology by studying with our Department of Computing. We offer a variety of courses in areas such as computer science and cyber security, offering students opportunities to use our high-tech computer suites and a…

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Department of Social Work

Our Department of Social Work will support you to become a knowledgable professional with the skills you need in the sector, with invaluable industry placements built into the curriculum.

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Department of Health and Nutrition

Our Department of Health and Nutrition courses include degrees in nursing, physiotherapy and food and nutrition, backed by state-of-the-art simulation facilities on campus, including a six-bed hospital ward, and a food science suite.

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Department of Hospitality and Tourism

Whether you want to work in hotels, hospitality and events or explore the world of aviation, tourism and travel, our Department of Hospitality and Tourism runs a range of courses to help you pursue your ideal career.

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Department of Creative Industries

Our Department of Creative Industries covers an array of specialist courses in areas including hair, make-up and aesthetics, supported by excellent practical facilities including our state-of-the-art prosthetics studio and on-site aesthetics clinic.

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Department of Engineering and Built Environment

Our Department of Engineering and Built Environment offers a range of courses for anyone looking to enter the engineering field, with programmes ranging from college level (BTEC, T-level) to undergraduate and postgraduate.

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Department of Built Environment

From traditional trade skills such as bricklaying, carpentry and electrics to construction project management, our Department of Built Environment provides courses for a wide array of careers and roles within the construction industry, taught in our Centre for Sustainable Construction.

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Department of Business and Enterprise

The Department of Business and Enterprise offers a wide range of courses for anyone interested in the areas of business and management, finance and accounting or marketing, with access to facilities such as our Financial Trading Suite and our Enterprise…

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Head of Department - Creative, Sport and Business

Kirsty Warren

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Head of Department - Health, Social Care and Education

Debbie Hocknull

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Head of Department

Rebecca Taylor

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Head of Department

Lewis Walker

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Head of Department for Creative Industries

Chelsey Mallett

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Head of Department - Hospitality and Tourism (Interim)

Richard Behan

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Head of Department - Digital

Kanwal Rauf

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Head of Department for Social Work and Social Care

Dr Gemma Hunt

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Deputy Head of Department

Carl Bennett

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Senior Lecturer (Interim Head of Department)

Elise Phillips

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Associate Professor, Head of Department (Business and Enterprise)

Kathryn Hayat

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Deputy Head of Department

Simon Chatterton

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Head of the Psychology Department

Dr Helen McEwan

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Head of Department - Health and Nutrition

Carla Phillips

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Subject Lead

Ethan Woehrling

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Head of Library Services

Joe Foley

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Deputy Dean (Teaching Learning and Digital)

Tsai Lovett

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World

Whether you want to work in hotels, hospitality and events or explore the world of aviation, tourism and travel, our Department of Hospitality and Tourism runs a range of courses to help you pursue your ideal career.

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Subject Lead

Grainne Whitehead

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Director of Strategic Partnership Projects

Mark Godwin

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Subject Lead

Heather Mistry

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Head of Year

Tafadzwa Chatukuta

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Head of Curriculum

Wendy Grimmett

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Senior Lecturer

Dr Alison Williams

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Head of Business School

Paul Massiah

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Head of Humanities and Social Sciences

Emma Ball

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Terms and Conditions

The University College Birmingham terms and conditions can be read through or downloaded here.

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Bakery Lecturer

Eustaquio Barrera

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UCB Ahead

UCB Ahead is a free one-week welcome programme for international students, helping you prepare for studies at UCB with academic sessions and support.

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Schools

University College Birmingham comprises of four schools, which are responsible for delivering courses to students at all levels of study.

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Publication of historical qualifications

University College Birmingham offers a wide range of vocational degree courses. Read more on the University's publication of historical qualifications.

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Shilpi Akbar

Shilpi Akbar joined Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV), a joint venture between Balfour Beatty and VINCI responsible for designing and building 90km of HS2, the largest infrastructure project in Europe. Shilpi is Head of Stakeholders and Communities, a role which enables…

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Senior Lecturer and Programme Lead for Business Enterprise

Jaswant Sembhi

News and insights

Ex-student chefs go head to head for Great British Menu glory

Two top chefs who trained at University College Birmingham have gone head to head in the latest series of a BBC professional cooking contest.

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Education department hosts vital conference on children in poverty

With UK child poverty rates rising over the last few years, the education department held its first annual conference.

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Kali gets teeth into role as new head of Birmingham College of Food

The first female head of the University's renowned Birmingham College of Food has shared her plans to work even closer with the regional food and hospitality industry in her exciting, but challenging, new role.

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UCB's Business School Dean to head CMI's West Midlands Regional Board

The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) has named the Dean of the Business School at University College Birmingham (UCB), Dilshad Sheikh, as the new Chair of its West Midlands Board.

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From fine dining to lecturing – meet first female head of Birmingham College of Food

As University College Birmingham celebrates International Women's Day, we shine the spotlight on Kali Davidson and explore her 35-year journey from trainee to fine dining and becoming the first female head of our Birmingham College of Food

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Sweet success for UCB's bakery department

University College Birmingham has been given a grant of £2,000 by the British Society of Baking.

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Amadeus head chef gets spicy at UCB for National Apprenticeship Week

The head chef of the NEC Group’s award-winning catering business Amadeus fired over to UCB to give apprentices a masterclass in Asian spices to celebrate National Apprenticeship Week.

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Janet 'baldly' braves head shave for cancer charity

A big-hearted hairdressing lecturer ‘baldly’ braved the clippers herself to raise more than a thousand pounds for Macmillan Cancer Support.

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Junior gets a head start for a graduate career

Junior Owolabi is a third year BA Events Management student with a promising career in events management waiting for him when he graduates.

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Brum bosses go head to head in university bake-off for National Apprenticeship Week

Birmingham employers whipped themselves into shape to beat off the competition in a bake-off at University College Birmingham for National Apprenticeship Week.

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UCB staff share research and ideas in annual conference

UCB staff, lecturers and academics held their annual two-day inter-departmental conference at McIntyre House with this year’s overarching theme being the student experience.

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England young chef team tunes skills ahead of global cook-off

A group of UCB students and alumni has been fine-tuning its skills ahead of this year’s Culinary World Cup - one of the world’s leading competitions for young chefs - in 12 weeks.

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Entrepreneur who gave up crime to an award-winning travel agency - hear from experts at business, travel and tourism expo

From an entrepreneur who clawed his way back from a life ruled by gangs, crime and drugs to the head of overseas development at an award-winning clubbing holiday travel agency– students can discover how to fly high in business, travel…

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The heat is on for Matt

Trainee chef Matt Price is hot stuff in the kitchen having cooked his way to victory in a Tabasco sauce challenge.

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Students lead innovative new tourism strategy

Students were presented with the opportunity showcase their real-world work to a host of industry experts.

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Festive bumper roundup: an award-winning year in hospitality and tourism

We look back on another year of achievement and adventure at the Department of Hospitality and Tourism

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January BTEC Exam update

Following the Prime Minister’s 4th January announcement of a new lockdown and the news that schools, colleges and training providers will close to the majority of students. The Department for Education confirmed that they expected all scheduled vocational exams to…

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Awards, accreditation and away days: bumper health roundup 2025

We reflect on an amazing year for all staff and students at our Departments of Health and Sport.

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Nicole is contestant in Miss England Heat 2015

Specialist Hair and Media Make-Up student Nicole Taylor is heading to the Miss England Heat next year after winning two awards in the Miss Shropshire Heat.

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Roux Scholarship regional final held at UCB

University College Birmingham hosted one of the regional finals of the prestigious Roux Scholarship 2015.  Six of the 18 finalists worked in the university’s industry-standard kitchens to attempt this year’s challenge, with the remainder of the participants competing in a…

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Business School students shine at university challenge

Entrepreneurial students from UCB’s School of Business were challenged to revive the fortunes of a fictional chain of department stores in a national competition.

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Academic staff join the Centre for the New Midlands leadership board

Lewis Walker, Deputy Head of the Birmingham College of Food, and Deborah Bunce, Head of Sustainable Construction, will share their professional insights to help shape the work of a local think tank, the Centre for the New Midlands (CNM), leading…

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Impact in Learning national conference held at McIntyre House

The fourth annual Impact in Learning conference was held in the Brendan Carroll lecture theatre in McIntyre House.

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The heat is on to find Young Chef of the Year

On Friday 21 February, the UCB kitchens were hotting up as Wing Yip, the UK's leading Oriental superstore, held the heats for Young Chef of the Year for the second year running.

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Leads on global convention centre expansions steer postgraduate research  

Postgraduates working towards a career in global meetings and tourism, hospitality, events and aviation had the chance to hear from two international events executives with glittering backgrounds to set the scene for their master's research.

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Alumni Lee heads street food "take-over" at McIntyre House

Alumni Lee Desanges returned to UCB with some leading chefs to give a masterclass in street food – from a truck parked at McIntyre House.

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UCB students dish up experience of their prize trip to Japan

With over 10,000 UK restaurants now offering Asian food, it's no wonder Zest Quest Asia – the brainchild of top Indian chef Cyrus Todiwala OBE – is dubbed "the student chef's competition for the 21st century".

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Baking brilliance – UCB bags 28 medals at biggest annual challenge for trainee bakers

Students from across UCB’s bakery department returned with no less than eight gold medals, 12 silvers and eight bronze...

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Full steam ahead for master’s students as proposals accepted for Vintage Trains

Postgraduate students from University College Birmingham are on track to make their mark in industry after successfully pitching new products to a heritage rail tour operator.

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New funding available for V300 postgraduate nurse prescribing course

The Department of Health and Nutrition has successfully secured new funding for registered nurses hoping to embark on our recently created nurse prescribing course.

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Vending machine challenge brings new ideas to the table

Researching, developing and launching a brand new product for the vending industry was all in a day's work for UCB students when they went head-to-head in an annual competition.

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Students get incredible hands-on experience at Event Week Live at NEC

Future events professionals from the Department of Travel and Tourism were given the chance to delve behind the scenes at the world-famous Crufts exhibition, and were given exciting updates on the upcoming Birmingham Invictus Games.

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Bumper roundup: College of food sees in spring with more success stories

Spring has sprung and as the daffs raise their heads, we raise a toast to our college of food, which has been super busy winning awards, hosting sparkling soirees and receiving ringing endorsements from top chefs. Read our bumper roundup.

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New placement opportunities for marketing students as agency boss delivers guest talk

University College Birmingham students have had the chance to gain expert insight on marketing from the head of a city agency offering a range of placement opportunities.

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Helen Eldridge

As a mental health nurse with more than 20 years of experience, programme lead Helen is eager to share her wealth of knowledge for working in this field.

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Champ to a ‘tea’: raising a glass to Toque d’Or victor Georgia

A former college student who became head waitress at The Ivy in Birmingham at the age of just 19 has won at this year’s Nestlé Professional Toque d'Or national finals.

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Inclusivity lead to sit on national panel to review higher education quality

The lead for inclusivity at University College Birmingham has been appointed to a national panel to scrutinise and improve on the quality of education in universities and colleges across the UK.

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Hospitality leaders explore why young people should go into today's industry

University College Birmingham teamed up with the Institute of Hospitality (IoH) Midlands to invite leading figures in the sector to hear from experts on how they can inspire the next generation into the industry.

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Students put live event creation skills to test with series of charity fundraisers

Students on a range of degrees within the University’s hospitality and tourism department created a super series of charity fundraisers to give them first-hand experience of building live events – raising almost £2,000 in the process.

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UCB hosts European Referendum debate

Political heavyweights from both sides of the European Referendum debate went head-to-head in front of a packed audience of UCB students, lecturers and staff today (May 26).

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Aurea's mental health tips for students as Healing Letters book gets 5-star reviews

A University College Birmingham graduate has urged students and young people to talk about mental health and make their voices heard after writing a book about her journey overcoming challenging life experiences.

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Discover 'How to Change the World Whilst Studying' at UCB event for Birmingham Tech Week

An event exploring the impact students can make on the world through new technology is to be held at University College Birmingham.

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Graduate named Young Chef of the Year as College of Food quartet star in BCF final

Four young chefs from University College Birmingham have showed their culinary class after going head-to-head in the final of a national cooking competition – with one taking the top prize.

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Teaching The Vamps lead singer to make cocktails - all in a day's work for UCB's Georgia!

It's not every day you get to show the lead singer of one of your favourite bands how to make cocktails – but that's exactly what happened to UCB student Georgia Wheatley.

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Professional cookery students get a masterclass in venison

Professional cookery students were given a masterclass in venison by a deer stalker and a visiting head chef.

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Ivan Cobb becomes UCB boxing coach

As of September this year, National boxing coach Ivan Cobb will be joining the UCB Boxing Academy as Head Coach and assessor.

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Culinary Students Sizzle in the Kitchen this Summer

Dedicated culinary arts students are swapping the beach for the heat of the kitchen as they prepare for their new degrees during the summer holidays.

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Blog | Black History Month Spotlight – Celebrating Ruth Bizirhi

Our next spotlight this Black History Month is on Ruth Bizirhi, an alumni of the Department of Creative Services and the first cohort of the Creative Futures Incubator. Since graduating, Ruth has turned her lifelong passion for hair and make-up…

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Second Inclusivity Conference highlights intersectionality and co-creation

University College Birmingham successfully held its second Inclusivity Conference, while celebrating the halving of its awarding gap, meaning that students from all backgrounds are less likely to see differences in their educational results.