Our people

The PGCert in Higher Education programme is coordinated through Manchester Institute of Education and delivered by colleagues from around the University.

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  Dr Michael O'Donoghue

  Mike O'Donoghue is a Senior Lecturer in Education and programme director for the PGCert. He leads and teaches on three units on the programme. He is a former Humanities New Academics Programme coordinator and Masters in Teaching and Learning programme director. He is an experienced learning technologist with specialism and research interests in video production to support teaching, learning and training. He has worked in Sweden, Canada and New Zealand, as well as in the UK, on activities related to enhancing learning through the creation and application of media and technology.

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  Amanda Banks-Gatenby

  Mandi is a Lecturer in Education in the Manchester Institute of Education. Teaching and research interests are AI representations of learning and use of AI tools in educational practice, the development and use of educational technologies more broadly and the impact of digital on a sustainable environment.

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  Jennie Blake

  Jennie Blake is Head of Teaching and Learning Development at The University of Manchester Library and Academic Lead for Student Success for the Institute of Teaching and Learning. Her work focuses on collective and collaborative learning and staff/student partnerships, including working with students to better understand how relational pedagogy and inclusive practice can support feelings of belonging and mattering. She is a Principal Fellow of Advance HE and has been awarded both a National Teaching Fellowship and a Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence by AdvanceHE. 

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  Professor Caroline Bowsher

  Caroline is a Professor of Biology in the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health. Her personal experience of teaching has provided an excellent insight into the needs and expectations of different student bodies. Her ethos of teaching ‘for’ and not ‘of’ learning has been aided through a willingness to innovate through theatre and technology.

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  Sally Hickson

  Working in the School of Health Sciences since 1999, Sally is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). Sally works with colleagues from many programmes on curriculum design and professional accreditation. Since studying her Masters and PGCert she has further developed this interest, with a focus on assessment. Sally chairs or belongs to many working groups focussed on curriculum and assessment design both within FBMH and across the University, and contributes to the New Academics Programme and other staff development and training.

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  Professor Steven Jones

  Steve Jones is a Professor at Manchester Institute of Education (MIE) and in August 2020 will be Head of MIE. His research focuses on UK and overseas higher education policy and practice. He has co-authored reports exploring how socially disadvantaged young people conceptualise, engage with and perform at university, being particularly interested in how students’ cultural and social capital affect their HE experiences. He has presented findings to Universities UK, HM Treasury and the ASCL, and given evidence to the All-Party Parliamentary University Group in the House of Commons.

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  Dr Sylvie Lomer

  Dr. Sylvie Lomer is a Senior Lecturer in Policy and Practice at The University of Manchester, specialising in international higher education. Her research examines UK policy on recruiting international students, blended learning, and deficit narratives surrounding international students. She co-edited Research with International Students and leads projects on global engagement policy. She also co-convenes multiple research networks and is Co-Editor of the Journal of Global Higher Education.

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  Chris Millson

  Chris Millson is eLearning Manager for the Library. He is interested in how technology and the internet can support and enhance learning and higher education practice.

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  Dr Jenna Mittelmeier

  Jenna is Senior Lecturer in International Education at the Manchester Institute of Education. She has over a decade of experience working in higher education, first in student services in the US before transitioning to a lectureship in the UK. Her expertise focuses on international and intercultural learning, including teaching with international students, intercultural group work, and internationalising the curriculum. Jenna’s teaching takes a critical pedagogies lens, valuing inclusive teaching practices in intercultural settings.

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  Jane Mortimer

  Jane is the administrator for the programme within the Programmes and Curriculum team in SEED. She has varied administrative experience on different programmes/research projects, including currently working on two University College units. She is a member of the University Nature Action Group and Faculty Environmental Sustainability Advisory group. Since October 2023, Jane has been working as a coach on the ‘Grow Beyond Limits (Student Coaching)’ project in FBMH.

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  Dr Paul Smith

  Paul is a Lecturer in Education and former graduate of the PG Cert HE programme. His research interests include academic writing, assessment practices, and degree outcomes – especially where they overlap. He has also published on the experience in UK higher education of students professing a religious faith.

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