David is currently the Head of Business, Management, Accounting and Finance Division within the Faculty of Science, Business and Enterprise (SBE). His leadership has made his division one of the vibrant and visible within the University community. With over 20 years of teaching experience in higher education, he has made significant contributions in learning and teaching through programme development, quality assurance and postgraduate research delivery. His outstanding work has been recognised by all the institutions he has been an employee. It is important to note that he is a recipient of several awards such as Outstanding Teacher Fellowship Award, Professional Mentor of the Year, Excellence in Teaching Award and Most Inspirational Lecturer of the Year. David has lead the team to design programmes which addresses contemporary skills needs within Banking, Accounting, Finance and Analytics.

Jeff Adams is Emeritus Professor, University of Chester; a co-director of RECAP, the research centre into creativity in education; a Senior Fellow of the National Society for Education in Art and Design, and formerly Principal Editor of the International Journal of Art & Design Education. His books include Creativity and Democracy in Education (with Owens) and Documentary Graphic Novels.

Dr Nwamaka is a lecturer in Biological Sciences at the Faculty of Science, Business and Enterprise at the University of Chester, UK. She has 14 years of experience in higher education, including teaching, mentoring, research, and administration. Dr Amaka is an active researcher involved in science communication campaigns on a global and local scale.

Professor Al-Assaf graduated in 1988 with a first class degree in Chemistry (Mosul University). He gained his MSc (1994) and PhD (1997) from Salford University in the field of radiation and solution properties of hyaluronan and cross linked form (Hylan). Subsequently he took up a postdoctoral research fellowship at Glyndwr University Wrexham (formally North East Wales Institute of Higher Education, NEWI) working on the characterisation and modification of hydrocolloids. In 2003 he became Director of the Phillips Hydrocolloids Research Centre at Glyndwr University and was promoted to a Reader in Chemistry in 2007, and was awarded a personal chair in 2012. He moved to Chester University in August 2015 to lead the Hydrocolloid Research Centre at the Institute of Food Science & Innovation. Professor Al-Assaf has secured research funding from various organisations and industry and has published over 100 papers. 

PhD (University of Salford, UK)
Technical Expert and consultant for the International Atomic Energy Agency

Associate Editor, Journal of Future Foods

Editor, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
Editor, Food Chemistry Advances

Editor, Gels

Editor, International Journal of Food Science & Technology (2003 – 2018)
Life Member of the International Society for Hyaluronan Sciences

Hanaan joined Chester Medical School as a Lecturer in Haematology and Biomedical Science, bringing over 14 years of experience in working in Haematology and Blood Transfusion NHS laboratory. Over the years, her work focused on the use of Immunophenotyping by Flow Cytometry for the diagnosis of Haematological malignancies where she worked as a Senior Biomedical Scientist for 5 years leading the Flow Cytometry Service, the only one in North Wales. She also has a 7 years experience working in North Wales Stem cell Service carrying out Peripheral Blood Haemopoetic Stem cells transplant Harvests and Reinfusions where she worked in positions of PD and DI within the HTA.

Students should contact Hanaan about, course content questions, career advice in biomedical sciences working in the NHS, project supervision and research interests. 

Mohammed Amali is a Senior Lecturer, and the BSc Pharmacology Programme lead and MRes lead at the Chester Medical School. Mohammed is a pharmacist with a background in pharmacology including teaching and research experience in immunology and toxicology. Mohammed offers an eighteen-year background of supporting students, developing instructional plans, and organizing and assessing students. His research interests include drug allergy but has focused more recently on the development of drugs from natural products, with the aim of discovering novel molecules of therapeutic benefit that will contribute to current patient management strategies.

Students can contact me for information regarding the BSc Pharmacology programme and MRes in Research at the Chester Medical School.

Daniel is a Senior Lecturer in Food Science and Technology at the School of Allied and Public Health. He has over 25 years of experience in higher education, including teaching, mentoring, research, and administration. Daniel holds a PhD in Food Microbiology and Food Safety from the Universiti Putra Malaysia, MSc Meat Science and Technology from University of Bristol and BSc (Hons) Agricultural Sciences (specialising in Animal Sciences) from the University of Science and Technology (currently Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology). After his PhD, he took up a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Loughborough University, working on a collaborative project looking into the potential application of non-thermal atmospheric plasmas in the decontamination of fresh foods and inactivation of bacteria pathogens, experimental investigation and theoretical scale-up studies for the use of non-thermal atmospheric plasmas in the food industry. The project was funded by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Institute of Food Research (IFR – currently Quadram Institute Bioscience) and industrial partners.

Before joining the University of Chester, Daniel was a Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, where he led the MSc Food Science and Innovation programme and was involved in teaching, programme management, curriculum development and research.

External examiner for MSc Food Science, School of Biosciences, University of Surry: September 2022 – date.

Invited expert Committee Member - Food Safety webinar on China Food Safety: Achievement and Challenges. The Asia-Pacific Institute of Food Professionals. 16th December 2021.

External academic Panel Member – Programme review and approval – BSc (Hons) Food Science and Engineering. School of Science and Engineering, Teesside University. May 2013

I am a social and cultural historian of modern Britain, with a particular interest in sense of place, landscape, youth culture, and leisure identities.

Kimberly Anstey is senior lecturer teaching on the Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MA TESOL) course and in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) in the Centre for Student Exchange & Language Development, Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, the University of Chester, UK. She is the leader of the In-sessional Academic English provision (ISE) for the international students at the university. In that role, she also facilitates, designs and delivers continuing professional development for staff and liaises with subject faculty members to develop and focus the ISE provision.

Ann-Marie is a Senior Lecturer in the Initial Teacher Education (ITE) department within the School of Education. She is also a member of the Mentor Development Team and Mentoring and Coaching in Education (MACIE) Research Group. She is a specialist in music education.

Ann-Marie has over 15 years experience working in education. Her work has been primarily focused on music teaching and learning at secondary school level; she also has experience in primary and early years education, including leading Forest School provision. Ann-Marie is passionate about wanting all children to enjoy to a rich, inspiring education and in her belief that school teachers must be well-supported to facilitate this.

Vivian is a lecturer with the Accounting and Finance Division at University of Chester. She is currently the Course leader for Finance with Banking (BSc) and Banking and Finance (BSc) and saddled with the responsibility for its incremental value proposition and visibility. She has held positions as researcher and visiting lecturer with the Education and Children Services department and the Business and Management department respectively. She has over a decade experience working in commercial and business banking, rising to Manager level and cutting across ebusiness, banking operations, international trade, treasury, credit and business development. She is currently a certified External Examiner and Associate fellow from the Advance HE. She is passionate about continuous improvement that can influence process across work tasks, various life projects and the management of human behaviours.

Victoria Arnold is a registered social worker and a senior lecturer in the social work department. Her area of social work practice is Child Protection. Victoria is also an affiliate of The Centre for Academic Innovation and Development CAID, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a member of JAWS (Japanese Anthropology Workshop).

Dr Emma Arya-Manesh is one of the Co-directors of the Centre for Research into Education, Creativity and Arts through Practice (RECAP) and a Senior Researcher in the School of Education. She has undertaken research and evaluations across diverse settings, including art galleries, cultural and arts-based organisations, children’s centres, youth groups, universities, and schools.

Emma has secured external funding from local authorities, charities, and (inter)national learned societies. She is also an experienced editor, holding the position of Editorial Manager for the International Journal of Art & Design Education (iJADE). Separately, Emma is an Associate Editor for COMPARE: A Journal of Comparative and International Education.