Meet our Team

Our expert educational practitioners are from the University of Birmingham’s highly acclaimed School of Education whose programmes have been rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted (UK). 

Head of Department

Dr Sarah Benson

Dr Sarah Benson

Associate Professor and Programme lead for Inclusion and Special Education Needs

Dr. Sarah Benson is an Associate Professor in inclusion and disabilities in the Department of Disability, Inclusion and Special Needs. She is the programme lead for the Inclusion and Special Education Needs PGCert and Masters’ in the UK and Dubai.

Dr. Benson has published articles and book chapters on inclusive policy in the Middle East. Her interests lie in not only inclusive policy, but ...

Email
s.k.benson@bham.ac.uk

Academic staff

Noshaba Anbreen

Noshaba Anbreen

PGCE Primary with iQTS Lead

As a Teacher Education lecturer at the University of Birmingham Dubai, Noshaba supports prospective and early career teachers in critically exploring the relationship between pedagogy, policy and practice as the programme lead of the PGCEi and MA (Education) Learning and Teaching programmes. Prior to joining the University of Birmingham, Noshaba has held Pastoral and Science department leadership ...

Email
n.anbreen@bham.ac.uk

Philip Anderson

Philip Anderson

Assistant Professor
MA (Education) Learning and Teaching and MA (Education) Leadership Lead

Phil Anderson is an Assistant Professor at the University of Birmingham Dubai in the School of Education. A former secondary school teacher and head of department, Phil has a rich background in creativity and the arts, and brings a blend of practical academic insight to the field of education.

He has published journal articles on the topic of technology in education, and his main research ...

Email
p.j.anderson@bham.ac.uk