Your International Postgraduate Certificate of Education (iPGCE) teaching team

The Education teaching team have many years’ experience and they understand the pressures of balancing study around work and family commitments.

Staff member Andy Bloor
Programme Lead: iPGCE and iQTS

Andy Bloor is a Senior Lecturer in International Education and Programme Lead for the iPGCE. His fields of interest are around International and Comparative Education and Social, Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties in children, particularly those with Attachment Disorder and neuro-atypical children.

Nicholas wearing a jumper and shirt
Senior lecturer in Education

Dr Nicholas Bowskill, Lecturer in Education, is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy who brings 25 years of experience in higher education to his role at the University of Derby Online 

Nicholas smiling, standing in front of a bookcase.
Lecturer in Education

As a Lecturer in the Institute of Education, Dr Joseph leads and teaches modules on several programmes across the Institute, and is the Assistant Programme Leader for the International PGCE programme.

Simi McConnell
Associate Lecturer in Education

Simi McConnell is an Associate Lecturer for the Institute of Education.