Speech and Language Therapy staff

Richard Armstrong

Lecturer in Speech and Language Therapy

Richard qualified as a speech and language therapist from Newcastle University. He has worked with teenagers and adults with autism, learning disabilities, and mental health difficulties in several psychiatric settings. Most recently he worked on an acute rehabilitation trauma unit with patients with acquired neurological...

Lorraine Bamblett

Senior Lecturer in Speech and Language Therapy

Lorraine qualified as a Speech and Language Therapist from De Montfort University in 2002. She has worked in various roles within the NHS and independent practice. Most recently she worked within a Key Stage 1 and 2 Speech and Language Centre in Burton-On-Trent, Staffordshire with children with Developmental Language Disorder...

David Bignell

Course Lead BSc (Hons) Qualified Habilitation Specialist (Children and Young People)

David is the Course Lead for BSc (Hons) Qualified Habilitation Specialist. David has also been the Course Lead for the Foundation Degree in Rehabilitation Work (Vision Impairment) and the BSc (Hons) Specialist Complex Needs Rehabilitation Work top up degree. David studied at the Guide Dogs School of Vision and Rehabilitation...

Susan Cadby

Senior Lecturer in Rehabilitation Work

Susan is a qualified Rehabilitation Worker. Studying rehabilitation work was a natural progression from her studies in deaf studies and linguistics. Since qualifying Susan has worked in both local authority and charity settings. The role included providing specialist assessments for people with sight loss, hearing loss and...

Natacha Capener

Lecturer / Placement Coordinator in Speech and Language Therapy

Natacha qualified as a speech and language therapist (SLT) from University College London (UCL) in 2012. Throughout her career she has worked in the NHS and as an independent SLT in a range of school settings (mainstream, specialist, and additionally resourced provisions) with children and young people of all ages. Her area of...

Peter Cooke

Senior Lecturer/Admissions Tutor

Peter's 聽key experience of Rehabilitation Work arose from working in the heart of 探花直播 area delivering rehabilitation assessment and training to people newly diagnosed with sight loss. This area of 探花直播 was particularly challenging due to high numbers of people of working age whose sight loss was often accompanied...

Lesley Ann Docherty

Senior Lecturer

Lesley Ann qualified in 2001 from UCE and worked at Selly Oak Hospital and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital until joining the University in 2014.聽She worked in the Stroke Unit and supported patients in the Burns Unit and ITU.聽Lesley Ann聽currently holds an honorary contract at a local NHS hospital.

Claire Hartley

Senior Lecturer

Claire Hartley is a Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) and Senior Lecturer (in acquired communication difficulties) at 探花直播. She is also the Programme Director for the Return to Practice in SLT Programme. Her interests include aphasia, motor speech disorders, simulated practice in SLT, and working with...

Dr Thomas Hopkins

Senior Lecturer in SLT, Research Coordinator and Deputy Chair

Tom is a psychologist who teaches the psychology strand that exists across several modules within the BSc and MSc Speech and Language Therapy degree course. This includes aspects of developmental psychology, social and cognitive psychology as well as applying psychotherapy to speech and language therapy practice. Having gained...

Dr Wouter Jansen

Senior Lecturer and Joint Programme Lead (MSc Speech and Language Therapy)

Wouter is one of the course leads for the MSc Speech and Language Therapy and lectures on all 3 SLT programmes offered by the university. He teaches (clinical) linguistics, phonetics, and research methods and is currently the module lead for SPR7003 The Science of Speech, Swallowing and Hearing, SPR7004 Understanding Human...