The Campus Director works in close partnership with our academic and support staff to ensure the on-campus experience of our students, staff and visitors is a safe, welcoming and inclusive one.
Our lecturers are dedicated to bringing their real-life experience in practice into the classroom, providing our students with genuine insight into the subject matter. Each of our students are assigned an academic coach and have regular one-to-one meetings where they can get advice on the course and career aspirations. As lecturers are based in our campuses they operate an ‘open door’ policy, so students can talk to them whenever they need to.
Elaine has a wealth of expertise from higher education and private sectors, having managed operations at Burberry plc before holding a number of leadership roles at University of Bradford, including Business Engagement Manager for the Faculty of Management, Law & Social Sciences and most recently Head of Operations for the Faculty of Engineering & Digital Technologies.
Law
Laura is the Programme and Student Lead for the LPC and SQE at our Leeds, Newcastle and Sheffield campuses. She graduated with an LLB and completed her Legal Practice Course at The University of Sheffield. Laura trained and qualified at a firm in Manchester, practising in defendant motor insurance litigation and clinical negligence claims. After several years in Manchester, she moved back over the Pennines and worked as a Visiting Lecturer for The University of Law, before joining as a permanent lecturer in 2021. In addition to her role as PSL, Laura teaches dispute resolution and personal injury and clinical negligence on the LPC and SQE courses, and has also previously taught civil litigation and civil skills on the BPC and civil litigation and mediation & ADR on the AMIL course.
Robert is Senior Lecturer and Programme & Student Lead for the Undergraduate programmes at the Leeds campus. Robert obtained a LLB Law & Criminology at the University of Sheffield and went on to complete the LPC there. Before joining The University of Law he trained and practised as a solicitor at a high street firm in Sheffield for nearly a decade, acting for claimants in personal injury litigation. Robert specialises in tort law, personal injury and civil litigation and teaches across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Robert particularly enjoys teaching tort law and civil dispute resolution, as these allow him to share his own professional experiences to enhance students’ learning.
Niall is the Programme and Student Lead for the postgraduate academic and vocational law programmes at Manchester and Liverpool and National Module Lead for the Dissertation in Law. As well as being a member of the Research Ethics Committee and the Academic Quality and Standards Policy Review Subcommittee. Niall is a qualified (non-practising) Barrister with over 30 years’ experience of Education Leadership and Management. His main interests are Tort Law, Medical Law and Ethics, Dissertation Research, Media, Defamation and Privacy Law, and Artificial Intelligence.
Becky is acting Programme and Student Lead for Undergraduate programmes at our Leeds campus alongside Robert Hart. She has a degree in Economics and Geography (BA Hons) and a MA in Global Development from the University of Leeds. She also completed the GDL and LPC. Becky qualified as a solicitor in 2008 and worked in commercial real estate and residential development teams in two large commercial law firms in Leeds before joining The University of Law. In addition to her PSL role, Becky enjoys teaching Real Estate and Land Law on the LLB and Property Practice on the SQE.
Laura is a Programme & Student Lead for Undergraduate Programmes at The University of Law’s Leeds Campus. Laura also teaches commercial and corporate subjects and the LLB Access to Justice module. Laura obtained her LLB in English Law and French Law at the University of Manchester before completing her LPC at the then College of Law in Manchester. After a brief period as a paralegal in international PI litigation at Pannone, Laura trained and qualified as a commercial and corporate solicitor in-house at the Co-op, where she spent 8 ½ years advising the Food, Funeralcare, Legal and Insurance businesses in respect of a variety of plans and problems. This included major projects, general commercial and IT contracts, data protection, contentious and non-contentious IP, competition law, consumer protection, and regulation by the FCA, CMA and GCA. Before joining The University of Law Laura also practised at AO World PLC, where she advised the consumer and trade retail and logistics businesses with a particular focus on IT and data protection.
Cheryl is the BPC Programme and Student Lead which involves managing the course by collaborating with other departments to ensure smooth delivery and student satisfaction. She mainly teaches criminal litigation and criminal skills on the BPC. Cheryl studied a combined LLB and LPC, qualified as a solicitor in London, then practised in Southampton before joining a large nationwide firm in Yorkshire. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education, and is currently studying towards a PhD in law. She particularly enjoys teaching criminal skills, finding it rewarding helping students develop advocacy skills.
Computer Science
Criminology
Luke is an Associate Professor in Criminology and the Programme and Student Lead for Undergraduate Criminology. Luke is a criminologist with over ten years’ experience teaching criminology, supported by a PhD and extensive experience gained through a range of applied research roles across the criminal justice system. Luke particularly enjoys teaching Identity, Diversity and Crime because it encourages students to critically examine how power, identity and inequality shape criminalisation, victimisation and justice.
Support Services
Our Campus Hub Team is there to connect you with the information, support and services you need to succeed at every stage of your student journey.
In addition to providing guidance and support, they coordinate both university-wide and local campus events that foster a strong sense of belonging, support well-being and enhance student engagement. They also offer on-the-day support for assessment activities, ensuring students receive timely assistance when it matters most.