Our People
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Dr Anthony Howe
Reader in English Literature and MA English Literature Course Director
Dr Anthony Howe is Reader in English Literature and聽Director of Graduate Research for English at Birmingham City University. Originally from the North East of England, he studied at Liverpool (BA; MA) before taking a PhD at Cambridge. Prior to his current post he taught at the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford. He is a...
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Dr Juanling Huang
Course Director of the International MBA, Senior Lecturer
Dr Juanling Huang has industrial experience in logistics and international freight forwarding companies in the UK, Hong Kong and China. Her research areas include implementation of strategy, innovation and change; implementation of ERP systems in SMEs; and customer relationship management in HEIs and business communities.
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Professor Javed Hussain
Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance
Professor Javed Hussain is Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance at Birmingham City University, where he currently leads the Accounting and Finance Group. Professor Hussain supervises a number of PhDs in the areas of corporate, micro and small business finance.
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Dr Chris Inman
Senior Lecturer
Chris is a聽registered nurse with about 15 years' post-qualifying experience prior to employment in education at the University of Hull and then as Head of Nursing Development at the Open University in Milton Keynes. At Birmingham City University she has many years of experience directing the MSc Advanced Practice/MSc Health...
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Professor Islam Issa
Professor of Public Humanities
Islam Issa is a multi-award-winning author, broadcaster, and curator.聽 A literary critic and historian, his work focuses on cultural history and the reception of English聽literature in global contexts. In 2022 he was conferred to Professor of Literature and History, and in 2025 the Vice-Chancellor appointed him the UK's...