People — Staff, students, and alumni
Meet some of our staff, students and alumni - find out how they got into their industry, what they discovered during their time at Anglia Ruskin University and what inspires them creatively.
Emily Godden
— Digital Media Production
Emily Godden splits her time between lecturing in Digital Media Production and running award-winning social enterprise Virtually There Studio, creating exhibitions, experiences and educational opportunities to benefit both the environment and personal wellbeing.
William Tullett
– Historian
Teaching both the BA and MA History courses as well as supervising PhD students, Dr William Tullet focuses on the period from 16th century to early 20th, specialising in sensory history, with published works on smell, sound and emotions.
Megan Herdson
— Writing.
Megan is Senior Campaign Officer at ARU, and a graduate of our BA (Hons) Writing and Film Studies and MA Creative Writing.
Meet MeganMichael Bruce
— Writing and Film.
Michael is a BA (Hons) Writing and Film student from Macon, Georgia, in the US, who enjoys making horror films in particular.
Meet MichaelBlessing Raimi
— Graphic Design.
Blessing Raimi is a Junior Graphic Designer at award-winning public relations and marketing agency Conscious Communications, and a graduate of our BA (Hons) Graphic Design course.
Meet BlessingVictoria Burrows
— VFX Coordinator
Victoria is an alumni of our BA (Hons) Film and Television Production. After graduating, she worked as a runner for Technicolor, before becoming Production Coordinator and then Producer. She is now working as a VFX Coordinator for Scanline.
Meet Victoria
StaffMonique Brown
— Technical Officer, Fashion Design
Monique Brown began her career as a costume designer for feature films, working on the likes of Luc Besson's 'The Fifth Element' and George Lucas' 'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace'. She now works in our fashion studios, helping students and staff develop their creative process.
Meet Monique
StaffToby Venables
— Lecturer, Screenwriting.
Toby Venables teaches screenwriting modules at ARU. A professional screenwriter with a particular interest in horror, he has co-written a BAFTA-winning film, 'His House', for Netflix, and also published four novels.
Meet Toby
Students & AlumniAining Wen
— Children's Picturebook Author & Illustrator.
After graduating from our MA Children's Book Illustration, Aining returned to Beijing to work as a children's book editor with Daylight Publishing House. She has also published several picturebooks of her own, including 'Fairy Song', 'Secrets of Traditional Chinese Musical Instruments', 'Goodnight Baby', and the Bologna-shortlisted 'Cello Swan'.
Meet Aining
StaffRyan Murphy
— Musical Theatre
Ryan Murphy is a Senior Lecturer Practitioner and leads the BA Musical Theatre course. Teaching ensemble and solo singing as well as music theory, Ryan also musically directs every production on the course.
Meet Ryan
StaffNick Jeeves
— Graphic Designer
As well as teaching Graphic Design, Nick Jeeves produces books as editor for the Ruskin Arts Publications and The Public Domain Review. He also publishes small editions of original writing and revived historical texts through his own imprint Mulita Small Editions.
Meet Nick
Students & AlumniJamal J Glynn
— Music Therapist.
Jamal graduated in 2011 as the first MA music therapist to use the steelpan as primary instrument. After this, he returned home to Trinidad, and within three weeks was assigned to the Ministry of Health.
Meet Jamal
StaffChris Draper
— Illustrator.
Chris Draper is Course Leader for the BA (Hons) Illustration at Cambridge School of Art and a freelance illustrator who has worked on editorials for the likes of New Scientist, GQ, and The Independent newspaper; book covers for major publishing houses; and advertising for BT, NatWest, Weetabix, E-Cover, and Patek Phillipe.
Meet Chris
StaffJulia Johnson
— Photographer.
Julia Johnson is Co-Course Leader of the BA (Hons) Photography programme at ARU. She runs a major first-year practice based module, and also oversees the contextual study element for a number of Cambridge School of Art courses.
Meet Julia
Students & AlumniBo Yang
— Children's Book Illustrator.
Bo Yang is a freelance illustrator in Beijing, and a graduate of ARU's MA Children's Book Illustration course.
Meet Bo
StaffRachel Ryder
— Historical Sociologist.
Rachel Ryder is a historical sociologist, and Course Leader / Senior Lecturer for the BA (Hons) Sociology at ARU. The module she is best known for is 'Intoxicants and intoxication,' which takes in the broad field of alcohol studies, including production, consumption and distribution, globally and over time.
Meet Rachel
StaffDominic Chapman
— Computer Games Art & Technology
Independent game developer Dominic Chapman has been building immersive game worlds for the last 15 years and is the course leader for both Computer Games Art BA and Computer Games Technology BSc – the course he chose as a student.
Meet Dominic
StaffIdrees Rasouli
— Associate Professor, Art & Design.
An award-winning designer of products, processes, and places, with a focus on disruptive market innovation, Idrees Rasouli is Associate Professor and Deputy Head of Cambridge School of Art, where he leads on the portfolio of art and design programmes, and undertakes academic leadership in teaching and learning, research, external engagement and enterprise.
Meet Idrees
StaffJoe McCullagh
— Head of Cambridge School of Art.
Joe McCullagh leads on strategic and operational aspects of the school, to ensure it’s a fantastic environment for learning, research, creativity and development. He sees his role as being a pedagogic designer, developing environments that enable students and staff to meet their potential.
Meet Joe
StaffRachel Larkum
— Designer and Animator.
Rachel Larkum is Course Leader for the BA (Hons) Illustration and Animation course at Cambridge School of Art. She combines this with freelancing, doing graphics and animation work, currently having regular clients in the rail industry, digital magazines and publishing. Her previous clients include The Body Shop, Cancer Research and creating interactive games for Cartoon Network and The British Heart Foundation.
Meet Rachel
StaffAndrew McDowall
— Artist.
Andrew McDowall is an artist, first and foremost. He works in the 3D workshop at Cambridge School of Art as a Technical Officer. Students and staff from any of our courses can make an appointment to see him, or just turn up - he finds out what they want to make and suggests ways they could go about it: building canvas structures, ceramics, laser cutting, printing.
Meet Andrew
Students & AlumniOlivia Welsh
— Fashion Designer.
Olivia is a graduate of our BA (Hons) Fashion Design at Cambridge School of Art, ARU, and founder of the fashion brand Olivia Annabelle.
Meet Olivia
Students & AlumniJemima Willcox
— Photographer / Videographer.
Jemima Willcox is cofounder of The Willcox Collective, a Cambridge-based visual content creation agency who consider themselves adventurers on a quest to deliver tech companies the best in visual content. She graduated from our BA (Hons) Photography in 2012.
Meet Jemima
StaffDavid Ryan
— Artist.
David is an artist involved with painting, video and also music. At ARU he is an Associate Professor in Fine Art 0.2, mainly dealing with PhD students as a supervisor.
Meet David
Students & AlumniJoanne Adeyinka
— English Language and Linguistics graduate
Joanne is a graduate of ARU's BA (Hons) English Language and Linguistics degree course. She's currently in the process of applying for work and looking to apply for a master’s degree in Phonetics or Speech and Language Sciences.
Meet Joanne
Students & AlumniCatherine Rowe
— Illustrator / Designer.
Catherine Rowe is a graduate of the BA (Hons) Illustration degree course at Cambridge School of Art, ARU, and founder of Catherine Rowe Designs.
Meet Catherine
StaffStefán A. R. Orschel-Read
— Course Leader, Fashion Design and Fashion Communication and Branding
Stefán A. R. Orschel-Read is Course Leader for our BA Fashion Design and BA Fashion Communication and Branding, and a practising menswear designer with more than a decade’s experience of running his own brand. He has shown in London Fashion Week, Moscow, Italy, and retailed globally as well.
Meet Stefán
Students & AlumniRosie Axon
— Music Therapist.
After studying MA Music Therapy, Rosie Axon became Founder and Director at Chiltern Music Therapy, a not-for-profit organisation that provides music therapy to people of all ages across the UK.
Meet Rosie
StaffShelley Jackson
— Illustrator.
Shelley Ann Jackson is an author, illustrator and designer of children’s books, and at ARU she is Associate Professor and Course Leader for our MA Children’s Book Illustration. Even though she teaches illustration, she also gets to use her experience with writing and design on the course, because the three are inextricably linked in children’s books.
Meet Shelley
Students & AlumniCharlotte Quince
— English Language Teacher.
Charlotte is an English Language Teacher and a graduate of our BA (Hons) English Language and English Language Teaching. After graduating, she taught English in Taiwan at an American international school, and is currently studying towards a PGCE and QTS in Secondary English.
Meet Charlotte
Students & AlumniJade Slaughter
— Creative Content Manager.
Jade Slaughter studied both BA English Literature and MA Creative Writing at ARU, and is now Creative Content Manager for Scouts, the UK’s largest co-educational youth movement. Leading a team of content producers, they collaborate with studios and freelancers to produce digital, print, social and film content for the charity.
Meet Jade
StaffMark Pickering
— Audio and Music Technical Officer.
Mark works at ARU as a Technical Officer and part-time lecturer for Audio Music Technology. Outside of ARU he works as a video director, and audio professional in both creative and technical capacities.
Meet Mark
StaffJames Ward
— Head of Creative Industries.
James Ward is Head of School for Creative Industries at ARU. His main role is to strategically oversee the school in partnership with the Dean, and do anything that relates to management of the school in terms of education, learning and teaching, and attainment.
Meet James
StaffJohn Williams
— Printmaking Technical Officer
John looks after the printmaking room and equipment at Cambridge School of Art, providing technical and practical support to students, staff, AA2A artists and other visiting artists.
Meet John
StaffApurba Kundu
— Deputy Dean for Education
Looking after quality assurance, quality enhancement and the student experience, Dr Apurba Kundu is Deputy Dean for Education in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
Meet Apurba ...