Our people

Maurizio Bertollo is Professor of Motor Behavior and Sport Sciences at “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy and the director of the BIND-Behavioral Imaging and Neural Dynamics Center. He is also visiting professor of Human Performance at the University of Suffol...

Jason Bill studied architecture at Leicester Polytechnic and then the University of Brighton before commencing a Ph.D researching the Swiss Architect Max Bill at the UEA in Norwich. Whilst at University spent time working in the Netherlands and then Norway where he designed a Vikin...

Jane first entered Higher Education with the East Suffolk Area Health Authority in April 1990 within the Ipswich Hospital Nursing School. After several transfers through Department of Nursing Studies, Suffolk and Great Yarmouth College of Nursing and Midwifery then Suffolk College,...

Dr Jane Black is an Associate Professor in Sport and Exercise Physiology and Head of Sport and Exercise in the School of Health and Sports Sciences.  Jane is also the Associate Professor in Sport and Exercise Physiology.  Jane is passionate about the role that exercise can pla...

I liked the idea of doing a ‘degree on my doorstep’ and the fact that I could carry on living at home at the time, minimising the amount of student debt I would accumulate. I’d been a student at the Great Yarmouth campus when it was Great Yarmouth College and was happy with th...

Dr Matthew Bland is an Associate Professor in Evidence Based Policing and Deputy Director of the Police Executive Programme. He is a Fellow of the Jerry Lee Centre of Experimental Criminology and Elected Fellow of the Academy of Experimental Criminology. ...

I chose to study Criminology at the University of Suffolk and it is the best decision I made! The University is a welcoming and safe environment and the size to me is perfect - it is large enough to have a wide range of different students from different backgrounds studying differen...

Sam started working with the University of Suffolk in April 2011 as Events and Conferencing Officer after five years working with Aimhigher Suffolk as the mentoring scheme coordinator. Sam has previously worked in the private and public sector for city insurance brokers, manufacturi...

Julie completed her BSc in Nursing at the University of Stirling, Scotland in 2012 and then went to work as a Staff  Nurse in the Acute Medical Setting at Southampton General Hospital.  Following this Julie moved back to Bury St Edmunds where she worked briefly in the Outp...

Writer Dr Ronald Blythe CBE (1922-2023) was arguably one of our most renowned and best loved English writers. Based in Dedham Vale he was best known for his work Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village (1969). This account is of agricultural life in Suffolk from the turn of the...

When the time came for me to apply to universities I decided to look into studying in the United Kingdom. The application process was fairly simple mainly because I enlisted the help of a Romania-based organisation which helps people that are willing to study in the UK by providing ...

Dr Antonio Bonacaro is an extremely passionate educator, researcher, and clinician with over 20 years of experience in Higher Education. Over the years he has been enjoying working in different teaching and research roles in several countries (Italy, United Arab Emirates, Australia,...