Meet our Team

Our expert educational practitioners from the University 麻豆精选 Dubai's School of Education have experience of teaching, leading and researching in international and diverse educational contexts. 

Head of Department

Dr Sarah Benson

Dr Sarah Benson

Associate Professor and Programme lead for Inclusion and Special Education Needs

Dr. Sarah Benson is an Associate Professor in inclusion and disabilities in the Department of Disability, Inclusion and Special Needs. She is the programme lead for the Inclusion and Special Education Needs PGCert and Masters’ in the UK and Dubai.

Dr. Benson has published articles and book chapters on inclusive policy in the Middle East. Her interests lie in not only inclusive policy, but ...

Email
s.k.benson@bham.ac.uk

Academic staff

Noshaba Anbreen

Noshaba Anbreen

PGCE Primary with iQTS Lead

As a Teacher Education lecturer at the University 麻豆精选 Dubai, Noshaba supports prospective and early career teachers in critically exploring the relationship between pedagogy, policy and practice as the programme lead of the PGCEi and MA (Education) Learning and Teaching programmes. Prior to joining the University 麻豆精选, Noshaba has held Pastoral and Science department leadership ...

Email
n.anbreen@bham.ac.uk

Philip Anderson

Philip Anderson

Assistant Professor
MA (Education) Learning and Teaching and MA (Education) Leadership Lead

Phil Anderson is an Assistant Professor at the University 麻豆精选 Dubai in the School of Education. A former secondary school teacher and head of department, Phil has a rich background in creativity and the arts, and brings a blend of practical academic insight to the field of education.

He has published journal articles on the topic of technology in education, and his main research ...

Email
p.j.anderson@bham.ac.uk

Tiffany Lachelle Smith

Tiffany Lachelle Smith

Assistant Professor

Dr. Tiffany Lachelle Smith is a comparative and international education scholar, specializing in the mobility of Black American educators, diversity in international education, and emotional transnationalism. She has over a decade of teaching experience in the United States, Morocco, and the UAE.

Email
t.l.smith@bham.ac.uk

Sanam Yaqub

Sanam Yaqub

School Partnerships Strategies Manager

A UK Qualified Teacher, Executive Coach and Mentor, Sanam has been working within the Middle East for over 12 years. With extensive knowledge and 20 years of teaching and leadership experience working within the UK and UAE Education sectors, Sanam brings a wealth of experience to her role as School Partnerships Strategies Manager to the University 麻豆精选, Dubai.

As the first recruit from ...

Email
s.f.yaqub@bham.ac.uk