Notable Staff and Alumni
Further information: Category:Academics of Birmingham City University Further information: Category:Alumni of Birmingham City UniversityCurrent and former staff of the University and its former entities include environmentalist Chris Baines, journalist Paul Bradshaw, photographer Ravi Deepres, musician Roy Priest (formerly of Sweet Jesus), writer and poet Anthony Mellors and photographer Darren Newbury.
Other notable graduates of the University and its predecessor institutions working in broadcasting include children's television presenter Kirsten O'Brien, sports TV presenter Mary Rhodes, radio and TV presenters Fiona Phillips, Zoë Ball, Claire Checketts, Sean O'Neill, Margherita Taylor and Phil Upton, radio producer Shantel Kadir, television and film editors Chris Jarrett, Andrea Rodway and Eddy Durnan, production managers Lisa Hole and Siobhan Regan, TV directors Julia Davies (for the BBC) and Evelyn Iwato, and TV producers Ash James and Adam Tyers. Indie band Blabbermouth consisted of various graduates, including lead singer Chris Johnson and lead guitars Jonny Halford. Several work in broadcast journalism, such as BSkyB newsreader Marverine Cole, multimedia journalist Stacey Spencer and BBC newsreader Charlie Stayt. Art and design alumni include fashion photographer Kirsty Hamilton, Tribune cartoonist Alex Hughes, fashion designer Betty Jackson, and artist Rob Pepper.
Graduates in the performing arts include musician Nick Duffy, singer-songwriter Stephen Duffy, actor Jimi Mistry (of the Birmingham School of Acting), comedian Frank Skinner, singer and The X Factor contestant Rhydian Roberts, and bass guitarist John Taylor, founder of Duran Duran. Other individuals to have studied at what is now Birmingham City University include novelist Jim Crace, nurse-author Bethann Siviter, scientist Kevin Warwick, and politicians Khalid Mahmood (MP for Perry Barr) and Lynne Jones (MP for Selly Oak).
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