I am a lecturer within the IoP and have undertaken a number of module lead roles since I joined the IoP two years ago. Prior to joining the IoP, I spent thirty, very happy years with West Midlands Police, undertaking a wide range of policing roles – predominantly investigative.
I was born and raised in Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands. I worked for the TSB bank when I left college, but after a few years realised that I had to follow my dream; a career in policing. Over the next thirty years I undertook a number of uniform roles and many different detective roles prior to specialising as a Detective Sergeant within the Professional Standards Department and the Anti-Corruption Unit
When I retired from the police as a police officer – I rejoined West Midlands police as a police trainer in the investigative training department. I was responsible for the design and delivery of courses such as the Tutor Constable Course, DS and DI course and interview courses for new recruits. I thoroughly enjoyed working with the student officers and therefore made the decision to transition to the University to play a greater part in the delivery and design of the PEQF student journey within the IoP and use my policing experience and teaching experience to the best effect.
Professional memberships and activities
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Academic qualifications
- Postgraduate Certificate in Higher and Professional Education, Staffordshire University
Expertise
- Investigation of Serious and Complex and Major Crime
- Management of Sex Offenders and Violent offenders
- Police Misconduct Procedures
Research interests
- Serious and organised crime
- Criminal use of firearms
- Police culture and practice
- Police officer welfare
- Victim experience and victim support services
- Interagency working
- Policing and social media
- Police demand
Enterprise and commercial interests
I have worked extensively within the corporate programmes department of the school generating income and developing and delivering bespoke and professional training to employers such as Leoni, Denby, WADE, Armed Forces and members of Future Finest. In addition, I ran the Steelite Business Academy and the Chamber of Commerce Higher Education Business Academy.
I took over the running of the CIPD level 3 professional course and gained accreditation for the CIPD level 5 and level 7 programmes.
I have extensive experience of working with both UK and International partners.
Teaching
Undergraduate
- Fibres analysis
- Glass analysis
- Hair analysis (animal and human)
- Paint analysis
- ISO accreditation and competency testing in forensic science
- Forensic Biology and DNA Profiling
- Other trace evidence, including filaments, pollen, lubricants
- Evidence analysis including FTIR, Raman, Pyr-GC, polarized light microscopy, comparison microscopy, hot-stage microscopy
- Statistical analysis of evidence
- Research Skills
- Independent projects
Postgraduate
- Glass analysis
- Paint analysis
- Hair analysis (animal and human)
- Wildlife crime investigation
- Underwater crime scene investigation
- Crime scene investigation for forensic nurses
- Forensic Biology and DNA profiling
- Statistical analysis of evidence
- Expert witness testimony
- Independent projects
Publications
E.Ganniari-Papageorgiou, M.E.Fitzpatrick and A.Chroneos, ‘Germanium diffusion in aluminium: connection between point defect parameters with bulk properties, Journal of Materials Science:Materials in Electronics, Vol. 26(11), pp. 8421–8424, 2015, http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10854-015-3510-5
S.K.Kourkoulis, M.Mentzini and E.Ganniari-Papageorgiou, ‘Restored marble epistyles under bending: A combined experimental and numerical study’, International Journal of Architectural Heritage, Vol. 7(1), pp. 89-115, 2013,
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15583058.2011.611577
S.K.Kourkoulis, V.Panagiotopoulou and E.Ganniari-Papageorgiou, ‘The role of the fracture plane's inclination in the restoration of marble epistyles’, Journal of Cultural Heritage, Vol. 13, pp. 426-436, 2012
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1296207412000362