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Professor Andrew Sanders, LLB MA

Andrew graduated in Law from the University of Warwick and has a Masters in Criminology from the University of Sheffield. He has held academic posts at several universities, including the University of Oxford, the University of Bristol and the University of Manchester. He was Head of the School of Law at the University of Manchester from 2003-7. In January 2010 he became Professor of Criminal Law and Criminology at the University of Birmingham and Head of the School of Law from July 2010.

His teaching and research interests are in the areas of criminal law, criminal justice, and socio-legal studies.  He is author of several books, journal articles and research reports on these topics. In recent years, his research has been particularly concerned with the role of victims in criminal justice, both in the UK and in the European Union.

Andrew was a member of the Parole Board for England and Wales and of the Attorney General’s Advisory Board of the Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate for several years. He has also been an EU ‘expert’ on victim policy. He is now a Parole Commissioner for Northern Ireland.  He is also Vice-Chair of the Committee of Heads of University Law Schools in England and Wales and is frequently asked to advise University Law Schools on matters of curriculum and research strategy.

Andrew became a Trustee of Regent’s College in October 2009 and is a member of the Audit Committee. 

 

June 2010