In 2022, we launched a new committee for dental acadmeic staff: the Central Committee for University Dental Educators and Researchers (CCUDER). The new title reflects the modern workforce delivering research, teaching and clinical service provision across the UK. The new committee includes a wide range of individuals who are dedicated to improving the working lives of their colleagues. The Committee is concerned with all matters that affect university dental educators and researchers, and is a key part of the BDA's services for dental academic staff.
Our current work strands:
- Ensuring pay parity with NHS colleagues
- Providing evidence on dental academia to the Doctors and Dentists Review Body
- Understanding clinical academic pensions
- Understanding the dental academic workforce
Dental Academic Reference Group
The Clinical Reference Group is concerned with evaluating and taking leadership on issues relating to and affecting Dental Academics.
Our members are at the fulcrum of policies concerning both higher education and the NHS and seek to respond in a positive manner to the challenges raised.
University Dental Teachers are clinical academic staff who are university employees holding an honorary NHS contract.
They are thus affected by many policies covering both higher education and the NHS.
The Committee
Giles McCracken – current Chair
Anwar Tappuni
Callum Youngson
Caroline Pankhurst
Dominic Hurst
Gillian Baker
Helen Mather
James Field
Jamie Coulter
Miranda Pring
Praveen Sharma
Priya Bahal
Richard Fitzgerald
Robert McAndrew
Shalini Kanagasingam
Simon Shepherd
Swati Nehete
If you would like further information regarding issues affecting clinical dental academia, please contact Nicola Hawkey: Nicola.hawkey@bda.org.
CCUDER membership
James Field (Chair) - Clinical Academic
Shalini Kanagasingam (Vice Chair) - Clinical Academic
Praveen Sharma - Clinical Academic
Victoria Mellish - Clinical Academic
Vishal Aggarwal - Clinical Academic
Petros Mylonas - Clinical Academic
Anwar Tappuni - Clinical Academic
Abimbola Giwa - Clinical Academic
Ellie Heidari - Clinical Academic
Swati Nehete - Clinical Academic
Wendy Thompson - Academic GDP
Janine Yazdi-Doughty - Research dentist
Helen Mather - Academic Clinical Fellow
Ruby Long - Academic Clinical Fellow
Amaar Hassan - Non-academic dentist
VACANT - Non-academic dentist
VACANT - Non-academic dentist
Dental University Accredited Representatives
Dental school representatives are the BDA's reps for both trade union and professional activities in dental schools. They are legally accredited trade union representatives and can advise on pay and conditions of service matters.
More information
For more information please contact the Senior Policy Adviser for Employed Dentists, Stuart Abrahams (Stuart.Abrahams@bda.org), or the CCUDER secretary Eleanor Day (Eleanor.day@bda.org).
