Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol)
Dr Razia Sultana
Dr Razia Sultana is a Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol), Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), and an experienced academic leader with extensive expertise in psychology, wellbeing, equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI), and higher education management. She currently serves as the Course Director for the BSc (Hons) Psychology with Foundation Year and BSc (Hons) Education & Childhood with Foundation Year, alongside her role as Head of Wellbeing and EDI (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) at UK Management College.
Dr Sultana holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology from The University of Manchester, alongside qualifications including an MS in Clinical Psychology, a Master of Public Health (MPH), and an MSc in Mental Health Services and Population Research from King's College London. She also holds a BSc in Psychology. Her academic and professional interests include mental health, student wellbeing, trauma-informed practice, domestic violence prevention, inclusive education, and psychosocial development.
Before joining UKMC, Dr Sultana worked across a range of academic, healthcare, and international humanitarian settings. Her experience includes teaching and research roles with institutions such as The University of Manchester, Anglia Ruskin University, and King's College London, alongside collaborations with several UK higher education partners. Her work has also involved psychosocial support, counselling, community mental health, violence prevention, and research capacity building within NHS, NGO, and international development sectors.
Dr Sultana has significant experience leading strategic wellbeing and student support initiatives within higher education, including the development of inclusive support systems, mental health awareness programmes, staff development initiatives, and institutional EDI frameworks. She works closely with academic and professional services teams to enhance student experience, academic engagement, wellbeing, and inclusive learning environments.
Alongside her leadership responsibilities, Dr Sultana is actively involved in teaching, curriculum development, quality assurance, and partnership management within UK higher education. She is also engaged in research and scholarly activities relating to mental health, wellbeing, domestic violence, and social inclusion, with particular interest in culturally responsive and community-focused approaches.
Dr Sultana is passionate about supporting diverse learners and promoting accessible, compassionate, and high-quality education that empowers students to achieve both academic and personal success.
Course Director, BSc (Hons) Fashion Management and Strategy
Ross McPhie MBA
Ross McPhie MBA’s professional career has been shaped by a strong foundation in business management, combined with extensive experience across fashion, retail, and strategic development. He has worked across both industry and higher education, bringing together real-world commercial insight with an academic approach to innovation, leadership, and enterprise. His background includes collaboration with global brands such as Nike, Berghaus, Rip Curl, and Animal, through which he has developed a deep understanding of the international fashion industry. This combination of industry engagement and academic leadership informs his approach to the course: practical, forward-thinking, and grounded in the realities of contemporary fashion business.
The degree has been designed with a clear purpose: to equip students with the knowledge, skills, and mindset required to operate confidently within a complex, fast-moving, and globally connected industry. Students will engage with key areas including consumer insight, digital marketing, supply chain management, finance, and entrepreneurship, while developing a critical understanding of ethics and sustainability at every stage of the fashion system.
Ross McPhie MBA
Business Management
Dr Zubair Ahmed
Dr Zubair Ahmad is the Course Director for Business Management at UK Management College and an experienced academic leader with more than 23 years of international experience across Pakistan, Norway, and the United Kingdom. He oversees the academic development, delivery, and student experience of one of the institution’s largest programmes, contributing to student success across all UKMC campuses. His leadership is defined by a strong commitment to inclusive, supportive, and engaging learning environments.
Dr Ahmad holds a PhD, an MRes, an MSc in Logistics, and an MBA in Management Information Systems. Having taught a wide range of business subjects at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, he is recognised for his clear communication style, student-centred approach, and ability to motivate learners from diverse backgrounds. His work places strong emphasis on academic integrity, personal development, and lifelong learning.
In his role as Course Director, he works closely with academic teams, Student Success Tutors, and partner universities to ensure high standards of teaching quality, assessment, and programme consistency. He contributes actively to academic governance, curriculum enhancement, and the mentoring and professional development of colleagues. His leadership philosophy centres on collaboration, respect, and empowering both students and staff.
Dr Ahmad is also deeply engaged in community-building across the college, supporting co-curricular activities, student events, and initiatives that promote belonging and wellbeing. His passion for education, extensive experience, and approachable manner make him a valued member of UKMC’s academic leadership team.
Digital Marketing
Dr Akintayo Akinrinsola
Dr Akintayo Akinrinsola is Course Director for the BA (Hons) Digital Marketing Management with Foundation Year at UK Management College (UKMC), delivered in partnership with the University of Wolverhampton. He also leads UKMC’s Centre for Entrepreneurship. As Course Director, he works with teaching teams across UKMC campuses and with university colleagues on curriculum development, programme delivery and academic quality. Through the Centre, he leads a programme that helps student founders test their ideas with potential customers, refine their business models and prepare to pitch their ventures. Dr Akinrinsola brings experience in industry leadership, startup development and consultancy to his academic work. As founder of NovaTech Labs, he leads a multidisciplinary team developing a digital platform for African and Black diaspora communities. His experience of building a product informs how he teaches digital marketing, from understanding an audience and testing a proposition to using customer feedback to make decisions about product development and marketing strategy. His research focuses on entrepreneurship education and graduate employability, particularly on how curriculum design and academic leadership can help students translate what they learn into career and enterprise opportunities. One strand of his work examines how academic leaders embed career development into undergraduate curricula in UK higher education partnerships. Another explores employability trust and how relationships among students, educators, employers and enterprise partners influence access to opportunities such as mentoring, professional networks and practical experience. These questions also inform his work at the Centre for Entrepreneurship, where students apply their learning to ventures of their own. Dr Akinrinsola holds a PhD in Business with Management and an MSc in International Business from the University of Plymouth, where he previously taught on the MSc International Business programme. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Member, British Academy of Management and Society for Black Academics. His doctoral research examined how organisational characteristics and external pressures shape sustainability practices among food and drink manufacturers in Nigeria.
Health and Social Care
Dr Khalid Ahmed
He has over 20 years healthcare experience and has worked in Primary care, Secondary and private healthcare as well. He holds a degree in healthcare and an MBA. His PhD helps to bridge both worlds of health care and business Innovation. As your course coordinator In Health and Social Care with foundation. It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to your course. It’s with heartfelt excitement to be the one to guide you through an inspirational and transformative journey. This course is engaging and a values-led degree programme. From this programme it will enable you to understand and critically analyse the broad range of issues and concepts affecting health and social care. The foundation year will provide essential academic preparation, followed by three years of honours degree programme, that will deepen your knowledge of social care practice, mental health, leadership, policy, and research. With your personal commitment, and the academic skills you will gain throughout your studies, we are confident you will experience both personal growth and academic success. Through collective learning, mutual respect, and proactive engagement, we will work together to achieve your academic and professional goals preparing you for an impactful career in the world of health and social care.
