Faculty & Staff

Graham Burton has a Master’s Degree in Design and Media Education, and Bachelor’s Degrees in Graphic Design, Teaching and Management.

On leaving full-time education, Graham developed his career in the creative industries as a designer. Throughout his time in the industry, he developed his skills by working for high-profile clients, including Pirelli, Channel 4, and the BBC.

A latecomer to academia, he was head of higher education at New College Nottingham, as well as working at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) as a short course tutor.

He was also a consultant on their Future Factory project; a project designed to help master’s graduates take the next step in realising their thesis projects, as well as a member of their validation panel for international degrees. After leaving Nottingham he worked in Essex authoring degree programmes for the University of the Arts, London. During this time, he wrote and had approval for 7-degree programmes, including one in collaboration with The Royal Opera House, London.

He moved to the Middle East in 2016 to take up the position of deputy head at a school in Kuwait. In 2017 he moved to Qatar to take a position as vice principal in a secondary school. He joined UFC in 2020.