Student Education Service teams
Contact details and responsibilities for our Student Education Service teams.
Admissions
Head of Admissions: Lisa Summers
Email: l.a.summers@adm.leeds.ac.uk
Deputy Head of Admissions: Graham Rees
Email: g.d.rees@adm.leeds.ac.uk
Deputy Head of Admissions: Sofia Hepworth
Email: s.c.hepworth@leeds.ac.uk
Taught admissions team
Key Contact: Debbie Senior
- Email (for undergraduates): ug_enquiry@leeds.ac.uk
- Email (for postgraduates): tp_enquiry@leeds.ac.uk
Taught Admissions Team responsibilities
Admissions enquiries team
Manager: Sarah Whiteley
Key Contact: Katie Tucker
Admissions enquiries team responsibilities
Taught admissions policy and qualifications
Manager: Anya Wright
Email: busaw@leeds.ac.uk
Taught admissions training
Manager: Jenny Gibbison
Email: admissionstraining@leeds.ac.uk
International Pathways Centre
Key contacts for admissions
- Raluca Clotan for International Foundation Year enquiries (internal and external). Email: ifyadmissions@leeds.ac.uk
- Keira Thorogood for Leeds ISC and NCUK queries. Email studygroup@leeds.ac.uk or ncuk@leeds.ac.uk
International pathways centre responsibilities
Language Centre
Key contact for admissions: Lorna Riley
Email: langc@leeds.ac.uk
Language centre responsibilities
Incoming Study Abroad Admissions Team (Study Abroad Office)
Manager: Liz Simpson
Email: studyabroad@leeds.ac.uk
Incoming study abroad admissions team responsibilities
Lifelong Learning Centre Admissions Team
Key contact: Michelle Lotherington
Email: lifelonglearning@leeds.ac.uk
Lifelong learning centre admissions team responsibilities
Faculty admissions teams
Faculty admissions team responsibilities
To find a faculty admissions team key contact, view the contact us section of the relevant course page on Coursefinder.
Faculty admissions managers
Faculty admissions managers responsibilities
Arts, Humanities and Cultures: Dave Baldwin and Helen Dyson
Biological Sciences: Paul Matthews
Business: Sue Waterson
Education, Social Sciences and Law: Sue Haines
Engineering: Becky Whitaker
Environment: Lynsay Thomas
Mathematics and Physical Sciences: Helen Linyard
Medicine and Health: Louise Tomenson
Doctoral college
Head of Doctoral College Operations: Rachel Cox
Email: R.Cox@leeds.ac.uk (currently on maternity leave. Please direct all queries to Paula North who is covering her role. Email: p.north@leeds.ac.uk).
Responsibilities:
- PGR admissions
- PGR operations and policy, eg assessment, programme support, student support
Head of Doctoral College Programmes: Christina Robinson
Email: c.robinson@adm.leeds.ac.uk
Responsibilities:
- PGR programme approval
- Quality assurance and committee support
Educational Engagement
Head of Educational Engagement: Louise Banahene
Email: L.Banahene@adm.leeds.ac.uk
General email: educationoutreach@leeds.ac.uk
Responsibilities: widening participation by working across the UK with schools and colleges to raise awareness of, and aspirations towards, higher education. Includes outreach, Access to Leeds, financial support and student success programmes at undergraduate and taught postgraduate level.
Faculty Education Service Managers (FESMs)
Arts, Humanities and Cultures: Cathryn Reardon
Social Sciences: Jenny Hamlin
Environment: Terry Owens
Engineering and Physical Sciences: Terry Owens
Biological Sciences and Medicine and Health: Claire Smith
Leeds University Business School: Laura Clarke
Find out more about our faculty teams
Learning enhancement
Head of Learning Enhancement: Isobel Whitehouse
Email: I.J.Whitehouse@leeds.ac.uk
Learning Enhancement Team: LE-Apprenticeships@leeds.ac.uk
Responsibilities: overseeing and supporting educational development to meet external organisations’ skills gaps, including higher and degree apprenticeships.
Leeds Institute of Teaching Excellence (LITE)
Leeds Institute of Teaching Excellence (LITE)
Programmes and assessments
Head of Programmes and Assessment: Louise Powell
Email: L.E.Powell@leeds.ac.uk
Assessment, award, exams and progress
Manager: Rachael Howden
Email: examinations@leeds.ac.uk and rp_examinations@leeds.ac.uk
Timetabling
Manager: David Dixon
Email: timetable@leeds.ac.uk
Student and curriculum records
Manager: Jill Williamson
Email: j.n.williamson@adm.leeds.ac.uk
Responsibilities:
- Registration and module enrolment. Emails: registration@leeds.ac.uk and enrolment@leeds.ac.uk
- Taught student records management including leavers and extensions: studentrecords@adm.leeds.ac.uk
- Module and Programme catalogues catalogue@leeds.ac.uk
Counter services and international student advice
Manager: Renato Pallassini
Email: ssc@leeds.ac.uk
Tier 4 Policy and Support
Manager: Ros Harrison
Email: R.Harrison1@leeds.ac.uk
Graduation and events
Manager: Sharron Murphy
Email: graduation@leeds.ac.uk
Faculty based colleagues
Quality assurance
Head of Quality Assurance: Jenny Lyon
Email: j.a.lyon@leeds.ac.uk
General enquiries email: qat@leeds.ac.uk
Quality assurance responsibilities
Student careers
Head of Student Careers: Jane Campbell
Email: j.h.campbell@leeds.ac.uk or careerscentre@leeds.ac.uk
Central Services
Manager: Jess Henderson (Assistant Head of Student Careers)
Email: J.E.Henderson@leeds.ac.uk
Responsibilities:
- Training and Development
- Employability Network
- Frontline Careers Centre Team provides careers information and advice to students and graduates
- Online resources
Data, systems and quality team
Manager – Andy Blunt
Email - A.Blunt@leeds.ac.uk
Central administration and curriculum team
Manager – Caroline Shingles
Email- c.shingles@leeds.ac.uk
Business start up (Spark)
Head of Business Start Up – Kairen Skelley
Email: k.skelley@leeds.ac.uk
Incubation Manager – Brian Baillie
Email: b.r.baillie@leeds.ac.uk
Responsibilities: Spark student and graduate business incubator, start up visa, student business start up advice, Entrepreneurs Exchange
Project officers:
- Matthew Preston: m.preston@leeds.ac.uk
- Richard Doyle – r.o.doyle@leeds.ac.uk
Faculty based colleagues
Faculty employability teams oversee the delivery of faculty bespoke information, advice and guidance.
Team leads:
- Arts, Humanities and Culture Faculty Team Lead: Laura Bird
- Biological Sciences Faculty Team Lead: Annabelle Cross
- Medicine and Health Faculty Team Lead: Annabelle Cross
- Business School Faculty Team Lead: Caroline Williams
- Environment Faculty Team Lead: Caroline Williams
- Social Sciences Faculty Team Lead: Sarah Wenham
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Faculty Team Lead: Su Maynard
All engineering enquiries to: employability@engineering.leeds.ac.uk
All Maths and Physical Sciences enquiries to maps-employability@leeds.ac.uk
Student finance
Head of student finance: Abi Shearsmith
Email: a.shearsmith@adm.leeds.ac.uk
Student fees and cashiers
Manager: Sarah Fabron
Email (for undergraduates): ugfees@leeds.ac.uk
Email (for postgraduates): pgfees@leeds.ac.uk
Cashiers' responsibilities:
- Take payments from staff and students
- Allocate all incoming bank credits and pay staff advances, expenses and foreign currency orders
Student funding
Manager: Alison Jackson
Email: funding@leeds.ac.uk
Student funding responsibilities
Student placement
Head of Student Placement: Greg Miller
Email: g.d.miller@adm.leeds.ac.uk
Assistant Head of Student Placement: Emily Timson
Email: e.j.timson@leeds.ac.uk
Responsibilities: Volunteering, Students into Schools, Work Placement Team and Leeds for Life. Leeds for Life is an online platform promoting a wide range of co-curricular opportunities including volunteering, the Leeds for Life Foundation and the Leeds Network all with the aim of developing transferable skills.
Undergraduate research
Manager: Rebecca Shaw
Email: r.l.shaw@adm.leeds.ac.uk
Employer engagement
Manager: Glenys Hastings
Email: employerteam@leeds.ac.uk
International employer engagement
Manager: Jan Spalek
Email: j.spalek@leeds.ac.uk
Study Abroad
Manager: Ben Oldham (Outgoing Study Abroad Manager)
Email: outgoingstudyabroad@leeds.ac.uk
Manager: Liz Simpson (Incoming Study Abroad Manager)
Email: studyabroad@leeds.ac.uk
Manager: Lisa Beare (Summer schools Study Abroad Manager)
Email: summer@leeds.ac.uk
Student support
For Students
Email: studentinfo@leeds.ac.uk
Head of Student Support: Chris Warrington
Email: c.j.warrington@adm.leeds.ac.uk
Disability services
Manager: Simon Morris (Assistant Head of Student Support)
Email: disability@leeds.ac.uk
Student counselling and wellbeing
Manager: Jane Harris (Assistant Head of Student Support)
Email: scc@leeds.ac.uk
International student office
Manager: Katy Manns
Email: internationalstudents@leeds.ac.uk
Student Support works closely with:
- LUU Help and Support
- Chaplaincy
- Transcription Centre RNIB
- Leeds Student Medical Practice