Department Contacts
Who to contact
A full list of academic role holders in the department is below. If you are not sure who to contact, use the table as a guide:
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Wellbeing
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Academic:
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Start with the relevant pages on the History Student Hub. Contact your Personal Tutor, your Module Convenor, or your Director of Studies with any questions. |
Administrative: |
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Director of Studies |
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Matters related to equality, diversity, or inclusion in the department |
Chair of Social Inclusion and Diversity Committee |
Anything else |
See the relevant page of the History Student Hub, contact the relevant role holder as listed below. If you aren't sure who is the right person to speak to, please contact the History Office who will be happy to help. |
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Heads of Department |
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Head of Department |
Overall responsibility for the Department, including all student discipline issues. |
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Deputy Head of Department (Teaching and Learning) |
Overall responsibility for all aspects of teaching and learning in the Department. |
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Deputy Head of Department (Research) |
Overall responsibility for all aspects of research in the Department. |
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Deputy Head of Department (Professional Development) |
Overall responsibility for all aspects of staff professional development in the Department. |
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Senior Tutors |
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Departmental / PGT / 1st Year Senior Tutor |
Responsible for personal tutoring the department. The Senior Tutor manages complex issues referred by Personal Tutors. They are involved with the response to, and management of, mitigating circumstances and reasonable adjustments. |
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2nd Year Senior Tutor |
Responsible for the personal tutor system and all issues regarding mitigating circumstances affecting student performance. Overall responsibility for senior tutoring. |
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Final Year Senior Tutor |
Responsible for the personal tutor system and all issues regarding mitigating circumstances affecting student performance. |
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Directors of Studies |
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Director of UG First Year Studies |
Overall responsibility for all issues relating to first-year students. |
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Director of UG Second Year Studies |
Overall responsibility for all issues relating to second-year and intermediate students. |
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Director of UG Final Year Studies |
Overall responsibility for all issues relating to final-year students; dissertation coordinator. |
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Director of Postgraduate Taught Programmes |
Overall responsibility for all issues relating to PGT students. |
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Director of Postgraduate Research Degrees |
Overall responsibility for all issues relating to PGR students. |
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Director of Joint Degrees |
Responsible for all joint degree courses with History. |
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Joint Degrees Coordinator (English and History) |
Responsible for the English and History degree course. |
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Admissions Tutor and Coordinator of Part-Time Degrees |
Responsible for student admissions and part-time students. |
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Venice Coordinator |
Overall responsibility for the Venice Programme | |
Director of Assessment |
Overall responsibility for all issues relating to examinations and assessments. |
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Student Experience |
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Director of International Mobility |
Responsible for overseeing international opportunities and the Year Abroad programmes available to History students. |
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Employability Lead |
Responsible for overseeing work placements and other employability initiatives. | |
Student Voice Lead |
Responsible for collecting, reviewing and responding to student surveys and feedback; developing and improving on strategies to ensure a positive and holistic learning community among students in the department, including overseeing department strategies to foster student social inclusion, equality and diversity; convenor of the History SSLC. |
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Student Research and Engagement Officer |
Responsible for student research and public engagement initiatives. | |
Student Widening Participation and Inclusion Officer |
Responsible for widening participation and inclusion initiatives, including oversight of student networks. | |
Chair of Social Inclusion and Diversity Committee |
Responsible for equality, diversity and inclusion across the department. |
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Disabled Student Champion |
Point of contact for all disabled students in the department. | |
Academic Writing Advisor and Academic Skills Lead |
Dr Tom Cryer | Responsible for supporting students to develop their academic skills |
Administrative Staff |
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Academic Administrator |
Responsible for overseeing all academic support matters in relation to taught degrees. |
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Postgraduate Coordinators |
Points of contact for all postgraduate students |
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Other Staff Contact Details
Contact details for academic staff including information on their office hours, modules taught and research interests.
Contact details for teaching fellows, postdoctoral research fellows teaching modules and graduate teaching assistants.
Administrative staff
Contact details for undergraduate, postgraduate and research administrative staff