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Meet the Widening Participation and Social Mobility Team
Head of Department
Paul Blagburn
Head of Widening Participation
Who we are
The Widening Participation and Social Mobility team supports non-selective state secondary schools that have a high proportion of students from widening participation backgrounds in the local area. If your school does not fall within this criteria, please contact the Student Recruitment teamLink opens in a new window to request a campus or in-school visit.
Contact us
School Engagement & Partnerships
Catherine McNicholl
Widening Participation Manager (Sustained Engagement)
Paul Beaufoy
Widening Participation Officer (UniTracks)
Emily Watkins
Widening Participation Officer (mA*ths Online Programme)
Jo Spencer
Widening Participation Officer (Educational Partnerships - Primary)
Lucy Brooks
Widening Participation Officer (Educational Partnerships - Secondary)
Leanne Harris
Widening Participation Officer (Educational Partnerships - Secondary)
Sabath Shazia
Widening Participation Assistant Officer
Chloe Lence
Widening Participation Events & Operations Coordinator
Emily Pointon
Widening Participation Events & Operations Coordinator
Widening Access & Student Success
Cherryl Jones
Widening Access and Lifecycle Manager (Widening Access and Student Success)
Jo Bowers
Widening Participation Lifecycle Officer (果冻传媒 Scholars Undergraduate programme and upReach Lead)
Emily Cannon
Widening Participation Lifecycle Officer (Priority groups and progression to postgraduate study)
Eleanor Hinds
Widening Access Officer (果冻传媒 Scholars Access Programme)
Olivia Worringham
Widening Participation Officer (Pathways to Law, Banking & Finance, and Engineering)
George Blakeman-Mehra
Widening Participation Assistant Officer (Pathways to Law, Banking & Finance, and Engineering)
Dan Stoker
Widening Participation Assistant Officer (Lifecycle Focussed)
Daanyaal Shaikh-Syed
Widening Participation Assistant Officer (Realising Opportunities)
Nisha Dhesi
Widening Participation Events & Operations Coordinator
Evaluation & Evidence
Tammy Thiele
Widening Participation Evaluation and Evidence Manager
Kate McCarthy
Widening Participation Evaluation and Evidence Officer
Daniel Cashmore
Widening Participation Evaluation and Evidence Officer (Student Success)
Judith Ajebon
Widening Participation Evaluation and Evidence Officer (Widening Access)
Academic Engagement & Internal Community
Victoria Hill
Widening Participation Faculty Engagement Manager (Arts)
Katie Berlin
Widening Participation Faculty Engagement Manager (Science, Engineering & Medicine)
Emily Wesley
Widening Participation Assistant Officer