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Student Support and Wellbeing Services comprises a diverse group of experienced staff dedicated to supporting students throughout their time at UCL.
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Leadership team
Denise Long
Director of Student Support and Wellbeing Services
Dr Barry Keane
Deputy Director of Student Support and Wellbeing Services (Counselling Services) and Psychodynamic and CBT Therapist
Mitesh Vagadia
Deputy Director of Student Support and Wellbeing Services
Chilima Sianyeuka
Head of Student Support and Wellbeing Services (Disability, Mental Health and Wellbeing)
Louise Grimmett
Head of Student Support and Wellbeing Services (Inclusion & Disability) (Parental Leave)
Fiona Kolontari
Head of Student Support and Wellbeing Services (Inclusion & Disability) (Maternity Cover)
Dr Sonia Greenidge
Head of Service (Counselling Services) and CBT Therapist
Eloise McDay
Head of Student Support and Wellbeing Services (Events and Campaigns) (Parental Leave)
Catriona Hanks
Head of Study Abroad
Kate Jones
Head of Student Support and Wellbeing Services (Enquiry and Case Systems)
Finola Gibson
Head of Student Support and Wellbeing Services (Service Excellence)
Adam Waddingham
Head of Student Support and Wellbeing Services (Strategy, Governance, and Projects)
Disability and Neurodiversity, Mental Health and Wellbeing, and Specialist Study Skills team
Responsibilities
- Delivers non-therapeutic face-to-face support and advice, enabling students to thrive through drop-ins and appointments.
- Oversees implementation of reasonable adjustments, including mental health mentoring and study skills tutoring for students with specific learning differences.
- Manages return to study and Student of Concern processes.
Kleo Kourmpi
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Manager (Mental Health and Wellbeing)
Marta Skrzypiec
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Manager (Mental Health and Wellbeing)
Jasper Hardcastle
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Manager (Mental Health and Wellbeing)
Soukaina Amira
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Manager (Mental Health and Wellbeing)
Paula Broome
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Manager (Mental Health and Wellbeing)
Belinda Bains
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Manager (Disability & Inclusion)
Stacey Korsbrek
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Manager (Disability & Specific Learning Differences)
Camilla B
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Coordinator
Declan Cumberlidge-Myford
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Coordinator
Vanessa K
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Coordinator
Martin H
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Coordinator
Analayah Reid
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Coordinator
Lucy Smith
Specific Learning Differences Coordinator
Feyisola Adebule
Mental Health Coordinator
Floyd Waithaka Karomba
Mental Health Coordinator
Sophie Pillai
Mental Health Coordinator
Stephanie Pena Garcia
Mental Health Coordinator
Sabrina Choi
Mental Health Coordinator
Andrea A
Mental Health Coordinator
Sharisse Hosein
Mental Health Coordinator
Jadwiga Poprawska-John
Mental Health Coordinator
Anne Boateng
Mental Health Coordinator
Louisa Kyeremateng
Mental Health Coordinator
Leonora Bennett
Mental Health Coordinator
Catherine White
Mental Health Coordinator
Teresa Pollard
Mental Health Coordinator
Fiona Davison
Mental Health Coordinator
Holly Pegrum
Mental Health Coordinator
Jessica Lamb
Mental Health Coordinator (Maternity Cover)
Nnema Onwuemezi
Disability Adviser
Jack Carmenta
Disability Adviser
Dr Saeed Zeydabadi-Nejad
Disability Adviser
Cameron Smillie
Disability Adviser
Maria Aliu
Disability Adviser (on Parental Leave)
George Poon
Disability Adviser
Sam Keyes
Disability Adviser
Atya Ashraf
Disability Adviser
Fozya Asad
Disability Adviser
Grayce Pereira
Disability Adviser
Jessica Huber
Disability Adviser
Samantha Odinga
Wellbeing Adviser
Monica Pellegrini
Specific Learning Differences Study Skills Tutor
Dr Monika Bennett
Specialist Study Skills Tutor
Hannah Tracey
Specific Learning Differences Study Skills Tutor
Sue Beecraft
Mental Health Mentor
Emily Smith
Mental Health Mentor
Charlotte Vaughan
Mental Health Mentor
Nadia Drews
Mental Health Mentor
Pippa Jones
Specialist Mental Health Mentor
Selorm Kwawukume
Administrator
Cecilia Mok
Administrator
Megan Driscoll
Administrator
Sue Haines
Administrator
Thomas Tsichtis
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Adviser
Shaheina McGovern
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Adviser
Counselling Services team
Email: spcs-info@ucl.ac.uk
Responsibilities
- Delivers therapeutic support through counselling (cognitive behavioural therapy and psychodynamic counselling).
- Offers psychiatric consultation and group workshops.
Gopi Nandagopal
Senior Executive Officer
Maxine Wilson
Senior Executive Officer
Paddy Waters
Temporary Executive Officer
Reem Al-Shamisi
Temporary Executive Officer
Nisha Salsabil
Temporary Executive Officer
Sara Tesfai
Mental Health Coordinator
Ismail Bensassi
Consultant Psychiatrist
Dr Charlotte Feinmann
Consultant Psychiatrist
Dr Jacob Maunders
Student Counsellor (CBT Therapist)
Liane Thakur
Student Counsellor (CBT Therapist)
Dr Kate Joseph
Student Counsellor (CBT Therapist)
Jamie Gething
Student Counsellor (CBT Therapist)
Niamh Mc Auliffe
Student Counsellor (CBT Therapist)
Said Aris Tarabi
Student Counsellor (CBT Therapist)
Emily Ballard
Student Counsellor (CBT Therapist)
Zoi Kontakou
Student Counsellor (CBT Therapist)
Rachel Euba
Student Counsellor (CBT Therapist)
Dr Tarynne Quirk
Student Counsellor (CBT Therapist)
Dr Dashnye Daloye
Student Counsellor (CBT Therapist)
George Ramos
Student Counsellor (CBT Therapist)
Dominic Dowling
Student Counsellor (CBT Therapist)
Richard Harrison
Student Counsellor (Psychodynamic Therapist)
Isabelle Hans
Student Counsellor (Psychodynamic Therapist)
Sophia-Mando Meleagrou
Student Counsellor (Psychodynamic Therapist)
Fotini Roberts
Student Counsellor (Psychodynamic Therapist)
Alloyla Morrison
Student Counsellor (Psychodynamic Therapist)
Farhana Moussa
Student Counsellor (Psychodynamic Therapist)
Lucy Nicholson
Student Counsellor (Psychodynamic Therapist)
Lynne Mark
Student Counsellor (Psychodynamic Therapist)
Liz Oliver
Student Counsellor (Psychodynamic Therapist)
Chaplaincy team
Chaplain and Interfaith Adviser email: chaplaincy@ucl.ac.uk
Catholic Chaplain: o.raw@ucl.ac.uk
Responsibilities
- Delivers pastoral support and advice around religious or faith concerns.
Rev. Reid Humble
Chaplain and Interfaith Adviser
Olivia Coningham-Rolls
Catholic Chaplain
Study Abroad team
Responsibilities
- Manages outgoing international student mobility for undergraduates, including through Erasmus.
- Manages short-term international student mobility opportunities.
- Supports UCL students while studying abroad.
- Supports incoming international students to adjust to life in the UK.
Clare Herbert
Study Abroad Manager
Ines Neidhardt
International Partnerships Coordinator
Leanne Yu
Global Experience Coordinator
Charlotte Pike
International Partnerships Coordinator
Hollie Haigh
Study Abroad Coordinator
Estelle Cossin
European Partnerships and Projects Coordinator
Monica Fonseca
Study Abroad Adviser
Karina Omelianenko
European Programmes Coordinator
Student Support and Enquiries team
Responsibilities
- Delivers face-to-face administrative and enquiry support out of the Student Centre.
- Manages the askUCL student enquiries system.
Kerry Bivand
Operations Manager (Student Enquiries)
Liz Eden
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Manager (Student Enquiries)
Thomas Allen
Student Housing Advice Manager
Darren Watts
Student Support and Enquiries Coordinator
Aki Nakano
Student Support and Enquiries Coordinator
Teagan Hale
Student Support and Enquiries Coordinator
Mira Osseiran
Student Support and Enquiries Officer
Jag Sphabmixai
Student Support and Enquiries Officer
Ameena Qureshi
Student Support and Enquiries Officer
Stuart Andrews
Student Support and Enquiries Officer
Louise Bone
Student Support and Enquiries Officer
Flora Day
Student Support and Enquiries Officer
Ibrahim Ali
Student Support and Enquiries Officer
Anna Slivjancuka
Student Support and Enquiries Officer
Saskia May
Student Support and Enqiries Administrator
Georgia Mantle
Specialist Housing Caseworker
Digital Product team
Responsibilities
- Manages the delivery and development of askUCL, RegisterUCL and Counselling Services systems.
- Driven by the vision to capture a holistic student view through a single point of entry.
- Continue supporting students across UCL.
- Deliver UKVI complaint recording and reporting attendance via RegisterUCL.
Gearoid Garvey
Agile Delivery Manager
Humza Khan
Analyst Developer
Eddie Perez
Analyst Developer
Angela Tran
Product Delivery Officer
Kieron Woolley
Change Manager
Bryte Amponsah
Change Manager
Mohamed Omar Ahmed
Change Management Support Officer
Thayaan Srisathialingam
Business Analyst
Vacant
Change Management Support Officer
Business Partnership team
Email: ssw-businesspartners@ucl.ac.uk (staff only)
Responsibilities:
- Supporting colleagues with complex student cases to ensure students receive holistic and well-coordinated support.
- Support and advise about the enactment of student Summary of Reasonable Adjustment (SoRA) documents.
- Promoting SSW services and ensuring colleagues have an excellent understanding of how best to signpost or refer students to these services.
- Providing information on key SSW developments, initiatives, and changes.
- Identifying local training needs in relation to students support and helping to implement appropriate solutions.
Robert Clarke
Business Partner for the Built Environment (Bartlett) and Engineering Sciences
Karen Thomas
Business Partner for Brain Sciences, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences and Population Health Sciences
Jonathan Doone
Business Partner for the Institute of Education and Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Katie Baillie
Business Partner for Social and Historical Sciences
Giovanna Amorosi
Business Partner for UCL East
Laura Smith
Business Partner for Arts and Humanities and Laws
Events and Campaigns team
Email: ssw-comms@ucl.ac.uk
Responsibilities
- Contributes to the overall Student Support and Wellbeing Services (SSWS) service by promoting services, events and campaigns.
- Ensures all UCL students benefit from a rich and diverse range of extracurricular and wellbeing services and experiences which build their sense of community and support positive mental, emotional and physical wellbeing.
- Manages SSWS’ online information and resources.
- Promotes awareness of SSWS' support services and healthy lifestyles.
- Manages partnerships with external organisations.
- Delivers continuous improvement projects.
- Leads enhanced coordination of student inductions across UCL.
- Leads support in halls of residence through Wardens and Student Residence Advisers (SRAs).
Emma Hughes
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Manager (Events and Campaigns) (Parental Leave)
Helen Jenkins
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Manager (Events and Campaigns) (Maternity Cover)
Poppy Gilgunn
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Adviser (Peer-led projects)
Stephanie A
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Adviser (Events and Campaigns)
Erin Shouler
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Adviser (Events and Campaigns)
Sally Kettyle
Student Projects and Events Coordinator (Maternity Cover)