The Access and Widening Participation Office leads the development and implementation of UCL’s widening participation and fair access strategies.
General Enquiries
- Email: widening.participation@ucl.ac.uk
- Phone: 020 3108 6964
Policy and Strategy
Name | Role | Telephone | |
Lucie March | Head of Access and Widening Participation | l.march@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 8281 |
Jennifer Whitney | Access Manager (Contextual Admissions) and APP Project Manager | j.whitney@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 8243 |
Caroline Fionda Dedman | Access Manager | c.fionda@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 8271 |
Celine West | UCL East Schools Engagement Manager | celine.west@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 8921 |
Matt Lucas | Widening Participation Manager | m.lucas@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 4930 |
Access team
The Access team runs events and programmes for young people in Years 12 and 13, they also work closely with UCL faculties and departments to support their widening participation activities.
Name | Role | Telephone | |
Caroline Fionda Dedman | Access Manager | c.fionda@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 8271 |
Matt Skidmore | Senior Access Officer (SLMS) | matthew.skidmore@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 8241 |
William Noble | Access Officer | will.noble@ucl.ac.uk | |
Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull | Access Officer | b.wilkinson-turnbull@ucl.ac.uk | |
Lauren Gillett | Senior Access Officer (BEAMS) | lauren.j.gillett@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3987 2701 |
Lucia Qureshi | Access Officer | l.qureshi@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 2238 |
Kuljinder Johal | Access Officer | k.johal@ucl.ac.uk | |
Genevieve Cheung | Access Assistant | genevieve.cheung.20@ucl.ac.uk | 020 4108 5548 |
Chloe Richardson | Senior Access Officer (SLASH) | chloe.richardson@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 8286 |
Beth Douglass | Access Officer | b.douglass@ucl.ac.uk | |
Sally Kettyle | Access Officer | s.kettyle@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 1215 |
Widening Participation team
The Widening Participation team run events and programmes which focus on attainment, advice and guidance for young people up to Year 11; advice and guidance work with young people from specific priority groups; and support for parents and carers.
Name | Role | Telephone | |
Matt Lucas | Widening Participation Manager | m.lucas@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 4930 |
Rachel Donkor | Senior Widening Participation Officer UCL Horizons programme lead | 020 3108 2957
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Lana Winslow | Widening Participation Officer | lana.winslow.20@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 5734 |
Whitney Robinson | Senior Widening Participation Officer UCL Scholars programme lead | 0203 108 5679 | |
Natasha Newton | Widening Participation Officer | natasha.newton@ucl.ac.uk | 0203 108 9109 |
Natasha Barcinska | Widening Participation Officer | n.barcinska@ucl.ac.uk | 0203 108 5499 |
Jalal Pour | Senior Widening Participation Officer (Priority Groups) | j.pour@ucl.ac.uk | 0208 138 7302 |
Michele Sahiri | Widening Participation Officer (Priority Groups) | m.sahiri@ucl.ac.uk | 0203 108 6265 |
Biba Osman | Widening Participation Officer (Priority Groups) | biba.osman@ucl.ac.uk | 020 8138 7403 |
UCL East Schools Engagement team
The UCL East Schools Engagement team connects the university community with schools in Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest, through free hands-on sessions at UCL and in schools. They introduce students to university subjects and expand their learning through creative-skills-based projects.
Name | Role | Telephone | |
Celine West | UCL East Schools Engagement Manager | celine.west@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 8921 |
Emma Bryant | Senior Schools Engagement Officer | e.bryant@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 6432 |
Roberta Livingston-McDonald | STEP trainee | r.livingston-mcdonald@ucl.ac.uk | |
Emma Bull | Senior Schools Engagement Officer | e.bull@ucl.ac.uk | |
Mo Osman | Schools Engagement Officer | mohamed.a.osman@ucl.ac.uk | |
Ella Rule | Senior Schools Engagement Officer | e.rule@ucl.ac.uk | |
Syeshia Sweeney | Schools Engagement Officer | syeshia.sweeney@ucl.ac.uk |
Contextual Admissions team
The Contextual Admissions team is responsible for changing UCL's intake of students from under-represented groups. They do this through developing and delivering UCL's contextual admissions programmes, and leading on widening participation admissions policy.
Name | Role | Telephone | |
Jennifer Whitney | Access Manager (Contextual Admissions) | j.whitney@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 8243 |
Ben Lund-Conlon | Senior Access Officer (Contextual Admissions) | b.lund-conlon@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 8277 |
Elio Yague | Access Officer (Contextual Admissions) | lenny.raguz.19@ucl.ac.uk |
Social Mobility and Student Success
The Access and Widening Participation team works in close collaboration with the Communications team and the Data and Impact team which are both part of UCL's Social Mobility and Student Success area.
Communications team
The Communications team works with the Access and Widening Participation team, Student Success team, Data and Impact team, and Student Funding team to ensure that all the teams' key messages are communicated to internal and external stakeholders.
Name | Role | Telephone | |
Sonika Tapley | Communications Manager (on maternity leave) | s.tapley@ucl.ac.uk | |
Úna-Frances Clarke | Communications Manager | u.clarke@ucl.ac.uk | |
Geoffrey Okol | Video Producer | g.okol@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 6675 |
Freddie Locock-Harrison | Senior Communications Officer | f.locock-harrison@ucl.ac.uk | 020 8138 7463 |
Zahraa Ahmed | Senior Content and Communications Officer | zahraa.ahmed@ucl.ac.uk |
Data and Impact team
The Data and Impact team is responsible for monitoring and evaluating the impact of UCL's access and widening participation work across the life cycle. The team also coordinates and manages the annual Access and Participation budget.
Name | Role | Telephone | |
Vijdan Zorba | Data and Impact Manager | v.zorba@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 8275 |
Jade Hunter | Senior Research Officer | jade.hunter@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 7638 |
Shireen Quraishi | Senior Data and Impact Officer | s.quraishi@ucl.ac.uk | 020 7679 8169 |
Muhsina Jameelah | Senior Data and Impact Officer (on maternity leave) | muhsina.jameelah.15@ucl.ac.uk | |
Katie Warrener | Senior Data & Compliance Officer | c.warrener@ucl.ac.uk | |
Daisie Langford | Senior Evaluation Officer | d.langford@ucl.ac.uk | |
Emily Calder | Senior Evaluation Officer | emily.calder@ucl.ac.uk |