Roisin Hurst
Head of Education Liaison

Hello. As Head of Education Liaison, I plan the Office's strategy for promoting the College within the UK in order to ensure that our student recruitment targets are met. This includes our annual programme of schools liaison and promotional activities such as talks to students, open days and events for teachers.

In addition to this, I oversee the College’s UK postgraduate recruitment strategy which involves promoting our postgraduate courses within the UK through advertising, running annual postgraduate open evenings and representing the college at postgraduate recruitment fairs around the country.

I am also responsible for co-ordinating the College’s Mentoring Programme which involves Queen Mary students working as mentors on a one-to-one or small group basis with pupils in local schools and colleges to help raise their levels of achievement.

I edit our newsletter for teachers and careers staff, OnQ, which we mail to schools, colleges and careers offices five times a year, as well as our annual Parents’ Guide to HE and biennial Teachers’ Guide to HE, all of which are available to download as
PDF documents. Please email me if you would like to be added to our database to receive paper copies.

I regularly visit schools and colleges to give talks to prospective students and their parents on higher education. If you want more information on any of these activities, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Tel: 020 7882 7840
Fax: 020 7882 3158
email: r.m.hurst@qmul.ac.uk

Isolyn McKenzie
Administrator

My name is Isolyn McKenzie. I am here to help with all your enquires from requesting a prospectus to booking you on tours in the absence of our Assistant Education Liaison Officer, or simply just to point you in the right direction.

Tel: 020 7882 3064
Fax: 020 7882 3158
email: i.m.mckenzie@qmul.ac.uk 

James Ringer
Education Liaison Manager

Hello, I’m James. My role as Education Liaison Manager involves the organisation of on-campus events such as our Campus Visit Day, Undergraduate Open Day, East London UCAS Higher Education Convention and various one-off visits for schools and colleges. I also regularly provide talks about Higher Education for students and their parents. If you would like any further information about the work I do, or would like to book a visit to campus for your school or college, please get in touch.

Tel: 020 7882 5525
Fax: 020 7882 3158
email. j.ringer@qmul.ac.uk

Kerry Nash
Education Liaison Officer (Partnerships)

Hello, I’m Kerry Nash, one of Queen Mary’s Education Liaison Officers.  I am responsible for Partnerships work - developing closer relationships with local Sixth Form and Further Education Colleges.  This involves setting up departmental links, supporting colleges’ HE programmes, and arranging visits to Queen Mary.  I also visit schools and colleges giving talks, and attend HE Fairs around the country.  If you would like further information about Queen Mary’s Partnerships work, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Tel: 020 7882 7464
Fax: 020 7882 3158
email: k.nash@qmul.ac.uk

Alice Carney
Education Liaison Officer

Hello, I'm Alice Carney and I am the Assistant Education Liaison Officer at Queen Mary, University of London. I recently graduated from Queen Mary with a degree in Film Studies. In my role as the Assistant Education Liaison Officer I organise campus tours of the College for prospective students and their parents lead by one of our Student Ambassadors. Further to this I also meet with students and their parents at various school and college visits, Open Days and Higher Education Days, to offer them a view of what student life is like. I also organise the Student Ambassador scheme. Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to hearing from you.

Tel: 020 7882 5544
Fax: 020 7882 3158
email: a.carney@qmul.ac.uk

Widening Participation team

Anne Setright
Head of Outreach and Widening Participation

Hello, I’m Anne Setright, and I am the Head of Outreach and Widening Participation. I am responsible for planning Queen Mary’s Widening Participation strategy, and for ensuring that the College meets its responsibilities under its Access Agreement with the Office for Fair Access. The Widening Participation team plan and deliver a comprehensive programme of outreach activities aimed at recruiting students from groups currently under-represented in higher education. Our projects include summer schools, masterclass programmes, revision classes and a primary and secondary school visit programme.

As Head of Widening Participation, I represent the College on the Management Boards of a number of external partnerships across London and the Thames Gateway. I am also responsible for the overall management of the London East Thames Gateway Aimhigher and London Excellence Hub teams. These externally funded projects are both based at Queen Mary, and offer an extensive range of widening participation activities to young people in east London, and to gifted and talented learners across the whole of the London area.
If you would like to find out more about Queen Mary’s Widening Participation strategy, or our outreach programme, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Tel: 020 7882 3733
email: a.setright@qmul.ac.uk

Debbie Andrews
Peer Mentoring Coordinator

I'm Debbie Andrews, Peer Mentoring Coordinator in the Widening Participation team. Our main mentoring scheme is PASS at Queen Mary. PASS – Peer Assisted Study Support – is run in partnership between Widening Participation and academic departments, led by students and scaffolded by staff. It is a course-based mentoring scheme where more experienced undergraduate mentors help first-years settle in to higher education. If you are interested in setting up the scheme in your department at Queen Mary, or want to know if it is running already, please feel free to contact me. The mentors and I are always interested in working with other universities and organisations on mentoring events and the exchange of ideas, so I also welcome emails from external contacts and my own peers in the field.

Tel: 020 7882 7412
email: d.m.andrews@qmul.ac.uk

Michael Bennett
Widening Participation and Outreach Officer

I am Michael Bennett, Widening Participation and Outreach Officer. I put together and run various projects with targeted schools and colleges from across London. These are designed to engage school and college students with Queen Mary, give them a chance to find out more about student life, and equip them with knowledge and experience that can help them plan for the future.

I am responsible for running the central summer school programme. This includes two health summer schools (for Year 12 students), two STEM subject summer schools (for Year 10 and Year 12 students) and a humanities summer school for Year 9 students. I also organise campus visits, masterclasses in a range of subjects and an evening revision programme for A-level students. In addition, I recruit and train our team of student ambassadors, who provide essential support for all our events.

If you are a school or college teacher, student or parent and would like to find out more about any of these projects, please do get in touch with me.

Tel: 020 7882 7463
email: m.bennett@qmul.ac.uk

Fathea Khanum
Widening Participation Administrator

Hi, I’m Fathea Khanum, the Widening Participation Administrator. As a member of the Widening Participation team, I work very closely with my colleagues to provide administrative, financial and organisational support for all widening participation projects. In addition to the administrative tasks, I also organise the Physics Practical School for Year 12 and Year 13 students, organise school visits, manage external event requests and currently deliver the pilot year for Undergraduate Shadowing with partner schools and colleges.

I also support the student ambassador programme and actively contribute to their recruitment and allocations to projects. If you would like more information on the Physics Practical School, or any of the projects mentioned above, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Tel: 020 7882 7805
email: f.khanum@qmul.ac.uk

Kirsty Wadsley
Widening Participation Officer (Information, Advice and Guidance) (Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays)

Hi, I’m Kirsty and I develop and deliver Information, Advice and Guidance sessions designed to support local students and their parents/carers to make informed choices about the educational journey. The work deals with complex issues such as higher education finance and choosing which subject(s) to study to ensure such topics are clearly explained and understood. I also have a specific interest in supporting young people who are either in care or care leavers and I am co-ordinating Queen Mary’s work towards the Buttle UK Quality Mark. Please contact me if you would like further information about any of these areas.

Tel: 020 7882 7885
email: k.wadsley@qmul.ac.uk

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