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Rachel Cronkshaw
Institute Manager
The Institute Manager has overall responsibility for management and administration in the Institute. Rachel is an Inclusion Lead, Departmental Safety Officer, Wellbeing Champion, and Green Champion.
Contact the Rachel for:
- HR issues
- Estates and operations
- Events, news, web and communications
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion matters
Email: r.cronkshaw@ucl.ac.uk
Sudershana Dave
Finance and Research Officer
The Finance and Research Officer is responsible for the day-to-day administration of finance and research for the Institute of the Americas.
Contact Sudershana for:
- Research funding application support
- Management of research awards, including contract support, financial management, and funder liaison
- Research seminar series
- Financial monitoring
- Expenses, purchase orders, sales invoices and other financial transactions
Email: sudershana.dave@ucl.ac.uk
Antonella Silvestro
Senior Teaching Administrator
[Full time: Monday to Thursday extended hours; Friday AM]
The Senior Teaching Administrator has responsibility for overseeing the degree programme administration and managing the Teaching Administrators.
Contact Antonella for:
- Programme procedures and regulations
- Programme prospectuses
- Student induction and student handbooks
- Student funding queries
Email: ia-programmes@ucl.ac.uk
Lorna Bowden
Teaching Administrator
[part-time: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday]
Our Teaching Administrators act as first point of contact for any student, staff and applicant queries and administer a range of teaching and learning related activities at the Institute.
Contact Lorna for:
- Module registration
- Extenuating Circumstances
- Moodle and assignment submissions
- Timetabling
- Applicant, offer-holder and associate queries
- General enquiries
Email: ia-programmes@ucl.ac.uk
Poppy Brooks
Teaching Administrator
[part-time: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday]
Our Teaching Administrators act as first point of contact for any student, staff and applicant queries and administer a range of teaching and learning related activities at the Institute.
Contact Poppy for:
- Module registration
- Extenuating Circumstances
- Moodle and assignment submissions
- Timetabling
- Applicant, offer-holder and associate queries
- General enquiries
Email: ia-programmes@ucl.ac.uk
Alison Mirpuri
Student Adviser
[Part time]
The Student Adviser as a key point of contact during your first undergraduate year.
If you are a first year undergraduate student at the Institute of the Americas, contact Alison to:
- Meet with her and talk about how you are finding UCL and being a student here
- Support you with any matters relating to your wellbeing and student experience
- Discuss any aspects of university life that you are not sure about - policies, assessments, finding the right kind of support, etc.
Find out more about Alison, her role and the ways she can support your experience as a first year undergraduate at UCL Institute of the Americas here.
How to contact Alison
To send me a message:
- Log in to askUCL and click on the 'ask a question' button
- Scroll to the 'Life at UCL' category
- Click on 'Contact My Student Adviser' and log an enquiry.
To schedule a time to meet with me: