Rachel Cronkshaw
Institute Manager
The Institute Manager has overall responsibility for management and administration in the Institute. Rachel is Co-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.
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: