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The IOE & SLASH team supports the career development of UCL students from the IOE, Arts & Humanities, Social & Historical Sciences, and Laws.
Meet the IOE & SLASH team
- Robert Donovan, Associate Director
Robert is Associate Director with responsibility for UCL Careers provision to departments in SLASH and the IOE.
Prior to joining UCL, he worked in a range of project manager roles in a number of private and public sector organisations, including Unilever and several higher education institutions in London.
- Stephen Gurman, Team Leader (Laws)
Stephen is embedded with the Faculty of Laws and runs appointments and workshops for students registered to the LLB and LLM programmes. Stephen also has an interest in matters relating to international students and their job search in the UK.
- Hilary Moor, Careers Consultant
Hilary is the UCL Careers Consultant for Political Science, SSEES, Institute of the Americas, Archaeology and Hebrew & Jewish Studies, providing individual careers appointments, events and workshops to students. Her core UCL Careers activities include working as a part of the Careers Extra team.
Prior to moving into Careers work in Higher Education, Hilary worked in publishing and recruitment in London and New York.- Julie P. Smith, Careers Consultant
Julie is a UCL Careers Consultant, supporting across three faculties and seven departments: Arts and Sciences, Greek and Latin, Information Studies, Philosophy, Archaeology, and the IOE's Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (PGT only), and Social Research Institute.
Prior to joining UCL, Julie worked as a Careers Adviser in both independent and mainstream education, supporting a wide range of secondary schools, sixth forms, and alternative provision organisations across Greater London to deliver careers education and guidance to young people. She is also a qualified teacher of Secondary English, and has sixteen years' experience of classroom teaching.
- Alyssa Hickson, Careers Consultant
Alyssa is the Careers Consultant assigned to the departments of English; Geography; Economics; Hebrew and Jewish Studies; Psychology and Human Development; Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment; and Initial Teacher Education.
Having come to Higher Education via a career as a secondary school modern languages teacher, Alyssa now enjoys delivering 1:1 careers guidance, workshops and alumni events, both centrally and within her departments. A keen listener and helper, she enjoys working collaboratively with students to explore their options and personal values, in order to plan and enjoy whichever route they take after graduation.
- Molly O'Doherty, Careers Consultant
Molly is a Careers Consultant, supporting students and graduates on their career journeys through individual guidance, workshops and events.
She is the careers contact for the departments of History; History of Art; the Slade School of Fine Art; Culture, Communication and Media (BA); European and International Social and Political Studies; Education, Practice and Society; and the School of European Languages, Culture and Society – Centre for Multidisciplinary and Intercultural Inquiry.
Before joining UCL, Molly coordinated young people from different countries on volunteering programmes, supporting them with skills development and navigating their career pathways. She has experience of working in charities; Museums, Archives and Heritage; and is a trained English as a Foreign Language Teacher.
- Marie de Waal, Careers Consultant
Marie is a Careers Consultant working with the new MSc Law and Finance programme as part of the Faculty of Laws. This includes individual appointments, workshops, and placement support. Additionally, she offers one to one career guidance centrally to all UCL students. She has a passion in supporting international students.
Prior to joining UCL, Marie was as a Placement Coordinator in Higher Education. Before moving into Careers work, Marie worked in Marketing and PR as well as language Recruitment, working with bilingual talent and law firms across London.
- Sabrina Sheri, Work-Related Learning Officer
Sabrina is the Work-Related Learning Officer for SLASH and IOE Departments - Laws, Arts and Humanities, and Social and Historical Sciences) and IOE (Institute of Education.
Her priority is to deliver a series of industry and alumni-led activities to help students get ready for their career. This includes engaging and collaborating with UCL Alumni to create numerous in-person Work-Related Learning Events such as Insight Workshops, Employer Hackathons, Workplace Visits and other forms of interactive learning throughout each academic term.
Sabrina is a creative thinker and has extensive experience working within the Higher Education Careers sector.
- John Braime, Work-Related Learning Manager
John is Work Related Learning Manager for SLASH and the IOE. Along with Sabrina Sheri, he organises offers a range of practical activities where UCL students can develop their understanding of different industries and build up skills to ensure they’re ready for the workplace.
Prior to joining UCL Careers, John established and managed the Volunteering Service at Students’ Union UCL. His career has also encompassed student advice work, urban regeneration, youth volunteering and social entrepreneurship.