Access and Student Funding: teams and responsibilities

Information about Access and Student Funding, including our broad responsibilities and contact details for each of our teams.

We co-ordinate UCL’s central access and outreach work as well as lead on related strategy and policy development.

We also have a specialist team within the department that is responsible for the administration of student funding.

Access and Widening Participation team

Responsibilities include:

run events and programmes for students in Years 7 - 11, and also for families and teachers
work with students in years 12 and 13 in secondary schools, sixth form colleges and FE college
deliver the UCL Transition programme, which provides all first year undergraduates with a mentor from their department
lead on Widening Participation research and evaluation
lead on internal and external communications and pupil engagement
organise CPD for teachers and education professionals, and support UCL's academic departments with the development of their own widening participation initiatives

Telephone: +44 (0)203 108 6964 (Int: 56964)
Email: widening.participation@ucl.ac.uk
Location: Floor 3, Bidborough House

Student Funding team

Responsibilities include:

co-ordinate of UCL-wide scholarship and bursary schemes
administer US Federal and private loans
provide hardship and needs-based funding
provide advice and guidance on student financial welfare matters
co-ordinate UCL submissions to external agencies such as Hefce and the SLC

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7679 0004 (Int: 30004)
Fax: +44 (0)20 7679 2724
Email: studentfunding@ucl.ac.uk
For US/Canadian loans email: us-cdn-loans@ucl.ac.uk
Location: Student enquiries managed in Student Enquiries Centre (SEC), Floor 1, Student Centre Building