Student Support and Wellbeing Services comprises a diverse group of experienced staff dedicated to supporting students throughout their time at UCL.
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Leadership team

Denise Long
Director of Student Support and Wellbeing Services

Dr Barry Keane
Deputy Director of Student Support and Wellbeing Services (Counselling Services) and Psychodynamic and CBT Therapist

Mitesh Vagadia
Deputy Director of Student Support and Wellbeing Services

Chilima Sianyeuka
Head of Student Support and Wellbeing Services (Disability, Neurodiversity, Mental Health and Wellbeing)

Louise Grimmett
Head of Student Support and Wellbeing Services (Inclusion & Disability)

Rev. Reid Humble
Chaplain and Interfaith Adviser

Eloise McDay
Head of Student Support and Wellbeing Services (Events and Campaigns) (Parental Leave)

Catriona Hanks
Head of Study Abroad

Kate Jones
Head of Student Support and Wellbeing Services (Enquiry and Case Systems)

Finola Gibson
Head of Student Support and Wellbeing Services (Service Excellence)

Adam Waddingham
Head of Student Support and Wellbeing Services (Strategy, Governance, and Projects)
Disability and Neurodiversity, Mental Health and Wellbeing, and Specialist Study Skills team
Responsibilities
- Delivers non-therapeutic face-to-face support and advice, enabling students to thrive through drop-ins and appointments.
- Oversees implementation of reasonable adjustments, including mental health mentoring and study skills tutoring for students with specific learning differences.
- Manages return to study and Student of Concern processes.

Kleo Kourmpi
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Manager (Mental Health and Wellbeing)

Marta Skrzypiec
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Manager (Mental Health and Wellbeing)

Jasper Hardcastle
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Manager (Mental Health and Wellbeing)

Soukaina Amira
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Manager (Mental Health and Wellbeing)

Vacant
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Manager (Mental Health and Wellbeing)

Belinda Bains
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Manager (Disability & Inclusion)

Stacey Korsbrek
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Manager (Disability & Specific Learning Differences)

Camilla B
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Coordinator

Declan Cumberlidge-Myford
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Coordinator

Vanessa K
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Coordinator

Martin H
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Coordinator

Analayah Reid
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Coordinator

Ayuko Higginson
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Coordinator

Lucy Smith
Specific Learning Differences Coordinator

Jack Champion
Student Support and Wellbeing Coordinator

Sophie Pillai
Mental Health Coordinator

Stephanie Pena Garcia
Mental Health Coordinator

Sabrina Choi
Mental Health Coordinator

Andrea A
Mental Health Coordinator

Sharisse Hosein
Mental Health Coordinator

Jadwiga Poprawska-John
Mental Health Coordinator

Anne Boateng
Mental Health Coordinator

Louisa Kyeremateng
Mental Health Coordinator

Leonora Bennett
Mental Health Coordinator

Catherine White
Mental Health Coordinator

Fiona Davison
Mental Health Coordinator

Holly Pegrum
Mental Health Coordinator

Feyisola Adebule
Mental Health Coordinator

Jessica Lamb
Mental Health Coordinator (Maternity Cover)

Floyd Waithaka Karomba
Mental Health Coordinator

Jack Carmenta
Disability Adviser

Dr Saeed Zeydabadi-Nejad
Disability Adviser

Cameron Smillie
Disability Adviser

Maria Aliu
Disability Adviser (on Parental Leave)

George Poon
Disability Adviser

Sam Keyes
Disability Adviser

Atya Ashraf
Disability Adviser

Fozya Asad
Disability Adviser

Grayce Pereira
Disability Adviser

Jessica Huber
Disability Adviser

Nnema Onwuemezi
Disability Adviser

Samantha Scott
Wellbeing Adviser

Dr Monika Bennett
Specialist Study Skills Tutor

Hannah Tracey
Specific Learning Differences Study Skills Tutor

Monica Pellegrini
Specific Learning Differences Study Skills Tutor

Emily Smith
Mental Health Mentor

Charlotte Vaughan
Mental Health Mentor

Nadia Drews
Mental Health Mentor

Sue Beecraft
Mental Health Mentor

Ameen Rafiq
Specialist Mental Health Mentor

Cecilia Mok
Administrator

Megan Driscoll
Administrator

Sue Haines
Administrator

Thomas Tsichtis
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Adviser

Shaheina McGovern
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Adviser
Counselling Services team
Email: spcs-info@ucl.ac.uk
Responsibilities
- Delivers therapeutic support through counselling (cognitive behavioural therapy and psychodynamic counselling).
- Offers psychiatric consultation and group workshops.

Gopi Nandagopal
Senior Executive Officer

Maxine Wilson
Senior Executive Officer

Paddy Waters
Temporary Executive Officer

Reem Al-Shamisi
Senior Executive Officer

Nisha Salsabil
Senior Executive Officer

Sara Tesfai
Mental Health Coordinator

Sarah Oroja
Mental Health Coordinator

Dr Charlotte Feinmann
Consultant Psychiatrist

Ismail Bensassi
Consultant Psychiatrist

Liane Thakur
Student Counsellor (CBT Therapist)

Dr Kate Joseph
Student Counsellor (CBT Therapist)

Jamie Gething
Student Counsellor (CBT Therapist)

Niamh Mc Auliffe
Student Counsellor (CBT Therapist)

Said Aris Tarabi
Student Counsellor (CBT Therapist)

Emily Ballard
Student Counsellor (CBT Therapist)

Dr Jacob Maunders
Student Counsellor (CBT Therapist)

Rachel Euba
Student Counsellor (CBT Therapist)

Dominic Dowling
Student Counsellor (CBT Therapist)

Dr Dashnye Daloye
Student Counsellor (CBT Therapist)

George Ramos
Student Counsellor (CBT Therapist)

Liz Oliver
Student Counsellor (Psychodynamic Therapist)

Richard Harrison
Student Counsellor (Psychodynamic Therapist)

Isabelle Hans
Student Counsellor (Psychodynamic Therapist)

Sophia-Mando Meleagrou
Student Counsellor (Psychodynamic Therapist)

Fotini Roberts
Student Counsellor (Psychodynamic Therapist)

Alloyla Morrison
Student Counsellor (Psychodynamic Therapist)

Farhana Moussa
Student Counsellor (Psychodynamic Therapist)

Lucy Nicholson
Student Counsellor (Psychodynamic Therapist)

Lynne Mark
Student Counsellor (Psychodynamic Therapist)
Chaplaincy team
Chaplain and Interfaith Adviser email: chaplaincy@ucl.ac.uk
Catholic Chaplain: o.raw@ucl.ac.uk
Responsibilities
- Delivers pastoral support and advice around religious or faith concerns.

Olivia Coningham-Rolls
Catholic Chaplain
Study Abroad team
Responsibilities
- Manages outgoing international student mobility for undergraduates, including through Erasmus.
- Manages short-term international student mobility opportunities.
- Supports UCL students while studying abroad.
- Supports incoming international students to adjust to life in the UK.

Clare Herbert
Study Abroad Manager

Ines Neidhardt
International Partnerships Coordinator

Leanne Yu
Global Experience Coordinator

Charlotte Pike
International Partnerships Coordinator

Hollie Haigh
Study Abroad Coordinator

Estelle Cossin
European Partnerships and Projects Coordinator

Monica Fonseca
Study Abroad Adviser

Karina Omelianenko
European Programmes Coordinator

Jennifer Chang
Study Abroad & International Student Support
Student Support and Enquiries team
Responsibilities
- Delivers face-to-face administrative and enquiry support out of the Student Centre.
- Manages the askUCL student enquiries system.

Kerry Bivand
Operations Manager (Student Enquiries)

Aki Nakano
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Manager (Student Enquiries)

Thomas Allen
Student Support and Wellbeing Casework Manager

Darren Watts
Student Support and Enquiries Coordinator

Teagan Hale
Student Support and Enquiries Coordinator

Gemma Spencer
Student Support and Enquiries Officer

Mira Osseiran
Student Support and Enquiries Officer

Zhong Luo
Student Support and Enquiries Officer

Ameena Qureshi
Student Support and Enquiries Officer

Stuart Andrews
Student Support and Enquiries Officer

Louise Bone
Student Support and Enquiries Officer

Flora Day
Student Support and Enquiries Officer

Ibrahim Ali
Student Support and Enquiries Officer

Anna Slivjancuka
Student Support and Enquiries Officer

Gemma Terry
Specialist Housing Advice Case Worker

Georgia Mantle
Specialist Housing Caseworker

Saskia May
Student Support and Enquiries Administrator
Strategy, Governance, and Projects
Email: ssw-governance@ucl.ac.uk
Responsibilities
- Manage Governance and Compliance duties across the Service
- Deliver continuous improvement programmes and projects
- Lead and coordinate all staff processes, including induction and development
- Lead the Serious Incident Review process
- Oversee the development of strategic plans and reviews
- Coordinate engagement with external organisations, including returns, and public affairs

Henry Johnston
Student Support Analyst

Harper Taylor-Hanson
Student Support Project Officer

Kendra Epstein
Student Support Project Officer
Business Partnership team
Email: ssw-businesspartners@ucl.ac.uk (staff only)
Responsibilities:
- Supporting colleagues with complex student cases to ensure students receive holistic and well-coordinated support.
- Support and advise about the enactment of student Summary of Reasonable Adjustment (SoRA) documents.
- Promoting SSW services and ensuring colleagues have an excellent understanding of how best to signpost or refer students to these services.
- Providing information on key SSW developments, initiatives, and changes.
- Identifying local training needs in relation to students support and helping to implement appropriate solutions.

Robert Clarke
Business Partner for the Built Environment (Bartlett) and Engineering Sciences

Karen Thomas
Business Partner for Life Sciences, Medical Sciences and Population Health Sciences

Jonathan Doone
Business Partner for the Institute of Education and Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Katie Baillie
Business Partner for Social and Historical Sciences

Giovanna Amorosi
Business Partner for Brain Sciences and UCL East

Laura Smith
Business Partner for Arts and Humanities and Laws
Events and Campaigns team
Email: ssw-comms@ucl.ac.uk
Responsibilities
- Contributes to the overall Student Support and Wellbeing Services (SSWS) service by promoting services, events and campaigns.
- Ensures all UCL students benefit from a rich and diverse range of extracurricular and wellbeing services and experiences which build their sense of community and support positive mental, emotional and physical wellbeing.
- Manages SSWS’ online information and resources.
- Promotes awareness of SSWS' support services and healthy lifestyles.
- Manages partnerships with external organisations.
- Delivers continuous improvement projects.
- Leads enhanced coordination of student inductions across UCL.
- Leads support in halls of residence through Wardens and Student Residence Advisers (SRAs).

Emma Hughes
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Manager (Events and Campaigns) (Parental Leave)

Helen Jenkins
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Manager (Events and Campaigns) (Maternity Cover)

Sally Kettyle
Student Projects and Events Coordinator (Events and Campaigns) (Maternity Cover)

Poppy Gilgunn
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Adviser (Peer-led Projects)

Stephanie A
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Adviser (Events and Campaigns)

Erin Shouler
Student Support and Wellbeing Services Adviser (Events and Campaigns)