Student Support and Wellbeing is made up of 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

Lina Kamenova
Deputy Director of Student Support and Wellbeing

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

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

Dr Sonia Greenidge
Head of Service (Student Psychological and Counselling Services) and CBT Therapist

Mitesh Vagadia
Head of Student Support and Wellbeing (Development, Campaigns and Projects) and Hall Warden

Catriona Hanks
Head of Study Abroad and International Student Support

Kate Jones
Head of Student Enquiries Management and Senior Business Lead

Finola Gibson
Head of Student Enquiries Centre
Disability, Mental Health and Wellbeing 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 difficulties.
- Manages return to study and Student of Concern processes.

Louise Grimmett
Student Support and Wellbeing Manager (Disability and Specific Learning Differences)

Jacqueline Mallon
Student Support and Wellbeing Manager (Mental Health and Wellbeing)

Lucy Smith
Specific Learning Differences Coordinator

Sandra Christian
Mental Health Coordinator

Paula Broome
Mental Health Coordinator

Leah Robertson
Mental Health Coordinator

Kenny Aruwa
Mental Health Mentor

Andrea Almeida Sanchez
Mental Health Coordinator (Secondment)

Dr Saeed Zeydabadi-Nejad
Disability Adviser

Cameron Smillie
Disability Adviser

Alex Eneli
Mental Health Coordinator

Chantelle Clarke
Disability Adviser

Maria Aliu
Disability Adviser

Atya Ashraf
Disability Adviser

Hannah Tracey
Specific Learning Difficulties Study Skills Tutor

Monica Pellegrini
Specific Learning Difficulties Study Skills Tutor

Emily Smith
Mental Health Mentor

Anna Batcheler
Mental Health Mentor

Charlotte Vaughan
Mental Health Mentor

Sue Beecroft
Mental Health Mentor

Nadia Drews
Mental Health Mentor

Floyd Waithaka Karomba
Mental Health Coordinator

Michael Cabrera
Mental Health Coordinator

Ken Cheung
Mental Health Coordinator

Selorm Kwawukume
Administrator

Cecilia Mok
Administrator

Vacant
Student Psychological and Counselling Services (SPCS) 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

Valentina Arnold
Senior Executive Officer

Maxine Wilson
Senior Executive Officer

Giulia Presti
Mental Health Counsellor

Dr Charlotte Feinmann
Consultant Psychiatrist

Sabina Poole-Rivic
Student Counsellor (CBT Therapist)

Dr Dashnye Daloye
Student Counsellor (CBT Therapist)

Dr Tarynne Quirk
Student Counsellor (CBT Therapist)

Rachel Euba
Student Counsellor (CBT Therapist)

Farhana Moussa
Student Counsellor (Psychodynamic Therapist)

Zoi Kontakou
Student Counsellor (CBT Therapist)

Dr Jacob Maunders
Student Counsellor (CBT Therapist)

Sophia-Mando Meleagrou
Student Counsellor (Psychodynamic Therapist)

Liane Thakur
Student Counsellor (CBT Therapist)

Kate Joseph
Student Counsellor (CBT Therapist)

Sarah Carter
Student Counsellor (Psychodynamic Therapist)

Isabelle Hans
Student Counsellor (Psychodynamic Therapist)

Richard Harrison
Student Counsellor (Psychodynamic Therapist)

Fotini Roberts
Student Counsellor (Psychodynamic Therapist)
Chaplaincy and Interfaith Advice team
Email: chaplaincy@ucl.ac.uk
Responsibilities
- Delivers pastoral support and advice around religious or faith concerns.

Rev. Reid Humble
Chaplain and Interfaith Adviser
Study Abroad and International Student Support 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 adjust to life in the UK.

Clare Herbert
Study Abroad Manager (on Parental Leave)

Chris Bromley
International Student Support Coordinator (Acting)

Leanne Yu
Global Experience Coordinator

Charlotte Pike
International Partnerships Coordinator

Cat Wallace
Study Abroad Manager (Acting)

Aisling Towl
Exchange Partnerships Assistant

Hollie Haigh
Undergraduate Mobility Coordinator (Acting)

Harry Percival
Study Abroad Assistant

Safia Hooda
International Student Support Adviser

Hidy Fu
European Programmes Coordinator (Acting)

Estelle Cossin
European Partnerships and Projects Coordinator (Acting)

Alyssa Takagi
Study Abroad Adviser
Student Enquiries Centre team
Responsibilities
- Delivers face-to-face administrative and enquiry support out of the Student Enquiries Centre.
- Manages the askUCL student enquiries system.

Helen Jenkins
Student Centre Coordinator

Teagan Hale
Student Centre Coordinator (Student Enquiries)

Darren Watts
Student Centre Coordinator (Student Enquiries)

Mira Osseiran
Student Centre Officer

Greg Butler
Student Centre Officer

Vacant

Aki Nakano
Student Centre Coordinator (Student Enquiries)

Ameena Qureshi
Student Enquiries Centre Officer

Stuart Andrews
Student Enquiries Centre Officer

Louise Bone
Student Enquiries Centre Officer

Rahat Chowdhury
Student Enquiries Centre Officer

Jack Dransfield
Student Enquiries Centre Officer

Holly Wolter
Student Enquiries Centre Officer

Natasha Fedorson
Student Enquiries Centre Officer

Camilla Mohanaei
Student Enquiries Centre Officer

Jacob Hatcher
Student Enquiries Centre Officer

Emily Vitoria
Student Enquiries Centre Officer
SSW Product team
Email: sidhelp@ucl.ac.uk
Responsibilities
- Manages the delivery and development of askUCL and RegisterUCL Systems
- Driven by the vision to capture a holistic student view through a single point of entry
- Continue supporting students across UCL
- Deliver UKVI complaint recording and reporting attendance via RegisterUCL

Pervin Hussain
Agile Delivery Manager

Humza Khan
Analyst Developer

Angela Tran
Product Delivery Officer

Kieron Woolley
Change Manager

Bryte Amponsah
Change Manager

Mohamed Omar Ahmed
Change Management Support Officer

Vacant
Change Management Support Officer

Sebastian Carrington
Business Analyst
Business Partners
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
SSW Business Partner for the Built Environment (Bartlett) and Engineering Sciences

Luther Mayers
SSW Business Partner for Brain Sciences, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences and Population Health Sciences

Katy Foster
SSW Business Partner for the Institute of Education and Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Katie Baillie
SSW Business Partner for Laws and Social and Historical Sciences

Giovanna Amorosi
SSW Business Partner for Arts and Humanities and UCL East
Development, Campaigns and Projects team
Email: ssw-comms@ucl.ac.uk
Responsibilities
- Contributes to the overall Student Support and Wellbeing (SSW) 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 SSW’s online information and resources
- Promotes awareness of SSW’s support services and healthy lifestyles
- Manages SSW’s online information and resources.
- Promotes awareness of SSW’s 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)

Eloise McWilliam
Student Support and Wellbeing Manager (Development, Campaigns and Projects)

Emma Hughes
Student Support and Wellbeing Coordinator (Development, Campaigns and Projects)

Linda Taschenberger
Student Support and Wellbeing Adviser (Peer-led Projects)

Catherine Ford
Student Support and Wellbeing Adviser (Development, Campaigns and Projects)

David Gomez
Student Support and Wellbeing Adviser (Development, Campaigns and Projects)