Meet the team: UCL Arena Centre for Research-based Education

Contact details and team information for the UCL Arena Centre.

View members of the team by function:

• Director and Associate Directors
• Teaching Fellows
• Administration
• Project Management
• Communications
• Consultants and secondees

You can also download a list of UCL Arena Contacts by the department they support (pdf).

Director and Associate Directors

• Dr Sam Smidt - Academic Director
• Dr Jennifer Griffiths - Associate Director, Recognition, Development and Resources
• Dr Jenny Marie - Associate Director, Quality Assurance and Enhancement
• Dr Alex Standen - Associate Director, Early Career Academic and Research Supervisor Development

Teaching Fellows

• Dr Brent Carnell - Principal Teaching Fellow
• Dr Jason Davies - Senior Teaching Fellow
• Dr Nick Grindle - Senior Teaching Fellow
• Jesper Hansen - Senior Teaching Fellow
• Dr Teresa McConlogue - Principal Teaching Fellow 
• Dr Mina Sotiriou - Senior Teaching Fellow
• Dr Vincent Tong - Principal Teaching Fellow

Administration

• Amanda Greenslade - Head of Resources
• Sonale Karadia - Deputy Head of Resources and Executive Assistant to the Director

Project management

• Valentina Barbaria - Projects Manager, Research Supervision and Early Career Academic Development
• Moira Paganelli - Projects Officer, Research Supervision and Early Career Academic Development
• Peter Phillips - Projects Manager, Recognition, Development and Resources
• Abbie King - Projects Manager, Quality Assurance and Enhancement
• Fiona Wilkie - Projects Officer, Quality Assurance and Enhancement

Communications

• Lauren Hawkridge - Communications and Events Manager, UCL Arena centre

Consultants and secondees

• Dr Rosalind Duhs - BME Attainment Project support and Higher Education Academy Accreditor and Consultant (former Academic Director of UCL Arena Centre)
• Dr d'Reen Struthers - Senior Teaching Fellow and Higher Education Academy Accreditor (seconded from UCL Institute of Education)
• Jane Skirving - Higher Education Academy and Arena Fellowships delivery and assessment (seconded from UCL Centre for Languages & International Education (CLIE))