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The Access and Widening Participation Office leads the development and implementation of UCL’s widening participation and fair access strategies.
General Enquiries
- Email: widening.participation@ucl.ac.uk
- Phone: 020 3108 6964
Policy and Strategy
| Name | Role | Telephone | |
| Lucie March | Head of Access and Widening Participation | l.march@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 8281 |
| Jennifer Whitney | Widening Participation Manager | j.whitney@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 8243 |
| Caroline Fionda Dedman | Access Manager | c.fionda@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 8271 |
| Celine West | UCL East Schools Engagement Manager | celine.west@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 8921 |
| Rebecca Surin | Access Manager (Contextual Admissions) | r.surin@ucl.ac.uk | 020 7679 8173 |
Access team
The Access team runs events and programmes for young people in Years 12 and 13, they also work closely with UCL faculties and departments to support their widening participation activities.
| Name | Role | Telephone | |
| Caroline Fionda Dedman | Access Manager | c.fionda@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 8271 |
| Matt Skidmore | Senior Access Officer | matthew.skidmore@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 8241 |
| Eric Nluta | Access Officer | e.nluta@ucl.ac.uk | |
| Lauren Gillet | Senior Access Officer | lauren.j.gillet@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3987 2701 |
| Rebecca Kelly | Access Officer | rebecca.kelly@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 6689 |
| Desart Ismaili | Access Officer | desart.ismaili.18@ucl.ac.uk | |
| Matt Lucas | Senior Access Officer | m.lucas@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 8271 |
| Chloe Richardson | Access Officer | chloe.richardson@ucl.ac.uk |
Widening Participation team
The Widening Participation team run events and programmes which focus on attainment, advice and guidance for priority groups, and support for parents and carers.
| Name | Role | Telephone | |
| Jennifer Whitney | Widening Participation Manager | j.whitney@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 8243 |
| Rachel Donkor | Senior Widening Participation Officer UCL Horizons programme lead | 020 3794 0272 | |
| James Bryan | Widening Participation Officer | james.bryan@ucl.ac.uk | 0203 108 6687 |
| Whitney Robinson | Widening Participation Officer | whitney.robinson@ucl.ac.uk | 0203 108 5679 |
| Jalal Pour | Senior Widening Participation Officer (Priority Groups) | j.pour@ucl.ac.uk | 0208 138 7302 |
| Michele Sahiri | Widening Priority Officer (Priority Groups) | m.sahiri@ucl.ac.uk | 0203 1086265 |
UCL East Schools Engagement team
The UCL East Schools Engagement team connects the university community with schools in Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest, through free hands-on sessions at UCL and in schools. They introduce students to university subjects and expand their learning through creative-skills-based projects.
| Name | Role | Telephone | |
| Celine West | UCL East Schools Engagement Manager | celine.west@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 8921 |
| Emma Bryant | Senior Schools Engagement Officer | e.bryant@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 6432 |
| Salma Mohamed | STEP trainee | uczr055@ucl.ac.uk | |
| Emma Bull | Senior Schools Engagement Officer | e.bull@ucl.ac.uk | |
| Vacant | Senior Schools Engagement Officer |
Contextual Admissions team
The Contextual Admissions team is responsible for changing UCL's intake of students from under-represented groups. They do this through developing and delivering UCL's contextual admissions programmes, and leading on widening participation admissions policy.
| Name | Role | Telephone | |
| Rebecca Surin | Access Manager (Contextual Admissions) | r.surin@ucl.ac.uk | 020 7679 8173 |
| Ben Lund-Conlon | Senior Access Officer (Contextual Admissions) | b.lund-conlon@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 8277 |
| Vacant | Access Officer |
Social Mobility and Student Success
The Access and Widening Participation team works in close collaboration with the Communications team and the Data and Impact team which are both part of UCL's Social Mobility and Student Success area.
Communications team
The Communications team works with the Access and Widening Participation team, Student Success team, Data and Impact team, and Student Funding team to ensure that all the teams' key messages are communicated to internal and external stakeholders.
| Name | Role | Telephone | |
| Vacant | Communications Manager | ||
| Lauren Sandhu | Acting Communications Manager (Access and Widening Participation) / Senior Communications Officer | lauren.sandhu@ucl.ac.uk | 020 7679 8175 |
| Karen Roberts | Acting Communications Manager (Student Success) / Senior Engagement Officer | karen.roberts@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 8270 |
| Geoffrey Okol | Acting Communications Manager (Student Funding) / Video Producer | g.okol@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 6675 |
| Ruth Brooks | Acting Communications Manager (Data and Impact) / Senior Content and Communications Officer | ruth.brooks@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 7186 |
Data and Impact team
The Data and Impact team is responsible for monitoring and evaluating the impact of UCL's access and widening participation work across the life cycle. The team also coordinates and manages the annual Access and Participation budget.
| Name | Role | Telephone | |
| Vijdan Zorba | Data and Impact Manager | v.zorba@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 8275 |
| Jade Hunter | Senior Research Officer | jade.hunter@ucl.ac.uk | 020 3108 7638 |
| Shireen Quraishi | Senior Evaluation Officer | s.quraishi@ucl.ac.uk | 020 7679 8169 |
| Muhsina Jameelah | Evaluation Officer | muhsina.jameelah.15@ucl.ac.uk | |
| Gabriele Forni | Data and Reporting Officer | gabriele.forni.19@ucl.ac.uk |