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Our mission is to work in partnership with Faculties, Schools, Directorates, the St Mary's Student Union, and our institutional partners to build an inclusive learning environment, enhancing the learning opportunities available to our community of students and staff so they can flourish and reach their potential. 

We will achieve this by promoting Widening Participation and the academic experience of Widening Participation students, leading institutional projects and policy developments that enhance the learning experience of all of our students, innovating in the provision of high quality continuing professional development for our staff, and through institutional leadership of Quality Assurance and Enhancement.  

The Directorate of Educational Excellence and Student Outcomes comprises the following core areas of activity: 

  • Academic Partnerships 
  • Apprenticeships  
  • Student Experience and Enhancement 
  • Student Outcomes 

Professor Amanda Harvey 

Dean of Education and Outcomes 

Aoife Duggan 

Business Support Administrator 

Hannah Qurashi  

Head of Academic Partnerships 

TBC

Partnership Officer (Development) 

TBC

Partnership Officer (Liasion) 

TBC

Partnership Officer (Liasion) 

Laura Minogue 

Head of Academic Professional Development 

Colleen McKenna 

Lecturer in Academic Practice 

Julia Brennan 

Lecturer in Academic Practice 

Nikki Anghileri 

Head of Inclusion, Access and Participation  

TBC

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Administrator 

Nicola Smith-Wilson 

Widening Participation, Research and Impact Evaluation Officer  

Mandeep Birk 

Widening Participation and Outreach Manager  

TBC

Senior Widening Participation and Outreach Officer  

Megan Simmons 

Widening Participation and Outreach Officer  

Alicia Douglas  

Apprenticeships Manager  

Fariba Sahmaniasl 

Apprenticeship Administrator 

Claire McLoughlin 

Head of Academic Student Experience and Enhancement 

Katharina Stegmann 

Student Engagement and Retention Project Officer 

Melina Healy 

Learning Development Lecturer 

Paul Gascoyne 

Learning Development Lecturer 

William Pittam 

Learning Development Lecturer 

Lauren Gurteen 

Learning Tutor  

Aaisha Iqbal Gough 

Pastoral Tutor 

Emma Spencer 

Pastoral Tutor 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                           

 

CTESS key priorities diagram (described in paragraph above)