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 consists the following core areas of activity:
- Dean of Education and Outcomes, Professor Amanda Harvey
- Dr Samantha Horsthuis, Business Support Administrator
Academic Partnerships
- Hannah Qurashi, Head of Academic Partnerships
- Patrick Burke, Academic Partnerships Officer (Liasion)
- Tara Byrnes, Academic Partnerships Officer (Liasion)
Apprenticeships
- Alicia Douglas, Apprenticeships Manager
- Fariba Sahmaniasl, Apprenticeship Administrator
Academic Professional Development
- Laura Minogue, Head of Academic Professional Development
- Sarah Beasley, Academic Development Administrator
- Colleen McKenna, Lecturer in Academic Practice
- Julia Brennan, Lecturer in Academic Practice
Inclusion, Access and Widenining Participation
- Nikki Anghileri, Head of Inclusion, Access and Participation
- Nancy Bentley, Widening Participation and Outreach Manager
- Mandeep Birk, Senior Widening Participation and Outreach Officer (Post 16)
- Megan Simmons, Widening Participation and Outreach Officer
- Nicola Smith-Wilson, Widening Participation, Research and Impact Evaluation Officer
- Aoife Duggan, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Administrator
Student Experience and Enhancement
- Claire McLoughlin, Head of Academic Student Experience and Enhancement
- Katharina Stegmann, Student Engagement and Retention Projects Officer
- Paul Gascoyne, Learning and Development Lecturer
- William Pittam, Learning and Development Lecturer
- Lauren Gurteen, Learning Tutor
- Aaisha Iqbal Gough, Pastoral Tutor
- Susan Jane Maw, Pastoral Health Tutor (Foundation Year)
- Emma Spencer, Pastoral Tutor