Professional services

Our dedicated staff at every level of university life make a transformative difference to the lives of our students and to the lives of people both locally and globally through our education, research and knowledge exchange, and engagement.

Our services staff

Education and Student Experience

Edel Mahony
Academic Registrar

Jane Hoar
Interim Director of Academic Quality

Gurdip Binning
Director of International Recruitment and Academic Partnerships

Professor Darryll Bravenboer
Director of Apprenticeships & Professor of Higher Education Skills

Deeba Parmar
Head of Academic Practice Enhancement

Paul Kirk
Director of International Preparatory Programmes and Exchanges

David Malpas
Director of Faculty Operations

Jack Tims
Head of MDXworks

Research and Knowledge Exchange

Anne Boddington
Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge (interim)

Neelam Raina
Director of Research

Mark Gray
Strategic Director of Knowledge Transfer

Nico Pizzolato
Director of Postgraduate Research Studies

People and Culture

Infrastructure

Zuzana Botkova
Deputy Chief Operating Officer

Jamie Smith
Director of Facilities

Paula Vickers (Pro Vice-Chancellor)
Director of Computing and Communications Systems Services

Press Office