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Annual Admissions Conference 2020 – CANCELLED

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Plenary speakers

Managing Director, University Admissions Centre (UAC), Australia

Director of Student Experience and Enhancement, University of Liverpool
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Vice-Chancellor, University of Sheffield

UCAS speakers

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A representative from UCAS Media
Aaron Powell, Chief Digital and Data Officer, UCAS and Managing Director, UCAS International, UCAS
Adam Mitchell, Head of Business Development, UCAS Media
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Anjie Winter, Information and Advice Content Manager, UCAS
Becky Whiting, Verification Officer, UCAS
Ben Jordan, Director of Strategy, UCAS
Callie Hawkins, Lead Product Manager (Advisers), UCAS
Carys Willgoss, Principal Policy Adviser, UCAS
Clare Cozens, Group Product Manager, UCAS
Clare Marchant, Chief Executive, UCAS
David Penney, Chief communications and marketing officer, UCAS
Fiona Johnston, Chief Product Officer, UCAS
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Genia Garrity, Director of Information, Advice and Guidance, UCAS
Jack Taylor, Campaign Manager, UCAS Media
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Jess Morris, Account Manager for Events, UCAS Media
Jill Eyes, Service Delivery Manager (Results), UCAS
Jo Boyd, Service Delivery Partner (Results), UCAS
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Kate Bevan, Product Owner (Collection Tool), UCAS
Kate Westmacott, Service Delivery Manager (Collect and Search), UCAS
Kim Eccleston, Head of Provider and Adviser Experience, UCAS
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Lauren Cooper, Product Manager, UCAS
Louise Evans, Head of Operations Transition, UCAS
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Lynsey Hopkins, Director of Admissions, UCAS
Mark Knight, Information Governance Manager, UCAS
Mark Wilson, Customer Experience Manager, UCAS
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Matt Criddle, Head of Education, UCAS Media
Mike Adams, Principal Insight Consultant, UCAS Media
Neil Bell, Security Assurance Manager, UCAS
Peter Derrick, Director of Admissions & Data, Imperial College London
Rachel Harris, Service Delivery Partner and People Manager (Admissions), UCAS
Sam Sykes, Lead for Schools and Colleges, UCAS
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Shelley Southern-Martin, Client Director, UCAS Media
Simon Gardner, Complaints Executive, UCAS
Sophie Orrell, Account Manager for Events, UCAS Media
Suzanne Campbell, Senior Insight Consultant, UCAS Media
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Tim Jenks, CXC Team Manager, UCAS
Tuely Robins, Principal Insight Consultant, UCAS Media

Breakout speakers

Amanda Griffiths, Head of Communications Planning, Royal Mail MarketReach
Andrea Cowans, Director of Student Life, Leeds City College
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Charlotte Harrison-Smith, Head of Admissions, Liverpool John Moores University
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Claire Johnston, Admissions Manager, Heriot-Watt University
Claire Pryke, Associate Director Outreach, Recruitment and Admissions, University of Bradford
Clare Beckett, Student Recruitment and Admissions Director, Kingston University
David MacKay, Educational Consultant, Pearson
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Dawn Bell, Head of Undergraduate Admissions, Newcastle University
Debbie Potts, T Level Development Division, Department for Education
Dr Andy Spencer, Deputy Director of Admissions, Keele Medical School
Dr Arti Saraswat, Senior Policy Manager for Higher Education, Association of Colleges
Dr Celia O'Donovan, Inspector, ASIBA/CAIE
Dr Dominique Thompson, GP and Director, Buzz Consulting
Dr Gail Nicholls, Head of Admissions at Leeds Medical School, University of Leeds
Dr Kate Wicklow, Policy Director, GuildHE
Dr Melanie Thorley, STAART Manager, University of Greenwich
Dr Ross Hall, Head of Strategic Partnerships: AF and Veterans, University of South Wales
Fiona Eccles, Product Owner: Applications and Admissions/Student Admissions Manager, The University of Manchester
Hannah Spry, Senior Stakeholder Relations Manager, Cambridge Assessment Admissions Testing
Harvey Church, Broadcast Engineer Apprentice, BBC Technology Group
James Cathcart, Director / President, British Section Lycée International St Germain-en-Laye / Association des Sections Internationales Britanniques et Anglophones (ASIBA)
John Nanson, Cambridge Inspector for OIB History/Geography, ASIBA/Cambridge Assessment
Judith King, Associate Director for Admissions, University of Liverpool
Katherine Lawrence, Head of Operations, Service Children’s Progression (SCiP) Alliance
Kathryn Whittington, Head of Admissions, University of Reading
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Katy Scott, Head of Admissions and Applicant Experience, Dundee University
Kristine Murray, Marketing, Digital media, and Admissions Manager, Blackpool and the Fylde College
Martin Hookham-Simms, Head of International Recruitment, Sussex University
Martin Webber, Stakeholder Relationships Manager, OCR (Oxford Cambridge & RSA Examinations)
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Matt Dean, Director of International Recruitment, Aston University
Nic Streatfield, Head of Student Support and Wellbeing, University of East London
Nicholas Baker, Deputy Director / National Subject Leader for Language and Literature, British Section Lycée International St Germain-en-Laye / OIB (British Option)
Nicola Drury, UK Apprenticeships Lead, Amazon
Phil Bloor, Head of Admissions, Sheffield Hallam University
Rachael Booth, Principal, Leeds Sixth Form College
Sandra Bloomer, Admissions Manager, Queen’s University Belfast
Sandra Kershaw, Product Owner: Applications and Admissions/Recruitment and Admissions Manager, Departments of Chemical Engineering and Materials, The University of Manchester
Sarah Cox, Assistant Head of Data and Contacts, University of East Anglia
Sheila Kay, Head of Academic Registry, Glasgow School of Art
Stefan Mills, Mail Media Specialist Government and Health Sector, Royal Mail MarketReach