UCAS Teachers and Advisers Conference 2026

Alexa Gillet, Lead Product Manager, UCAS

Ben Jordan, Director of Strategy, UCAS

Callie Hawkins, Lead Product Manager (Advisers), UCAS

Carolyn Mindos, Admissions Reform Lead, UCAS

Ellie Rowley, Fair Access Programme Lead, UCAS

Haleema Masud, Policy Adviser, UCAS

Hayley Thornley, Market Insight and Analysis Lead, UCAS

Jenny Garner, Product owner, UCAS

Kim Eccleston, Head of Provider and Adviser Experience, UCAS

Liz Lloyd, Adviser Lead, UCAS

Lynsey Hopkins, Director of Admissions, UCAS

Maggie Smart, Director of Data and Analysis, UCAS

Nicola Turner, Senior Fair Access Adviser , UCAS

Pete Milsom, Partnerships Manager - Apprenticeships, UCAS

Sam Sykes, Lead for Schools and Colleges, UCAS

Samira Pishneshin, Group Product Manager , UCAS

Sarah Gordon, Adviser Lead, UCAS

Simone Drinkwater, Lead Partnerships Manager, UCAS

Siobhan Williams, Business Engagement Manager, UCAS

Suzanne Rees, Adviser Lead, UCAS

Ahmar Ehsan, Funding Information Services Account Manager for the Midlands, Student Loans Company

Alice Batts, Key Account Manager (UK), EDT (Engineering Development Trust)

Andy Malone, Academic Recruitment Manager (UK and International), University for the Creative Arts

Angela Savage, Policy Official, Department for Education

Baasit Siddiqui, Siddiqui Education

Charlotte Burnside (BSc (Hons), PGcLTHE, PGcR, MSc, FHEA), Professional Academic Lead for Diagnostic Imaging portfolio and department lead for Health and Social Care Professions student recruitment, Birmingham City University

Claire McMaster, Head of Programme, Working Options

Clare Owen, Director, Medical Schools Council

Dan Barcroft, Director, Marketing, Admissions, Recruitment and Communications, The University of Sheffield

Dan Flatt, Head of UK Student Recruitment and Widening Access, University of Leicester

Darren McMorran, Outreach Officer, UEA

David Cowen, Disabilities & Dyslexia Service Manager, London Metropolitan University

David Metcalfe, Student Recruitment Co-Ordinator, Newcastle University

Dominic Blythe, Early Careers Group Head, EDF

Dr Gordon Dent, Academic Lead for Admissions, Recruitment & Marketing and MBChB Admissions Tutor, Keele University School of Medicine

Dr Iwi Ugiagbe-Green, Professor (Equity in Education), Manchester Metropolitan University

Dr Joanna Batt, Programme Lead for the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) programme, School of Dentistry, University of Birmingham

Dr Samina Khan, Director of Undergraduate Admissions and Outreach, University of Oxford

Ellie Lee, Student Recruitment Officer, University of the Arts London

Elliot Newstead, Associate Director of Future Students, De Montfort University

Emma Curtis, Early Careers Apprenticeship Specialist, Freshfields

Emma Hall, Head of Admissions, Edge Hill University

Emma Voight, Chief Operating Officer, UAT-UK

Georgia Spencer, Recruitment, Conversion and Marketing Coordinator, Lancaster University

James Seymour, Chief Marketing and Engagement Officer, Lincoln Bishop University

Jennifer Barton, Schools Outreach and Widening Participation Manager, Durham University

Jessica Pieri, Careers Advisor and Founder, The Careers People

Judith Denyer, Operations Director; Children’s Services, Shaw Trust

Kate Dornan, Trinity Laban

Katie Rankin, Emerging Talent & Careers Manager, Jet2.com & Jet2holidays

Keren Coney, Lecturer in Career Development, International Centre for Guidance Studies (iCeGS), University of Derby

Kim Newman, Technical Education Programme Manager, Career Development Institute

Kirsty Marsh-Hyde, National Programme Manager – Apprenticeships, NHS England

Laura Mclnerney, Co-founder of Teacher Tapp and Education Intelligence , Teacher Tapp

Liam Dowson, Head of Schools and Colleges Engagement, University of Derby

Lily Bissell, Academic Skills Officer (Pre-entry), University of Southampton

Liz Ferguson, Widening Participation Officer, University of East Anglia

Liz Hough, University of Warwick

Liz Routhorn, Head of Widening Participation and Outreach, London Metropolitan University

Mark Lehain, Executive Headteacher, Wootton Academy Trust

Meg Griessel , Head of UK Recruitment, St Mary’s University, London

Mike Nicholson, Director of Recruitment, Admissions and Participation, University of Cambridge

Molly Darley, Student Recruitment Marketing Officer, Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester

Paul Guyver, Deputy Head of Student Services, London Metropolitan University

Peter Derrick, Director of Admissions & Data, Imperial College London

Professor Kendi Guantai, Dean for Culture and Inclusion, Lancaster University

Professor Nic Beech, Vice-Chancellor, University of Salford

Rachel Rulton, Senior Policy Officer, Medical Schools Council

Rosie Pearce, Policy Lead, Dental Schools Council

Sarah Dirrane, Director, Research & Strategy, Cosmos Ltd

Sarra Jenkins, Director of Future Pathways, Loughborough Grammar School

Sasha Hanratty, Early Careers Manager, ITV

Steven Lipscombe, Regional Employer Business Development Manager, Shaw Trust

Tim Bayliss, Domestic Partnerships Manager, Birmingham City University

Vikki Cannon, Head of Admissions and Applicant Services and Sarah Wilshaw/ Deputy Head of Admissions, Royal Veterinary College

Vivi Friedgut, CEO, Blackbullion

Zoe Nauta, University Clinical Aptitude Test