The Annual Conference for Teachers and Advisers 2018

Lucy Collins graduated from the University of Bristol with a BSc in Sociology in 2000. She then went on to gain an MSc in Sociology and Social Research in 2004. Lucy has always been interested in education and believes strongly in the transformative effect of higher education. She was President of the University of Bristol Students’ Union from 2000 – 2001.

Following two years working for the educational charity Common Purpose, running a citizenship programme for young people, Lucy returned to the university to take up the post of Schools and Colleges Liaison Officer in the newly created Widening Participation Office.  In 2006, she was appointed as Head of Widening Participation and Undergraduate Recruitment. In 2015, Lucy became Head of UK Student Recruitment at the University of Bristol – a role encompassing the development and delivery of strategy for the recruitment of all home students at undergraduate and postgraduate level.  She is the institutional lead for widening participation and is responsible for writing the university’s access agreement.  In recent months, Lucy has developed the Bristol Scholar’s scheme, a new initiative designed to attract high quality students from the city of Bristol whose potential is not reflected in their predicted A level grades.

Lucy has been a school governor for over ten years, currently on the governing body for the University of Bristol’s co-sponsored school, Merchants’ Academy in South Bristol.