Annual Admissions Conference 2020 – CANCELLED

Date and location
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Plenary speakers

Dr David Christie

Managing Director, University Admissions Centre (UAC), Australia

Dr Paul Redmond

Director of Student Experience and Enhancement, University of Liverpool

Koen Lamberts

Vice-Chancellor, University of Sheffield

UCAS speakers

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

Anjie Winter, Information and Advice Content Manager, UCAS

Becky Whiting, Verification Officer, UCAS

Ben Jordan, Head of Policy, UCAS

Callie Hawkins, Lead Product Manager (Advisers) , UCAS

Carys Willgoss, Principal Policy Adviser, UCAS

Clare Cozens, Lead Product Manager, UCAS

Clare Marchant, Chief Executive, UCAS

David Penney, Interim Chief Marketing Officer, UCAS

Fiona Johnston, Chief Product Officer, UCAS

Genia Garrity, New Products Engagement Manager, UCAS

Jack Taylor, Campaign Manager, UCAS Media

Jess Morris, Account Manager for Events, UCAS Media

Jill Eyes, Service Delivery Manager (Results), UCAS

Jo Boyd, Service Delivery Partner (Results), UCAS

Kate Bevan, Product Owner (Collection Tool), UCAS

Kate Westmacott, Service Delivery Manager (Collect and Search), UCAS

Kim Eccleston, Head of Strategy and Reform, UCAS

Lauren Cooper, Product Manager, UCAS

Louise Evans, Head of Operations Transition, UCAS

Lynsey Hopkins, Head of Operations, UCAS

Mark Knight, Information Governance Manager, UCAS

Mark Wilson, Customer Experience Manager, UCAS

Matt Criddle, Head of Education, UCAS Media

Mike Adams, Principal Insight Consultant, UCAS Media

Neil Bell, Security Assurance Manager, UCAS

Peter Derrick, Deputy Director of Marketing, Recruitment and Admissions (Admissions and Data), Imperial College London

Rachel Harris, Service Delivery Partner and People Manager (Admissions), UCAS

Sam Sykes, Customer Success Manager, UCAS

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

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

Charlotte Harrison-Smith, Head of Admissions, Liverpool John Moores University

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

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

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)

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