
Contact us
Contact the School of Social Sciences by email, telephone or through one of our social media channels.
Contact details
The School of Social Sciences
Arthur Lewis Building
The University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL
Tel: +44 (0)161 306 1340
Find us
- Arthur Lewis Building location - interactive map
- Maps and travel - travel information from The University of Manchester
Admissions enquiries
The admissions teams are happy to answer your questions, whether you're applying or are already a student with us.
Undergraduate enquiries
- Amanda Grimshaw
Undergraduate Admissions Manager
Email: amanda.grimshaw@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 4748 - Kirsty Egerton
Senior Admissions Secretary
Email: kirsty.egerton@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 2291 - Anna Bakhda
Admissions Assistant
Email: anna.bakhda@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 1473 - Sam Hook
Management Information Assistant
Email: sam.hook@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 4470 - Tom McCunnie
UG Admissions Tutor and Outreach Co-ordinator
Email: tom.mccunnie@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 1752
Postgraduate enquiries
- Vicky Barnes
Postgraduate Admissions Manager
Email: vicky.barnes@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 4743 - Janet Smith
Postgraduate Admissions Secretary
Email: janet.a.smith@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 4471 (Monday-Friday, 8.00am-3.30pm) - Zoe Woodend
Postgraduate Admissions Secretary
Email: zoe.woodend@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 1296 (Monday-Friday, 8.00am-4.00pm)
Research enquiries
Research support team
The research support team helps academic colleagues to prepare and submit funding applications and manage new awards, including:
- understanding and explaining funder requirements;
- preparing budgets;
- formally submitting and accepting awards on behalf of the University;
- supporting internal peer review processes;
- coordinating approvals for new research staff appointments and contracts;
- arranging internal ethics screening;
- providing management information on applications and awards.
Research Support Managers also provide strategic research support to Heads of School, Directors of Research and School Research Committees.
Contacts
- Prof Claire Alexander
School Research Director
Email: claire.alexander@manchester.ac.uk - Patricia Gorham
Research Support Manager
Email: patricia.a.gorham@manchester.ac.uk - Clare Canning
Knowledge Exchange and Impact Officer
Email: clare.canning@manchester.ac.uk - Simon Challis
Grant Writer
Email: simon.challis@manchester.ac.uk
Research support officers
- Neil Chetham (Politics and Economics)
Email: neil.chetham@manchester.ac.uk - Rebecca (Becci) Bailey (Social Statistics and Social Anthropology)
Email: rebecca.bailey@manchester.ac.uk - Rebecca Cross (Sociology and Philosophy)
Email: rebecca.cross@manchester.ac.uk
Undergraduate students
Our teams are on-hand to offer guidance and support.
We advise on all aspects of Undergraduate student life, from course work queries to pastoral care.
Amanda Brereton
Head of Undergraduate Administration
Email: amanda.brereton@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 4745
Paul Smith
Head of Student Support Services
Email: paul.v.smith@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 4746
Student Welfare Officers
Joseph Barrett
Email: joseph.barrett@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)161 306 4320
Philippa Wilson
Email: philippa.wilson@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 4878
Contacts within each area of study
BA(Econ)
Shau Chan
Programme Administrator
Email: shau.y.chan@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 2500
Bernadette Julien
Programme Secretary
Email: bernadette.Julien@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 4822
BA Social Sciences (BASS)
Rabia Nawaz
Programme Administrator
Email: rabia.nawaz@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 3204
Economics
Alexandra Collins
Undergraduate Administrator & Disability Co-ordinator
Email: alexandra.collins@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 4868
Programme Administrator
Email: @manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 1297
Matthew Regan
Undergraduate and International Exchange Assistant
Email: matthew.regan@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 4935
BA Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE)
Joshua Muldoon
Deputy Head of Undergraduate Administration and Programme Administrator
Email: joshua.muldoon@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)161 306 4321
Philosophy
Christopher Ashworth
Programme Administrator
Email: christopher.ashworth@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 7129
Politics
Luke Smith
Undergraduate Administrator
Email: luke.smith-2@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)161 306 6906
Dagme Tesfaye
Undergraduate Assistant
Email: dagme.tesfaye@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 2499
Social Anthropology
Kellie Jordan
Undergraduate Administrator
Email: kellie.jordan@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 4000
Social Statistics
Christopher Ashworth
Course Unit Administrator
Email: christopher.ashworth@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 7129
Sociology
Chantel Riley
Programme Administrator
Email: chantel.riley@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 3953
Postgraduate students
For enquiries from current students:
Bernadette O'Connor
Head of Postgraduate Services
Email: bernadette.o'connor@manchester.ac.uk
Myra Knutton
Disability Advice and Support Services Coordinator and Postgraduate Student Experience Programmes Officer including finance queries
Email: myra.knutton@manchester.ac.uk
Office Hours: Mon - Fri 8am-4pm
Amanda Bridgeman
Deputy Head of Postgraduate Services
Programme Administrator for Politics and Political Economy
Email: amanda.bridgeman@manchester.ac.uk
Office hours: Mon - Fri 8.30am - 4pm
Vickie Roche
Postgraduate Taught Programmes Administrator (MA/MSc/Diploma)
Social Anthropology/Visual Anthropology and Sociology
Email: vickie.roche@manchester.ac.uk
Office hours: Mon - Tues 8:30am-3:30pm, Wed - Fri 9:30am-2:30pm
Kimberley Hulme
Administrator for Postgraduate Taught Programmes in Economics and for general enquiries from current students regarding finance issues
Email: kimberley.hulme@manchester.ac.uk
Office hours: Mon - Fri 8am-3.30pm
Ann Cronley
Postgraduate Research Programmes (PhD/MPhil) Administrator
Research Programmes in Philosophy, Politics, Sociology and Social Anthropology
Email: ann.cronley@manchester.ac.uk
Thomas Jenkins
For general enquiries on PhD programmes in Economics, Social Statistics, Social Anthropology
Email: thomas.jenkins@manchester.ac.uk
Office hours: Mon - Fri 8.30am-4.30pm
Jackie Boardman
PGR Programmes in Law, BMJ, Criminology, Economics, Social Statistics, Data Analytics and Society and Soc-B CDT
Email: Jackie.Boardman@manchester.ac.uk
Office hours: Mon - Thurs 9am-5pm
Leanne Tuite
HCEL Distance Learning & CPD Administrator
Email: leanne.tuite@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 3669
Nuria Hortiguelaloeches
PGT Criminology and HCEL (campus-based) Student Experience Administrator
Email: nuria.hortiguela@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: 44 (0)161 275 3561
Louise Bellamy
LLM Student Experience Administrator (PGT)
Email: louise.bellamy@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 7553