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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 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

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

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 Philosophy
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

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

Elisabeth McCormick
Data Science/Social Research Methods & Statistics
Email: elisabeth.mccormick@manchester.ac.uk
Office hours: Mon - Fri 8.30am-4.30pm

Sidra Zara
Postgraduate Administration Assistant.
Email: sidra.zara@manchester.ac.uk
Office Hours: Mon - Fri 8.30am-4.30pm

Serena Robinson
Postgraduate Intern
Email: serena.robinson@manchester.ac.uk
Office hours: Mon - Fri 9.00pm-5.00pm