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Faculty General Office

Faculty Strategic Operations Team led by Head of Strategic Delivery, Claire Gilchrist

Head of Strategic Delivery

Claire Gilchrist

E-mail: c.gilchrist@qub.ac.uk    Phone: 028 9097 3730 

  • Provides key support for the development of the AHSS Faculty Strategy
  • Develops and implements the plans across each of the Faculty portfolios, in order to deliver on the objectives of the Strategy
  • Leadership and line management of all the administrative and clerical staff within the Faculty Strategic Operations Team
  • Servicing the Faculty Executive Board
  • Responsibility for co-ordinating risk management across the Faculty.

SENIOR FACULTY MANAGEMENT SUPPORT

PA to the Faculty PVC 

 

                                           

Maria Carrick

E-mail: m.carrick@qub.ac.uk   Phone: 028 9097 5006

  • PA to Faculty PVC
  • Diary management, meetings, confidential correspondence
  • Liaison with internal and external stakeholders
  • Support for Faculty Executive Board.

 

PA to the
Faculty Director of Operations

Julie Cunnane

E-mail: j.cunnane@qub.ac.uk   Phone: 028 9097 3700

  • PA to the Director of Operations
  • Diary management, meetings, correspondence
  • Liaising with internal and external stakeholders
  • Support for Faculty Operations Board.

 

Student Experience and
Communications Officer                                             

Deirdre McCrory

E-mail: d.mccrory@qub.ac.uk   Phone: 028 9097 5351

  • Provides support to the PVC and Director of Operations with the co-ordination of strategic and operational issues
  • Supports the Dean of Education and Dean of Graduate Studies in sustaining and further developing a distinctive and high quality educational environment including student experience in cross School or Faculty programmes
  • Manages key Faculty communications

         

 

 

SENIOR FACULTY MANAGEMENT SUPPORT

Finance Officer and PA to Head of Strategic Delivery

Marguerite Quinn

E-mail: marguerite.quinn@qub.ac.uk    
Phone: 028 9097 3764

  • PA to Faculty Manager
  • Diary management, meetings, confidential correspondence
  • Finance Processing and purchasing
  • Support for Public Engagements/Events.

Information Analyst                                                                                  

Aideen McCracken

E-mail: a.ohanlon@qub.ac.uk 
Phone: 028 9097 1822 

  • Provides management information needs across the Faculty Office, and reporting against KPIs to Faculty Executive Board
  • Supports colleagues across Faculty with data analysis for Athena Swan submissions
  • Additional analysis across core business systems.

 

DEANS' SUPPORT

PA to the Deans of Education and Graduate Studies

Clare Conway

E-mail: c.conway@qub.ac.uk    Phone: 028 9097 1235

  • Diary Management and clerical support for the Faculty Dean of Education and Dean of Graduate Studies
  • Support for Faculty Education and Postgraduate Committees; Cross-Faculty and Joint Degrees Subgroup and Study Abroad and International Exchanges Subgroup
  • Faculty Dean of Education Student Bursaries: Conference Attendance, Erasmus+, International Exchange, Summer School/Short Course
  • Support for the Deans’ Administrator.

PA to the Deans of Internationalisation and Research

Sharon Dunwoody

E-mail: s.dunwoody@qub.ac.uk      Phone: 028 9097 2524

  • Diary management and clerical support for the Dean of Internationalisation and Dean of Research
  • Support for the Northern Bridge and NINE Doctoral Training Programmes
  • Support for the Deans’ Administrator.

Faculty PGR and DTP Officer 

 

Naomi Harland

E-mail: n.harland@qub.ac.uk  Phone: 028 9097 5347

  • Administers NINE and Northern Bridge Doctoral Training programmes
  • Assists DTP students with enquiries
  • Administers DfE awards competition

 

Faculty Education Officer   
         

Ruth Bright

E-mail: r..bright@ac.uk  Phone: 028 9097 1372

  • Provides administrative support to the Dean of Education and Dean of Graduate Studies in co-ordinating and implementing key aspects of the Faculty’s education and postgraduate activities
  • Supports the Faculty UG Education Committee and PG Education and Research Committee as well as the Cross-Faculty and Joint Degrees and Study Abroad and International Exchanges Subgroups
  • Manages all Faculty level quality assurance processes, including: Continuous Action for Programme Enhancement; proposals for new programmes; withdrawals of existing programmes; major changes to existing modules and programmes.

DEANS' SUPPORT CONTINUED

 

Research Communications Officer

Colm Heatley

E-mail: c.heatley@qub.ac.uk    Phone: 028 9097 1949

  • Helps create, edit, produce and promote podcasts based on research and academic expertise from across AHSS
  • Works with media outlets such as BBC, RTÉ and C4 as well as independent documentary producers to promote AHSS research with a view to having programmes commissioned. Also develops closer links with media outlets and producers and the University by holding workshops
  • Works with academics in Faculty to help develop their research into ideas and themes that could work as documentary programmes on TV, Radio and podcasts
  • Works with broadsheet media across the UK and Ireland to promote AHSS’ academic expertise.

  

DIGITAL LEARNING AND WORK RELATING LEARNING

Digital Learning Developer

Laura Farling

E-mail: l.farling@qub.ac.uk   Phone: 028 9097 1941

  • Advise and support staff on the best use of digital tools and technology for teaching and research
  • Develop online resources and activities for digital learning projects
  • Support the development of online and digital support for international students (on campus and abroad). 

Digital Learning Developer 

Photo of Kirsty Gillen

Kirsty Gillen

E-mail: k.gillen@qub.ac.uk  Phone: 028 9097 1679

  • Advise and support staff on the best use of digital tools and technology for teaching and research
  • Develop online resources and activities for digital learning projects
  • Support the development of distance and blended learning programmes. 

Development Officer 

Aileen Carson

E-mail: A.Carson@qub.ac.uk   Phone: 028 9097 5175

  • Facilitate the development of Work Related Learning across AHSS Faculty
  • Enhance student experience of Work Related Learning activities
  • Increase student and staff awareness of Work Related Learning activities and opportunities
  • Develop tailored Work Related Learning activities, events and opportunities for AHSS students and staff
  • Develop Internationalisation of Work Related Learning
  • Embed Work Related Learning in all AHSS curricula/co-curricular offerings.

Development Officer 

Shauncey Ferguson

E-mail: Shauncey.Ferguson@qub.ac.uk  Phone: 028 9097 5305

  • Facilitate the development of Work Related Learning across AHSS Faculty
  • Enhance student experience of Work Related Learning activities
  • Increase student and staff awareness of Work Related Learning activities and opportunities
  • Develop tailored Work Related Learning activities, events and opportunities
  • Develop Internationalisation of Work Related Learning
  • Embed Work Related Learning in all AHSS curricula/co-curricular offerings.

 

SHORT-TERM STUDY ABROAD

Global Support
Officer

Orla Devine (Adoption Leave)

  • Line management and support of the team responsible for coordinating inbound and outbound short-term study opportunities and enhancing the overall experience of these students
  • Support for the Faculty internationalisation objectives through servicing the FIC, international budget management, building relations with international partners and QUB Directorates and implementing Faculty processes for new/renewed partnership arrangements

Global Support
Officer

Conor Mullan (Adoption Leave Cover)

E-mail: c.mullan@qub.ac.uk 

  • Line management and support of the team responsible for coordinating inbound and outbound short-term study opportunities and enhancing the overall experience of these students
  • Support for the Faculty internationalisation objectives through servicing the FIC, international budget management, building relations with international partners and QUB Directorates and implementing Faculty processes for new/renewed partnership arrangements

 

Visiting Students Coordinator

Hannah Costello (Temporary Cover)
E-mail: hannah.costello@qub.ac.uk

  • Key contact for visiting students.
  • Coordinates the promotion and planning of programmes for outbound mobility for AHSS students to undertake short-term study at partner institutions including; Belmont University and the University of Petra.
  • Coordinates all aspects of Study Abroad students from application, administration of bursaries, and developing itineraries.  
  • Supports the Global Support Officer in taking responsibility for providing a first-class service in all aspects of the experience of visiting students, specifically in the areas of Global Mobility and Short-Term Study. 

Visiting Students Coordinator

Chelsea Brownlee (Maternity Leave Cover)

E-mail:  c.brownlee@qub.ac.uk 

  • Coordinates the promotion, planning and delivery of the annual 3-week AHSS International Summer School
  • Coordinates all aspects of the visiting students’ journey, with particular responsibility for George Washington University and Belmont University