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School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work
20 College Green
Belfast BT7 1LN

  • ssesw@qub.ac.uk
  • +44(0)28 90975941

Key Contacts

Professor Daniel Muijs
Head of School
  • hos.ssesw@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 5929
Patricia Reilly
School Manager
  • patricia.reilly@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 3357
Dr Paul McCafferty
Director of Undergraduate Education
  • p.mccafferty@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 5988
Professor Sarah Miller
Director of Postgraduate Taught Studies
  • s.j.miller@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 5944
Professor Alison MacKenzie
Director of Postgraduate Research Studies
  • a.mackenzie@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 5930
Professor Karen Winter
Director of Research
  • k.winter@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 3917
Dr Gemma Carney
Director of Internationalisation
  • g.carney@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 3749
Professor Joanne Hughes
Head of Department (Education)
  • joanne.hughes@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 5934
Professor Davy Hayes
Head of Department (Social Work)
  • d.hayes@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 5971
Dr Teresa Degenhardt
SWAN Co-Champion
  • t.degenhardt@qub.ac.uk
Dr Julie Viebach
SWAN Co-Champion
  • j.viebach@qub.ac.uk
Johnny Glover
Postgraduate Taught Administrator
  • j.glover@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 5950
Victoria Nesbitt
Research Administrator
  • v.nesbitt@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 5989
  • sseswresearch@qub.ac.uk
Vacant
Undergraduate Administrator
  • +44 (0)28 9097 3803
  • sseswundergraduate@qub.ac.uk
Barbara Lynagh
External Relations Administrator
  • b.lynagh@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 3536
Michelle Devenny
Student Support Administrator
  • m.devenny@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 5955
Mike Naylor
IT Officer/Technician
  • m.naylor@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 90 97 5932

Key Academic Contacts

BSW Admissions and Recruitment Officer (Undergraduate) Professor Mandi MacDonald
Director of Practice Learning Professor Lorna Montgomery
Deputy Director of Practice Learning Dr Patricia Nicholl
Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) Pathway Programme Coordinator Dr Gerry Marshall
BSW PAP Coordinator Dr Patricia Nicholl
Global Mobility Co-ordinator Dr Ulrike M Vieten
BA/BSc/PG Tutor Co-ordinator Dr Cathal McManus
Open Learning Academic Leads Professor Katy Hayward
Dr Cathal McManus
NICILT Academic Lead Dr Ian Collen
Examination Liaison Officer (UG)  Professor Davy Hayes
Examination Liaison Officer (PG)  Dr Sirin Sung
Criminology Subject Lead Professor Michelle Butler
Social Policy Subject Lead Professor Dirk Schubotz
Sociology Subject Lead Professor John Nagle
Academic Staff Rep Dr Jonathan Heaney
SWAN co-Champion Dr Teresa Degenhardt
SWAN co-Champion Dr Julia Viebach
Racial Equality Champion Dr Sultan Turkan
REF Champion for UOA 20 (Social Work and Social Policy)  Professor Berni Kelly
REF Champion for UOA 23 (Education) Professor Dina Belluigi
School Impact Champion vacant
Sustainability Champion Dr Karen Kerr
STUDENT SUPPORT  
Student Voice Coordinator Professor Allen Thurston
Undergraduate Disability and Welfare Officer Dr Danielle McIlroy
Postgraduate Disability and Welfare Officer Dr Jenny Ferguson
International Students Tutor Dr Ulrike Vieten
Peer Mentoring Co-ordinator Dr Rin Ushiyama
Undergraduate Lead Personal Tutor Dr Cate McNamee
School Research Ethics Committee (Chair)  Dr Nichola Booth
School Research Ethics Committee (Vice-Chair)  vacant
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMME DIRECTORS  
Criminology  Dr Kevin Hearty
Education Studies Dr Leanne Henderson
Social Policy  Professor Dirk Schubotz
Social Work (3 year degree)  Dr Danielle McIlroy
Social Work (2 year degree) Dr Trisha Carlisle
Sociology  Dr Véronique Altglas
Quantitative Methods (exit route)  Professor Andrew Percy
POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMME DIRECTORS  
Academic Practice Dr Caitlin Donnelly
Applied Behaviour Analysis  Dr Devon Ramey
Autism Spectrum Disorders  Dr Nichola Booth
Children's Rights  Dr Siobhan McAlister
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Programmes  Dr Michael Duffy
Educational Leadership Dr Gavin Duffy 
Educational Studies  Dr Laura Dunne
Inclusion and Special Needs Education Professor Alison MacKenzie
Initial Teacher Education (PGCE) - Director Dr Ian Collen
Mental Health and Mental Capacity Law Professor Gavin Davidson
Palliative Care Professor Audrey Roulston
Social Science Research  vacant
Social Work for Children, Young People and Families Professor Lisa Bunting
Sociology and Global Inequality Professor Gladys Ganiel
Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders vacant
Systemic Practice and Family Therapy  Dr Suzanne Mooney 
Systemic Psychotherapy  Dr Jennifer McKinney
TESOL and Applied Linguistics Dr Sultan Turkan
Youth Justice Dr Siobhán McAlister
Dissertation Coordinator Dr Pamela Cowan
INITIAL TEACHER EDUCATION PATHWAY CONVENORS  
English Dr Jennifer Roberts
Computing, Digital Skills and Creative Enterprise Dr Pamela Cowan
Mathematics Dr Ian Collen
Modern Languages Dr Ian Collen
Religious Education Dr James Nelson
Science Dr Karen Kerr
Social Science Lesley Emerson

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 

Role  Name  Telephone
School Manager Mrs Patricia Reilly +44(0)2890973357
Student Support Administrator Michelle Devenny +44(0)2890975955
Digital Developer Jill Harrison +44(0)2890971475
Science Lab Technician Caroline Murray  
School Management Support Flora Delargy +44(0)2890975258
School Receptionist (based at 20 College Green)  Margaret Mullany +44(0)2890975941
IT Technician Mike Naylor +44(0)2890975932
Undergraduate Team    
Undergraduate Office sseswundergraduate@qub.ac.uk +44(0)2890975117
Undergraduate Exceptional Circumstances sseswugsecc@qub.ac.uk  
Undergraduate Administrator vacant +44(0)2890973803 
BSW Programme Officer and UG Events

Denzi-Lee McConnell
Caitlin O'Loan (maternity cover)

+44(0)2890975168
BA/BSc Programme Officer PuiLing Cheuk  
BA/BSc Programme Officer Deborah Myles +44(0)2890975197
UG Support vacant +44(0)2890972863 
Clerical Support - Disability Support Edward O'Hare +44(0)2890971873
Undergraduate Social Work Tutors    
Mary Anderson mary.anderson@qub.ac.uk  
Dervla Boylan d.boylan@qub.ac.uk  
Aoife Donnelly    
Laura Doyle laura.doyle@qub.ac.uk  
James Draper james.draper@qub.ac.uk  
Jillian Martin jillian.martin@qub.ac.uk  
Mary McColgan m.mccolgan@qub.ac.uk  
Orlaith McGibbon orlaith.mcgibbon@qub.ac.uk  
Lorraine Robinson l.robinson@qub.ac.uk  
Gretta Thompson    
Postgraduate Taught Team    
Postgraduate Taught Exceptional Circumstances sseswpgtsecc@qub.ac.uk  
Postgraduate Taught Administrator Johnny Glover +44(0)2890975950
ABA/ASD/Children's Rights and Youth Justice Programme Officer Laurence Magowan +44(0)2890975197
Initial Teacher Education (PGCE)/PCAP Ruth McKittrick +44(0)2890975928
SWK Post Qualifying Programme Officer, MRes Programme Officer vacant +44(0)2890971481
School Receptionist (based at 20 College Green) 

Margaret Mullany
ssesw@qub.ac.uk

+44(0)2890975941
Research Office    
Doctoral Research Office sseswresearch@qub.ac.uk  
Research Administrator  Victoria Nesbitt +44(0)2890975989
Doctoral Programme Officer vacant +44(0)2890975937
Doctoral Programme Support Officer Lara Sittlington +44(0)2890975961
Doctoral Support Sean Grieve +44(0)2890973041
External Relations Team    
External Relations Administrator Barbara Lynagh +44(0)2890973536
External Relations Officer Chris Whiteside +44(0)2890973729
PGCE Placements Officer Caroline O'Hare +44(0)2890973514
PGCE Admissions Officer Margaret Kennedy +44(0)2890975940
BSW Admissions and Placements Officer Carmel McCloy +44(0)2890975998
Open Learning Office    
Open Learning Office openlearning.education@qub.ac.uk  
Open Learning Support  Martina Carey +44(0)2890973539
Open Learning Support  Chris McWatters +44(0)2890973323
Finance Team    
Finance Officer  Claire Shannon +44(0)2890973808
Assistant Finance Officer Pauline Stanfield +44(0)2890975906
Finance Support Belinda Caldwell +44(0)2890975076

 

Contacts by Area

AreaEmail Address
SSESW International Student Supportsseswinternationalstudents@qub.ac.uk
Undergraduate Officesseswundergraduate@qub.ac.uk
Undergraduate Exceptional Circumstancesseswugsecc@qub.ac.uk
Social Work Admissionssseswsocialworkadmissions@qub.ac.uk
PGCE Admissionssseswpgceadmissions@qub.ac.uk
PGCE Placementssseswpgceplacements@qub.ac.uk
Postgraduate Taught Exceptional Circumstances sseswpgtsecc@qub.ac.uk
Doctoral / Postgraduate Research Officesseswresearch@qub.ac.uk
Ethics sseswethics@qub.ac.uk
Research Officesseswresearch@qub.ac.uk
Eventssseswevents@qub.ac.uk
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