Contacts

Who should I contact?

Contact Team – for applicant enquiries

The Contact Team is our dedicated enquiry team who manage all inbound communications from our pre-applicants, applicants and offer holders.

General enquiries from pre-applicants

Please forward general enquiries from pre-applicants to admissions@contacts.bham.ac.uk

General enquiries from applicants or offer holders

Please forward general enquiries from applicants or offer holders to ugadmissions@contacts.bham.ac.uk (UG Home students)
os-admissions@contacts.bham.ac.uk (UG Overseas students)
pgadmissions@contacts.bham.ac.uk (PG students)

Complex or College-specific queries Please contact your Admissions team via their dedicated College account

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Admissions Team – for your enquiries

The Admissions Team provides guidance to colleagues across the University. We can help you with day-to-day queries, advise on complex applications, and provide strategic guidance and advice on admissions policies. 

Day-to-day enquiries

Admissions Officers are your day-to-day contacts within the Admissions Team. They process applications from initial receipt to initial decision and to final acceptance where relevant. Admissions Officers work across the Office and can be involved in processing undergraduate or postgraduate applications for any area of the University depending on Office demands at any given time.

Complex applications or queries

Team Leaders are responsible for the line management and smooth running of the team, managing the workload of the Office in relation to target turnarounds while maintaining a high level of customer service. The team leader should be contacted in the case of complex applications or queries.

Strategic guidance and advice on admissions policies

Admissions Managers are responsible for overseeing all admissions activities for their specified college/s. In addition, they each have a lead role on primary office activities, such as policy and procedure, qualifications, quality and compliance, DBS and non-standard admissions routes. They should be contacted for strategic guidance and advice on admissions policies and for very complex application queries.

 

Admissions Team email addresses

Teams can be contacted using the addresses below. Please note that Admissions Team email addresses are for internal use only and should not be given out to applicants. Directing applicant enquiries to the Contact Team in the first instance enables Admissions Officers dedicate their time to processing applications.

College of Social Sciences (CoSS) and Liberal Arts and Sciences

Admissions Manager (excluding PG Business):
Melissa Thomas

Team Leaders:
Jane Hewins (Mon-Wed)
Keeley Turner (Wed-Fri)

Admissions Officers:
Valerie Ashford
Rita Chauhan
Sean Connolly
Steven Jackson
John Rowley
Julia Wood (Maternity Leave)
Abi Wyatt

socsciteamadmissions@contacts.bham.ac.uk

PG Birmingham Business School

Admissions Manager:
Holly Turner

Team Leader:
Debbie Heath

Admissions Officers:
Chiu Lin Chan
Christina Chan
Mark Close
Helen Downes
Baljit Kaur (Maternity Leave)
Mary Pillay
Natalie Wood

businessteam-admissions@contacts.bham.ac.uk

College of Arts and Law (CAL) 

Admissions Manager:
Holly Turner

Team Leader:
Hayley Kelsall

Admissions Officers:
Rachel Innes (Wed-Fri)
Suman Kattri
Emily Lovell
Fiona Oswald
Ruma Rehman (Mon-Thurs) 
Rosie Vass
Carl Watts

calteam-admissions@contacts.bham.ac.uk

College of Engineering and Physical Science (EPS)

Admissions Manager:
Gemma Chisnall

Team Leader:
Ian Whitehead

Admissions Officers:
Sarah Blakemore
Dupinder Chana
Carol Dangerfield
Katie Harper (Maternity Leave)
Paul Mines
Nadine Turner

epsteam-admissions@contacts.bham.ac.uk

College of Life and Environmental Sciences (LES)

Admissions Manager:
Alex Comis

Team Leader:
Cathy Mann

Admissions Officers:
Louise Allen
Jenny Al-Moghraby
Shanice Brown
Cleo Jones
Esther Levasseur
Jack Read
Richard Woodhouse

mdslesteam-admissions@contacts.bham.ac.uk

College of Medical and Dental Sciences (MDS)

Admissions Manager:
Alex Comis

Team Leader:
Cathy Mann

Admissions Officers:
Louise Allen
Jenny Al-Moghraby
Shanice Brown
Cleo Jones
Esther Levasseur
Jack Read
Richard Woodhouse

mdslesteam-admissions@contacts.bham.ac.uk

Non-Standard Applications Team

Admissions Manager:
Rachel Williams

Team Leader: 
Joanna Harrison (Mon-Wed)
Julie Roadknight (Wed-Thurs)

Admissions Officers: 
Alex Abrokwa
Alexia Chanda (Maternity Leave)
Gemma Foster
James Lawler
Lia Morris
Jessica Oliver (Maternity Leave)

nsteam-admissions@contacts.bham.ac.uk

Contact Team

Head of Contact Team:
Adam Meakin

Team Leader:
Daisy Collins

Enquiry Advisors/Assistants
Rea Begum
Kalina Ciok
Luke Cranston
Hannah Kozdoj
Natasha Pallen
Benjamin Wildsmith

admissions@contacts.bham.ac.uk

Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Team

Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Manager:
Alex Comis

Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Administrator:
Nahid Choudhry

Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Assistant Administrator:
Estella Nicholson-Allen (Tues-Thurs)

dbsteam-admissions@contacts.bham.ac.uk

Key people

Director of Admissions:
Nick Hull

Head of Undergraduate Admissions:
Joanna Labudek

Head of Postgraduate Admissions:
Natalie Taylor

Head of Admissions Operations:
Nic Ranford

Head of Contact Team:
Adam Meakin

 

 

 

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