Administrative Staff

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Head of Administration and Finance – Sadie Slater

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Sadie leads the Faculty's administrative team and is responsible for the effective and efficient day-to-day non-academic management and administration of the Faculty. Working in close partnership with the Faculty Board Chair and other senior academic staff, Sadie plays a key role in the Faculty's strategic and operational planning, designing and implementing Faculty policies and procedures and ensuring that the Faculty meets divisional and University requirements.

Sadie is secretary to the Faculty Board and Planning, Personnel, and Resources Committee.

 

 


English Faculty Office

Chris Bayliss – Operations Manager

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Pronouns: she / her

Chris provides support to the Head of Administration and Finance and is secretary to the Operations Committee and Equality & Diversity Committee, and is involved in arranging many of the special lectures hosted by the Faculty. Chris is also responsible for oversight of HR, health and safety matters within the Faculty (including DSE assessments), management of the St Cross Building offices and rooms, co-ordination of IT support and purchases, and maintaining the faculty teaching registers. She is an LGBT+ Ally.

Michelle Walker - Office Manager

 

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Michelle provides support to the Operations Manager and manages the English Faculty Office Administrative Team. Shelley is responsible for organising Faculty events. She oversees the overall running of the office including administration of the faculty's Discretionary membership scheme and  Prizes. 

Hope Lukonyomoi – Administrative Assistant 

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Hope is responsible for providing general administrative support to the Faculty. In particular, she is responsible for updating and maintaining the English Faculty website, administering the Faculty's Prizes and the Discretionary Membership schemes.  Hope also assists in preparing and sending the weekly Newsletter and the What’s On event listing for English-related events taking place in Oxford.

 

 

 

 


Finance Team

Amy Barker – Finance Officer

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As Finance Officer, Amy is responsible for the smooth running of the Faculty’s day to day finances. This includes administering research grants, providing advice on matters relating to casual payroll, reviewing and approving Faculty allowance requests (under £500), assisting with academic conference set up and administration, and budget setting and forecasting.

 

 

Ruth McGuire – Finance Assistant

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Ruth is the Finance Assistant for the English Faculty and assists Amy Barker (Finance Office) with processing payments and expenses claims.

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Academic Administration

Zoë Hart – Education Manager

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Zoë is the Education Manager for the English Faculty, and works with the academic administration team to ensure the smooth operation of the Faculty’s activities, including admissions, undergraduate and graduate taught and research programmes, and undergraduate access and outreach work. Zoë is responsible for driving continuous improvement in education-related areas, and providing strategic advice and guidance to faculty and administrative colleagues. She is also secretary to the Teaching Committee.

Andy Davice – Academic Administrator

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Andy provides support to the Directors of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies and Admissions, and is Secretary to the English & Modern Languages Joint Schools Committee and the Graduate Joint Consultative Committe. He manages Graduate Admissions and FHS exams.  He is Disability & Welfare Coordinator for Graduate and Undergraduate students at the English Faculty, so please talk to Andy regarding any health or disability related concerns.

Emily Richards – Graduate Studies Officer (PGR)

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Emily is responsible for the on-course administration of the DPhil, including transfer and confirmation of status and the processing of all graduate forms such as suspension of status, extension of time and appointment of examiners. She responds to queries from current and prospective students.

Lis Allen – Academic Administration Officer

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Lis assists with all aspects of taught-course administration, including organising induction sessions, recording and confirming option choices and maintaining student records. She also acts as secretary to the undergraduate JCC and the Prelims Exam Board.

Nina Crisp – Academic Administration Officer

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Nina administers the MSt and MPhil courses, including admissions, essay submissions and responding to queries from current and prospective students.

Holly Bickerton - Academic Administration Officer

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Holly provides administrative support to the English Academic Office.

Kirstie Logan-Fowler - Timetabling and Teaching Support Assistant

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Kirstie is responsible for timetabling Faculty teaching, and for creating the termly Lecture List and Guide. She is a Local Canvas Coordinator and manages Panopto for the Faculty to ensure that the lectures are available, according to the Faculty Recording Policy, as well as administering the Maxwell and Meyerstein fund.

Tara Hathaway – Academic Administration Assistant

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Tara supports the FHS Chair and Academic Administrator in managing FHS exams, processing student assessments and responding to queries from current Finalists about exams. With the rest of the Academic Administration team, she also supports the Graduate Admissions process.

 

 

 

 


Communications, Outreach and Other Roles

Katy Terry – Communications Officer

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Katy looks after all communications activity at the Faculty, including maintaining and updating the English Faculty website, promoting public events, managing our social media channels, and overseeing internal communications. 

Kimberly Glassman – Outreach Co-ordinator

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Kim looks after the Faculty’s outreach activities, including organising school visits, coordinating open days, and managing a team of wonderful student ambassadors. Kim also runs the Faculty’s Twitter account (@EngFac-Outreach).

Research Support

Emilie Lavallee - Research Support Officer 

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Emiliel provides support and assistance to Faculty members and researchers. She provides advice about internal funding opportunities and offers support with funding applications. She is also secretary to the Research Committee.

Andrea Thomson – Research Facilitator, Humanities Division

Andrea provides support and assistance to Faculty members and researchers applying for research grants. She is available to provide advice on funding opportunities and offers support with applications.

IT Support

Andy Davies, Inter-Faculty Head of IT for Humanities Division

Jeremy Cook, IT Officer, English Faculty

 

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