PEOPLE – Operations

Rachel is the Centre’s Critical Friend Her role is to support the creation of an engaged research culture, in which people who have first-hand experience of the issues or difficulties are at the heart of all the Centre’s research activities.  

Biography I am new to the centre, having just joined in August 2022. I am an experienced PA/Administrator with experience in HE, primary and secondary education, as well as the creative industries. I have a BA Hons in English Literature and a qualification in teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). My first job […]

I support researchers at the centre to plan, develop and evaluate engaged research and public engagement. I work closely with Dr Pat Pinkowska and together we offer a range of support services to academics working to develop their engaged work, including peer learning, event planning, help with funding, and community engagement. If you are interested […]

Pat supports researchers at the Centre to plan, develop, and evaluate engaged research and public engagement. She works closely with Dr Lewis Winks and together they offer a range of support services to academics working to develop their engaged work, including peer learning, event planning, help with funding, and community engagement. Over the last ten […]

Biography I have worked at the University since 2013 in a number of roles. I am currently working with three research projects on a part time, fixed term basis, providing support to the teams. Camping, handicrafts and spending time with family fill the rest of my time. Highlights of her work to date Highlights would […]

I am the Project Coordinator for the Wellcome Trust-funded project, Shame and Medicine, which is a collaboration with Professor Luna Dolezal (Exeter), Dr Matthew Gibson (Birmingham) and Dr Barry Lyons (Trinity College Dublin).  I also work on the Scenes of Shame and Stigma in COVID-19 AHRC funded project. I graduated from the University of Leeds […]

I am the Centre Manager, responsible for facilitating the delivery of the Centre’s strategic plans, in liaison with the Centre’s senior management team and the College of Humanities. I am a strong advocate for collaborative working, and have spent the last two decades facilitating cross-pollination of ideas in both my professional work in Higher Education, […]

I provide finance, administrative, logistical, and communications support to the professors, PhD students and postdoctoral research fellows who use the Centre, and for academic and community partners on our Beacon projects.

Biography My academic background is in the Humanities – I have a BA (Hons) in English Studies, and an MA in Eighteenth Century Studies (my first introduction to interdisciplinary research, when I combined literature, gender studies and history!). I graduated from the latter in 2010, and have worked in universities ever since. Initially, I worked […]