Contact the teams

 University Secretary's Office

Jeannette Strachan

University Secretary

Email: university.secretary@sheffield.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 114 222 1211

Roles and responsibilities

• Advise and support the Chair of Council and the President and Vice-Chancellor
• Secretary to the Council and Senate
• Advise and support Council, Senate, the University Executive and their respective committees
• Maintain and review the University's regulatory framework and governing instruments
• Ensure compliance with the OfS public interest governance principles and CUC Code of Governance
• Co-ordinate the provision of Legal Services
• Co-ordinate communications to and from the Office for Students as the principal regulator
• Support the Ethics and Risk management frameworks
• Ensure Information Governance and compliance with data protection (GDPR) and freedom of information requirements
• Enable the use of KPIs and benchmarking by Council for report and accountability
• External policy horizon scanning, engagement and analysis
• Co-ordinate institutional responses to sector consultations
• Key link with external sector bodies and agencies

Angela Davison

Executive Assistant to the University Secretary

Email: angela.davison@sheffield.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 114 222 1215

• Executive Assistant to the University Secretary

 Data Protection and Legal Services

Bethan Cook

Data Protection Assistant

Email: bethan.cook@sheffield.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 114 222 1715

Roles and responsibilities

• Support with Freedom of Information requests, erasure requests, and Subject Access Requests

• Maintain log of data protection breaches

• First point of contact for the data protection team

• General administrator and web editor for the data protection team

Rob Jackson

Data Protection Governance Officer

Email: r.jackson@sheffield.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 114 222 1058

Roles and responsibilities

• Provide guidance, advice, and training relating to Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs)

• Seeking and evaluating DPIAs and data sharing agreements

• Working with other areas of the University, in particular cyber-security, in undertaking due diligence of processes, operations, and technology products to ensure compliance

• Provide training, advice, and guidance on data protection matters

Elspeth Summerfield

Assistant Data Protection Officer

Email: e.summerfield@sheffield.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 114 222 1208

Roles and responsibilities

• Assisting with the compliance of the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018
• Processing Subject Access Requests and Freedom of Information Requests
• Advice, guidance and training on GDPR, DPA and FOI
• Working alongside University Information Champions

Luke Thompson

Head of Data Protection & Legal Services

Email: luke.thompson@sheffield.ac.uk

Telephone:  +44 114 222 1117

Roles and responsibilities

• University Data Protection Officer
• Advice and guidance on interpretation and implementation of the Data Protection Act and the General Data Protection Regulation
• University compliance with the DP Act and GDPR
• Training on Data Protection and Confidentiality
• Compliance with the Freedom of Information Act, including responding to FOI requests on behalf of the University

 Governance

Matthew Borland

Senior Governance & Policy Officer

Email: m.borland@sheffield.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 114 222 1201

Roles and responsibilities

• Senate
• Senate Budget Committee
• UEB Council Newsletter Strategic Advisory Group - Student Numbers and Fees
• Strategic Advisory Group - Student Numbers and Fees
• Keeping abreast of policy developments affecting higher education and producing the weekly Policy Briefing
• Drafting briefings, reports, bids and consultation documents in response to emerging Government policy
• Investigating national HE policy proposals, international developments and strategic projects to assess impacts on the University and wider HE context

Kathryn Clements

Senior Governance Coordinator

Email: kathryn.clements@sheffield.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 114 222 1716

Roles and responsibilities

• Administrative support for meetings of Council, Senate UEB (including UEB Away Days) and various other committees as required
• Almanac of University Committees
• Annual Review of Committee Memberships
• Maintenance and oversight of UEB business cycle spreadsheet
• Maintenance of Governance and UEB web pages
• Senate Nominations Committee
• University Calendar

Edward Smith

Senior Governance Officer

Email: e.p.m.smith@sheffield.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 114 222 1206

Roles and responsibilities

• Central governance committees
• UEB minutes
• UEB sub-groups

Vacancy

Governance Coordinator and Administrative Assistant

Email: 

Telephone:

Roles and responsibilities

• Administrative support for meetings
• Almanac of University Committees
• Annual Review of Committee Memberships
• Maintenance of Governance and UEB web pages
• Minute Books

Kate Sullivan

Senior Governance Officer

Email: kate.sullivan@sheffield.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 114 222 1202

• Central governance committees
• UEB minutes
• UEB sub-groups

David Swinn

Head of Governance

Email: d.swinn@sheffield.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 114 222 1213

Roles and responsibilities

• Leading the Governance Team
• UEB Secretary (including support to and forward planning of UEB business and agendas with the VC and DVC)
• Officers' Informal Group (OIG), Council and Council Nominations Committee
• Audit Committee
• Finance Committee Minutes
• Code of Ethics
• University's Regulatory Framework (Charter, Statutes, Regulations, etc)
• University Calendar
• Almanac of University Committees
• Producing Governance and Policy briefings or presentations to inform bids, policy proposals and consultation responses
• Co-ordinating provision of Legal Services and advice

 National Technician Development Centre 

Sara Bacon

National Technician Development Centre Manager

Email: s.bacon@sheffield.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 114 225 7407

Roles and responsibilities

• Manager of the NTDC Team
• Developing new funding streams and services related to HE Technician Development & Modernisation activities
• Working directly with HEIs to enable staff and service development through the application of the NTDC toolkit
• Support HEIs to achieve the Science Council’s Technician Commitment
• Raising the profile of technicians and promoting Technician related activity

Sarah Baggley

Operations and Engagement Manager

Email: s.baggley@sheffield.ac.uk 

Telephone: 

Roles and responsibilities

• Operational Management of HEaTED 
• Lead on Business Development and Engagement activities
• Plan, implement and support the facilitation of CPD and Networking activities

Jared Carnie

Operations Manager / Skills Audit Officer

Email: j.carnie@sheffield.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 114 222 9641

Roles and responsibilities

• Managing delivery of business services for the NTDC Team
• Technician Audit Administrator (development & maintenance)
• Supporting external business development

Terry Croft

Founding Director of National Technician Development Centre

Email: t.croft@sheffield.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 114 222 9770

Roles and responsibilities

• Key link to HEIs, sector bodies and related organisations for the National Centre and project implementation
• External consultant for technical staff planning and organisation
• Chair: HE Trailblazer Technician Standards Working Group

Jake Green

Survey Officer

Email: jake.green@sheffield.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 114 225 7405

Roles and responsibilities

• Delivering the NTDC Audit
• Carrying out surveys and data analysis
• Supporting Operations Manager

Harriet Grant

Centre Administrator

Email: harriet.grant@sheffield.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 114 222 9773

Roles and responsibilities

• Co-ordinating NTDC Office activities
• Co-ordinating HEaTED office and customer service activities
• Support to team leader

Savannah Lawson

Marketing, Communications and Administration Officer

Email: s.i.lawson@sheffield.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 114 222 9670

Roles and responsibilities

• Organising NTDC and HEaTED workshops and events such as conferences, training sessions and similar
• Developing marketing activities, promotional materials, including NTDC and HEaTED site and social media
• Assisting co-ordination of central office systems

Mel Leitch

Director of National Technician Development Centre

Email: mel.leitch@sheffield.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 114 225 7406

Roles and responsibilities

• Working directly with HEIs to enable staff and service development through the application of the NTDC toolkit
• Raising the profile of technicians and promoting Technician related activity
• Overseeing Centre workstreams

Ollie Manton

Survey Officer

Email: o.manton@ntdc.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 114 225 7405

Roles and responsibilities

• Delivering the NTDC Audit
• Carrying out surveys and data analysis
• Supporting Operations Manager

Chris Turgoose

Specialist Advisor

Email: c.turgoose@sheffield.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 114 222 9161

Roles and responsibilities

• Providing support and expertise to the NTDC (in particular with regards to Apprenticeships) as required

Caleb Wright

Deputy Director

Email: enquiries@ntdc.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 114 22 57408

• Supporting the Centre Director
• Working directly with HEIs to enable staff and service development through the application of the NTDC toolkit
• Raising the profile of technicians and promoting Technician related activity
• Overseeing Centre workstream