Contact the team

 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 Priestley

Personal Assistant & Office Manager and UEB Administrator

Email: angela.priestley@sheffield.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 114 222 1215

Roles and responsibilities

• Personal Assistant to the University Secretary
• Office Manager to the University Secretary's Office including HR, e-Recruitment and Finance
• Departmental Health and Safety Officer
• Information Champion
• Administrative support for meetings of UEB (including UEB Away Days) and various other committees as required
• Maintenance and oversight of UEB business cycle
• Maintenance of USO, Governance and UEB web pages

 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

Magda Schulz

Data Protection Governance Officer

Email: m.k.schulz@sheffield.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 114 222 1058

Roles and responsibilities

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

Melanie Viphakone

Data Protection Governance Officer

Email: m.sinagra-viphakone@sheffield.ac.uk 

Telephone: +44 114 222 1208

Roles and responsibilities

 Governance

Emily Allan

Senior Governance Officer

Email: e.allan@sheffield.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 114 222 1201

Roles and responsibilities

• Council Finance Committee
• Investment Group
• Military Education Committee
• UEB Health and Safety Sub-Group
• UEB International Sub-Group
• UEB minutes

Stacey Callan

Governance Coordinator and Administrative Assistant

Email: s.l.callan@sheffield.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 114 222 1741

Roles and responsibilities

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

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 and Senate and various other committees as required
• Almanac of University Committees
• Annual Review of Committee Memberships
• 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

Roles and responsibilities

• Council Audit and Risk Assurance Committee
• Senate Academic Assurance Committee
• UEB IT Sub-Group
• UEB Student Recruitment and Population Sub-Group
• UEB minutes

Kate Sullivan

Senior Governance Officer

Email: kate.sullivan@sheffield.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 114 222 1202

Roles and responsibilities

• Council Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
• Senate
• UEB Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Sub-Group
• UEB Estates and Capital Sub-Group
• UEB minutes

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)
• Council
• Officers' Informal Group (OIG), 
• Council and Senate Nominations Committees, elections and appointment
• UEB Sub-Groups, Council Task and Finish/Working Groups
• Effectiveness Reviews
• Register of Interests/Conflicts of Interest
• Code of Ethics
• University's Regulatory and Compliance Framework 
• University Calendar
• Almanac of University Committees
• Governance guidance, briefings and training

 National Technician Development Centre 

Sara Bacon

National Technician Development Centre Manager

Email: s.bacon@sheffield.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 114 215 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

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 Survey Administrator (development & maintenance)
• Supporting external business development

Terry Croft

Founding Director of National Technician Development Centre

Email: t.croft@sheffield.ac.uk

Telephone: 

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

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

Sam Hansford

Operations and Engagement Manager

Email: s.e.hansford@sheffield.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 114 222 9773

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

Savannah Lawson

Marketing and Communications 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

Ollie Manton

Senior Research & Survey Officer

Email: o.manton@ntdc.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 114 225 7405

Roles and responsibilities

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

Caleb Wright

Deputy Director

Email: enquiries@ntdc.ac.uk

Telephone: 

Roles and responsibilities

• Providing support and expertise to the NTDC (in the area of Apprenticeships) as required
• Supporting the Centre Director
• Raising the profile of technicians and promoting Technician related activity