Our Team

Members of the Widening Participation team and their respective roles.

Working from home and the office

Our staff are working both from home and from the office.

You can contact us on wpteam@ed.ac.uk or contact individual members of the team via our emails as detailed below.

Our normal working hours are Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 5:00pm.

Our Team

WP Managers

NameRoleEmail
Laura CattellDeputy Director Student Recruitment & Admissions (UK Outreach and Widening Participation)laura.cattell@ed.ac.uk
Lesley StokesHead of Widening Participation Programmeslesley.stokes@ed.ac.uk
Kirstin HenryWidening Participation Manager kirstin.henry@ed.ac.uk
Pat ReidWidening Participation Managerpat.reid@ed.ac.uk
Dr Neil M SpeirsWidening Participation Managerneil.speirs@ed.ac.uk

WP Officers and Administrators

NameRoleEmail
Stef Blum-StevensonWidening Participation Officer (ACES)stef.blum@ed.ac.uk
Briony CowanWidening Participation Administratorbriony.cowan@ed.ac.uk
Tom DraperInto University Community Liaison Co-ordinatortom.draper@ed.ac.uk
Susan ForrestWidening Participation Officer (Summer Schools)susan.forrest@ed.ac.uk
Ryan HamiltonWidening Participation Officer (Access to the Professions)ryan.hamilton@ed.ac.uk
Jess HumeWidening Participation Officer (Student Life Cycle)jess.hume@ed.ac.uk
Lauren McKayProject Support Officer (AHDP)lauren.mckay@ed.ac.uk
Gabriele NegroWidening Participation Officergabriele.negro@ed.ac.uk
Jefferson ShirleyData and Monitoring Officerjefferson.shirley@ed.ac.uk

 

 

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