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Transnational Education is split into five teams, each managed by a Teaching and Learning Manager. Scroll down to find out more about each team and the contact details for staff within them.

Sian Yeowell, Teaching and Learning Manager
Sian Yeowell, Teaching and Learning Manager

Academic Development

The Academic Development Team work closely with academic and professional colleagues across the University to project manage the process of developing a new online or blended course. We also liaise with colleagues in our International Centres and deliver other activities across the wider Education Development Team.

Academic Development Staff

NameJob TitleE-mail
Sian Yeowell Teaching and Learning Manager sian.yeowell@manchester.ac.uk
Stephen Cooke Teaching and Learning Officer (OBL Projects) stephen.cooke-2@manchester.ac.uk
Sarah Swithenbank Teaching and Learning Officer (OBL Projects) sarah.swithenbank@manchester.ac.uk
Pam Giblin, Teaching and Learning Manager
Pam Giblin, Teaching and Learning Manager

Course Delivery

The Course Delivery team provides support for admissions and students, co-ordinates workshops/conferences/masterclasses for blended programmes, and the on-going maintenance and design updates for course units. Each course has a dedicated Student Support Advisor who is the first point of contact for non-academic student enquiries.

Course Delivery Staff

NameJob TitleE-mail
Pam Giblin Teaching and Learning Manager pam.giblin@manchester.ac.uk
Jenny O'Mara Teaching and Learning Officer - Student Support j.o’mara@manchester.ac.uk
Omar Ali Teaching, Learning and Student Experience Coordinator omar.ali@manchester.ac.uk
Lauren Hodgson  Teaching, Learning and Student Experience Coordinator lauren.hodgson@manchester.ac.uk
Sophia Lewis-martyr Teaching, Learning and Student Experience Coordinator sophia@manchester.ac.uk
Irene Kapetanaki Teaching, Learning and Student Experience Coordinator irene.kapetanaki@manchester.ac.uk
Luke Smith Teaching, Learning and Student Experience Coordinator luke.smith-2@manchester.ac.uk
Gail Bradbury Teaching, Learning and Student Experience Administrator Gail.Bradbury@manchester.ac.uk
Ashley Murray-Green Teaching, Learning and Student Experience Administrator ashley.murray-green@manchester.ac.uk
Laura Langston Teaching, Learning and Student Experience Administrator laura.langston@manchester.ac.uk
Dominika Kotarbinska Teaching, Learning and Student Experience Assistant dominika.kotarbinska@manchester.ac.uk
Rachael Barlow Teaching, Learning and Student Experience Assistant rachael.barlow@manchester.ac.uk
Chris Wade eLearning Technologist chris.wade@manchester.ac.uk
Katie Fudge eLearning Support Officer katie.fudge@manchester.ac.uk
Martyn Green eLearning Support Officer martyn.green@manchester.ac.uk
Joanne Harvey eLearning Support Officer joanne.harvey@manchester.ac.uk
Ellen Nicholson eLearning Support Officer ellen.nicholson@manchester.ac.uk
Diane Bennett, Teaching and Learning Manager (DL)
Diane Bennett, Teaching and Learning Manager (DL)

Design and Development

The Design and Development team work in collaboration with academic teams to design and develop course units for online delivery. We work with colleagues to write the initial NPP, including reviewing ILOs and discussing ideas for authentic assessment, providing a framework for planning an overview of a course unit, and advising on production of content and activities.

Design and Development Staff

NameJob TitleE-mail
Diane Bennett Teaching and Learning Manager (DL) diane.bennett@manchester.ac.uk
Caroline Hughes Learning Technologist caroline.hughes@manchester.ac.uk
Lukasz Kaczmarek Learning Technologist (Distance Learn) lukasz.kaczmarek@manchester.ac.uk
Tamara Montrose Learning Technologist tamara.montrose@manchester.ac.uk
Nadine Morgan eLearning Technologist nadine.morgan@manchester.ac.uk
Rachel Powild Learning Technologist (Distance Learn) rachel.powild@manchester.ac.uk
Peter Trimbel Learning Technologist peter.trimbel@manchester.ac.uk
Stephen Wheeler eLearning Technologist stephen.wheeler@manchester.ac.uk
Emma-Lee Yarwood Learning Technologist (Distance Learn) emma-lee.yarwood@manchester.ac.uk
Grace Lowther eLearning Support Officer grace.lowther@manchester.ac.uk
Daniel Powell, Head of Finance
Daniel Powell, Head of Finance

Finance

The finance team is based in John Owens Building and they work closely with programme teams to provide financial support to all the Transnational Education courses. This includes all courses procured through our global centres in Dubai, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore.

Finance Staff

NameJob TitleE-mail
Daniel Powell Head of Finance daniel.powell-2@manchester.ac.uk
Sabahat (Sabs) Akhtar Finance Manager Sabahat.akhtar@manchester.ac.uk
Carmen Yuen Finance Officer Carmen.yuen@manchester.ac.uk
Lisa Donnelly, Marketing and Recruitment Manager
Lisa Donnelly, Marketing and Recruitment Manager

Marketing and Recruitment

The Marketing and Recruitment team work with market insight to support the development of courses. From marketing planning, building webpages, messaging, to developing the full suite of marketing assets, including digital adverts for Google and social media platforms, brochures, videos, PR and student and academic testimonials. Our Course Advisor team work with Programme Directors to host and promote webinars and other online events. We create dashboards to share prospective student data and behaviour, and provide analytics and statistics on a regular basis.

Marketing and Recruitment Staff

NameJob TitleE-mail
Lisa Donnelly Marketing and Recruitment Manager lisa.donnelly@manchester.ac.uk
Magda Lipka Marketing and Recruitment Officer magda.lipka@manchester.ac.uk
Daniel Bylo Marketing and Recruitment Officer dan.bylo@manchester.ac.uk
Lisa Meyer Marketing and Recruitment Officer lisa.meyer@manchester.ac.uk
Nadya Suleiman Marketing and Recruitment Officer nadya.suleiman@manchester.ac.uk
Victoria Cochrane Digital Marketing Officer victoria.cochrane@manchester.ac.uk
James Wood Course Advisor - student recruitment james.wood-2@manchester.ac.uk
Phoebe Sergeant Course Advisor - student recruitment phoebe.sergeant@manchester.ac.uk
Xavier Lavry Course Advisor - student recruitment xavier.lavry@manchester.ac.uk
Hazel Craven Course Advisor - student recruitment (mat leave) hazel.craven@manchester.ac.uk
Rebecca Evans Course Advisor - student recruitment (mat cover) rebecca.evans-2@manchester.ac.uk
Eve McIntyre Content Assistant eve.mcintyre@manchester.ac.uk
Thomas Holmes Content Assistant  

If you are unsure who to contact, please email educationdevelopment@manchester.ac.uk and your query will be directed appropriately.