ASTUTE - Key Persons


Alice Sockett

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director - Development & Alumni Relations

Bill Saunders

Job Titles:
  • Development Services Manager

Ceri Penhale

Job Titles:
  • Swansea University in 2010 As a Quality Administrator
Ceri joined Swansea University in 2010 as a Quality Administrator and in 2015 moved into her current role of Regulations, Quality and Standards Manager. Ceri has management responsibility for the Academic Quality Services team, and responsibility for developing the University's quality assurance and enhancement processes, academic regulations and policies. Ceri also ensures that the University's academic portfolio meets the higher education standards as set out by the Quality Assurance Agency.

Chris Wolfe

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer ( Design and Technology ) in Initial Teacher Education

Dai Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer in Education

Debbie Dalling

Job Titles:
  • Tutor in Early Childhood Studies

Delyth Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Corporate Events and Engagement Manager

Dr Alex Southern

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer in Education

Dr Angella Cooze

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer in Education

Dr Ceryn Evans

Job Titles:
  • Programme Director, Education ( BA / BSc ) Hons and Joint Hons Programmes

Dr Emily Lowthian

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer in Education

Dr Emily Marchant

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer in Education

Dr Francesco Del Giudice

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scientific Committee

Dr Gisselle Tur Porres

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies, Education

Dr Helen Lewis

Job Titles:
  • School Education Lead & Programme Director for PGCE Primary

Dr Jacky Tyrie

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer in Education

Dr Lowri Williams

Job Titles:
  • Initial Teacher Education Welsh Language Provision Co - Ordinator

Dr Michelle Brinn

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer in the Early Childhood Studies and Education

Dr Peter King

Job Titles:
  • Programme Director for MA Developmental and Therapeutic Play

Dr Russell Grigg

Job Titles:
  • Centre for Research into Practice Lead and Director of Initial Teacher Education

Dylan Williams

Job Titles:
  • Development Officer ( Leadership Giving )

Edward David

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Emma Spacey

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer ( Science ) in Initial Teacher Education

Gerard Kennedy

Job Titles:
  • Development and Alumni Relations Manager

Kathy Chamberlain

Job Titles:
  • Senior Development Officer ( Donor Experience )

Laura Evans

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer ( Modern Languages ) in Initial Teacher Education

Mr Goi Ashmore

Job Titles:
  • Pro - Chancellor and Chair of Council

Mr Richard Leonard-Davies

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer, Law
  • Student Engagement Lead

Mrs Rhian Jones

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer, Law

Mrs Trilby James

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer, Law

Ms Michaela Leyshon

Job Titles:
  • Admissions Tutor
  • Professional Legal Courses / Solicitors Qualifying Exam ( SQE ) Preparation / Professional Support
  • Senior Lecturer, Law

Niamh Lamond - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Registrar
The Registrar is the head of the University's professional, administrative and support services including HR, Estates, Digital and Marketing. She is also responsible for the governance of the University.

Nicola Williams

Job Titles:
  • Corporate Events and Engagement Assistant

Pete Lloyd

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer ( Physics ) in Initial Teacher Education

Phil Maull

Job Titles:
  • Head of Academic Quality Services
Phil leads the Academic Quality Services team ensuring target delivery, impact, and alignment to the University's strategic plan. Phil is promoting a flexible, engagement and wellbeing-led approach to work, founded in positive relationship building and mutual support. Phil overseas quality assurance and enhancement activities for the University. These include Programme Design, Approval and Review, External Engagement (External Examining, national and international collaboration), Regulations, Policy, Publications and Student Feedback (data collection, analysis and implementation of change). Phil is a member of key University Quality Assurance Committees and Boards including: University Education Committee Regulations, Quality and Standards Committee Collaborative Partnerships Board

Prof Anne Juel

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scientific Committee

Prof Antonio Gil

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scientific Committee

Prof Hamed Haddad-Khodaparast

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scientific Committee

Prof Luca Magri

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scientific Committee

Prof Matthew Juniper

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scientific Committee

Prof Oubay Hassan

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Scientific Committee

Prof Panagiota Angeli

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scientific Committee

Prof Peter Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scientific Committee

Prof Rob Poole

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scientific Committee

Prof Ruben Sevilla

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scientific Committee

Prof Shuisheng He

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scientific Committee

Prof Spencer Sherwin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scientific Committee

Prof. Harshinie Karunarathna

Job Titles:
  • Personal Chair
Prof. Harshinie Karunarathna is a personal chair in coastal engineering and is a specialist in computational modelling of coastal hydro-morphodynamics.

Rachel Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Head of Development & Engagement

Rhian Walters

Job Titles:
  • Development Manager ( Major Gifts )

Rhiannon Pugsley

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer ( Welsh ) in Initial Teacher Education

Samantha Summerill

Job Titles:
  • Alumni Officer ( Graduate Outcomes )

Sarah Jones - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
Sarah Jones is the Chief Financial Officer with responsibility for providing strategic financial leadership, expert advice and guidance on all financial matters across the University's operational services, as well as extensive input into the strategic decisions regarding investment.

Shannon Black

Job Titles:
  • Alumni Relations Officer

Sian Jones

Job Titles:
  • Events and Engagement Officer

Sir Roderick Evans

Job Titles:
  • Pro - Chancellor

Siôn Owen

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer ( Primary ) in Initial Teacher Education

Sophie Leslie

Job Titles:
  • Regulations, Quality and Standards Manager ( Secondment )
Sophie oversees all central student feedback channels including but not limited to the Big Swansea Surveys, Module Feedback and Unitu. Her work focuses on enhancing student experience, student engagement and student partnership. Her work is informed by previous research that has focused on students as partners, online learning communities and peer learning, and the development of staff attributes and their importance within the student experience. Sophie is a Senior Fellow of the HEA. Sophie is currently seconded to the Regulations, Quality and Standards Manager role, and is responsible for development, implementation and ongoing operational management of all aspects of quality assurance and enhancement. She works on ensuring that appropriate external expectations and standards are maintained across the University.

Stuart Swan

Job Titles:
  • Senior Development Manager
  • Fundraising

Tavi Murray

Job Titles:
  • Professor
Professor Tavi Murray, Professor of Glaciology, was awarded a CBE in the New Year's Honours list 2022 for services to Glaciology and Climate Change Research.

Yulia Serbinovich

Job Titles:
  • Relations Officer