About the Doctoral College team

The team is here to support researchers from PGR through to ECRs, providing personal and professional development opportunities to enhance your research and employability, in academia and beyond. We also support the administration of research degrees from pre-arrival to graduation.

Key contacts:

• Administration, regulations: doctoralcollege@le.ac.uk 
• Training and development: dcevents@le.ac.uk
• PGR recruitment and admissions (FSO): pgradmissions@le.ac.uk

Doctoral College leadership

Dean of the Doctoral College and Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research and Enterprise

• Professor Richard Thomas

Head of the Doctoral College

• Dr Alex Goddard

Researcher Development team

Researcher Development Manager

• Dr Duncan Stanley

Career Development Officer

• Martin Coffey

Events and Engagement Coordinator

• Allison Joseph

Research Degrees team

Research Degrees Manager

• Dr Jason Wickham

Research Degrees Advisors

• Rachel Godfrey
• Kim Mason
• Kirn Saini

Research Degrees Coordinators

• Ruth Adamson
• Jenny Hollis
• Allison Lee-Patel
• Anjula Mehra-Bhatia
• Kathryn Parker
• Anusha Patel
• Rashmi Patel
• Michelle Pryce
• Heather Smith
• Ryan Smith
• Jasbir Summan