Meet the team

Our dedicated Student Recruitment and Widening Access team are on hand to assist you and your students as they transition into Higher Education. You can contact any member of the team by emailing them at schools@le.ac.uk.

Dan Flatt

Job title: Head of UK Student Recruitment and Widening Access.

Jurisdiction: I manage our UK Recruitment and Widening Access team and lead on strategies to meet recruitment targets and access and participation benchmarks.

Likes: Football, baking bread, travelling, BBQ, languages, photography, gin, days out with my family.

Dislikes: Milk, the song 'Proud Mary', mowing the lawn.

Hannah Henry-Wake

Job title: Student Recruitment Manager.

Jurisdiction: I manage the UK Student Recruitment Officers supporting Post-16 students and their influencers across the UK exploring Higher Education and help steer the University's undergraduate recruitment strategy.

Likes: Travelling, reading, chocolate orange, independent coffee shops and TK Maxx.

Dislikes: Baked beans, mashed potato and wearing coats (I'm Northern).

Sarah Kasher

Job title: Widening Access Manager.

Jurisdiction: I manage the Widening Access team and ensure all projects support underrepresented students progressing to higher education.

Likes: Yorkshire tea, chocolate and reading a new book.

Dislikes: Polystyrene and Brussels sprouts. 

Abqurah Al-Haddad

Job title: Widening Access Officer.

Jurisdiction: I work in the Widening Access team, leading on the delivery of our Post-16 progression programmes. These are AccessLeicester, Pathways to Medicine, Pathways to Banking and Finance and Realising Opportunities.

Likes: Reading, chocolate and ice cream all your round!

Dislikes: Mint flavoured chocolate, coconut, being late (it really stresses me out!).

Abi Colebrook

Job title: Student Recruitment Officer (East Midlands, West Midlands and the North).

Jurisdiction: I work within the UK Student Recruitment team managing the recruitment strategy of undergraduate students. My role focuses on relationship management with teachers and advisors and the delivery of HE IAG to schools.

Likes: Reading, karaoke, Vinted, cooking, travelling, stand-up comedy, playing netball, pistachio nuts, craft markets and independent coffee shops.

Dislikes: The initial coldness after a shower, middle lane hoggers, boiled foods (you can't convince me anything ever tasted good boiled).

Amy Flanagan (formerly Zala)

Job title: Widening Access Officer.

Jurisdiction: I work in the Widening Access Team delivering on campus events for pre-16 students. I also lead on all of our parent and carer engagement work which involves both in person and online events.

Likes: Dancing to music (mostly disco please don't judge!), eating homemade kimchi, crafting and spending time with my basset hound!

Dislikes: Being stuck in traffic, especially when there's no car sweets left.

Anna Gilbert

Job title: Student Recruitment Officer (South Midlands).

Jurisdiction: I work within the UK Student Recruitment team managing the recruitment strategy of undergraduate students within the counties of Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. My role focuses on relationship management with teachers and advisors and the delivery of HE IAG to schools across the region.

Likes: Tipping point, catfish, spending time with my puppy and mindfulness.

Dislikes: Birds, pork chops, the Game of Thrones ending.

Joe Glover

Job title: Widening Access Officer.

Jurisdiction: I work on the University's national pre-16 outreach initiatives, working alongside the team and stakeholders to implement activities and widen access to university.

Likes: Watching sport, live theatre, live music, travelling, running, chocolate orange and pizza (sometimes both at the same time).

Dislikes: Mint flavoured chocolate, rats, and tomato ketchup.

Isobelle Greenhill

Job title: Student Recruitment Officer (East Midlands, West Midlands and the North).

Jurisdiction: I work within the UK Student Recruitment team managing the recruitment strategy of undergraduate students within East and West Midlands. My role focuses on relationship management with teachers and advisors and the delivery of HE IAG to schools across the region.

Likes: New books, long countryside walks and car karaoke.

Dislikes: Rush hour traffic and chocolate orange.

Nicola Lumb

Job title: Widening Access Officer.

Jurisdiction: I work in the Widening Access team delivering on campus events for post-16 students. I also lead on all of our medicine outreach work, running lots of events both in person and online.

Likes: Watching my children play sports, being warm and travelling.

Dislikes: Peas, 'Sunday drivers', the insurance industry!

Tom Maude

Job title: Student Recruitment Officer (London and South East).

Jurisdiction: I work within the UK Student Recruitment team managing the recruitment strategy of undergraduate students within London and the South East. My role focuses on relationship management with teachers and advisors and the delivery of HE IAG to schools across the region.

Likes: Playing Ultimate Frisbee, any racket sport, going to watch live music and hiking in the hills.

Dislikes: Celery, cucumber and getting a flat tire on my bike when I'm a long way from home.

Fran Nicol

Job title: Widening Access Officer.

Jurisdiction: I work on the University's widening access initiatives, working alongside the team and stakeholders to implement activities and widen access to university through IAG and project work. I also manage our sustained programme ‘FuturePlus’ working with select students across Year 10 exploring educational and career pathways.

Likes: Houmous, walks with a good view, live music and reading.

Dislikes: The dark, pickled onions and spiders.

Kierun Patel

Job title: Widening Access Officer.

Jurisdiction: I work on the University's national pre-16 outreach initiatives, working alongside the team and stakeholders to implement activities and widen access to university. I also lead the universities widening access initiatives with local primary schools.

Likes: Climbing, Leicester City, festivals, travelling, PC games and table top games!

Dislikes: Silence, waking up early, and the cold (I'm always cold).

Ryan Scannell

Job title: Student Recruitment and Widening Access Support Coordinator (Student Recruitment).

Jurisdiction: I support the Student Recruitment team, looking after the Schools@ inbox and all other logistical matters which support the team with delivery.

Likes: Leicester City, PS5, live comedy, food (curry!), chocolate, wrestling, paranormal, karaoke, exploring new places and walks.

Dislikes: Nothing really - Leicester losing on a Saturday.