Meet the Team
Meet the team behind careers events, workshops, drop-ins, and helping students to progress in their career.
Sarah Fox
Director of Employability
Sarah leads the delivery of the institution's employability framework to enhance our students' employability, university experience, and graduate outcomes.Areas of experience and expertise include the design, delivery and assessment of career, employability and work related learning, online teaching, employer engagement, faculty liaison, and event management.s.fox@lancaster.ac.uk01524 594190
Careers Information & Advice
Diane Richardson
Careers Information & Quality Manager
Nadiyah Rahman
Careers & Employment Assistant (Placement Student)
n.rahman@lancaster.ac.uk01524 592767
Sue Edwards
Student Opportunities & Skills Developer (Widening Participation)
s.edwards9@lancaster.ac.uk01524 510423
Dr Helen Waite
Careers & Employment Adviser
Helen delivers career information and advice within drop-in sessions, appointments, and also delivera a range of career workshops.
A graduate of Lancaster University Management School in BA Management and Organisation (HR) and MSc in Human Resource and Knowledge Management, Helen completed her PhD which gathered and analysed a range of career stories to understand how and why change is experienced across the course of an individual's career.
h.waite1@lancaster.ac.uk01524 593976
Careers Education, Advice & Guidance
Kat Price Edwards
Head of Faculty Engagement & Curriculum Development
k.priceedwards@lancaster.ac.uk01524 593269
Heather Tomlinson
Careers Consultant
FHM Careers Faculty Partner
Offers careers guidance to students, graduates and staff, working with the following departments in order to develop and deliver bespoke careers and employability content: DeLC, Psychology, Law, Criminology, Sport and Exercise Science, and Chemistry.
h.tomlinson@lancaster.ac.uk01524 592483
Elaine Davies
Careers Consultant
FASS Faculty PartnerCareers consultant for Educational Research, English & Creative Writing, LICA, Health Research, and Engineering. elaine.davies@lancaster.ac.uk01524 592482
Jo Hobbs
Careers & Placements Consultant
Jo oversees the University’s placement year programme for FASS, FST and FHM.
Jo is also Careers Consultant for History, Sociology, Media & Cultural Studies, and Social Work.
j.hobbs@lancaster.ac.uk+44 (0)1524 593490
Amanda Potts
Careers Consultant, Medical School
Medical students can book a one-to-one directly with Amanda to discuss any careers-related aspect from exploring specialties, medical CVs, intercalation options, applying for electives, career progression after medical school or careers outside of medicine.
a.potts2@lancaster.ac.uk01524 510423
Nicola Allan
Placements Officer
Nicky provides 1:1 support for placement students across FAS, FST and FHM. Nicky also leads on employer liaison with placement providers. n.allan@lancaster.ac.uk01524 594997
Kate Wenham
Administrative Assistant (Placements)
Kate supports the Placements Team within Careers, helping students find their placement year role and providing assistance where required.
Employer Engagement
Tara McLaughlin
Head of Employer Engagement
Leading on the Graduate Employer Engagement Strategy at Lancaster UniversityTara's aim is to develop strong and mutually beneficial relationships between the University, our high performing students and graduates at Lancaster University and recruiting companies, and charities who require graduate talent. t.mclaughlin@lancaster.ac.uk01524 593065
Nuala Lewis
Employer Engagement Manager
Nuala works with top graduate employers to find out more about their graduate, placement and internship roles, and promotes these to students through employer events and in-curriculum activity.nuala.lewis@lancaster.ac.uk01524 510750
Angela Bywater
Employer Liaison & Events Officer
Angela works closely with companies in The Times Top 100 & Guardian 300, maintaining and establishing new connections as well as a selection of local non-corporate graduate employers.
Angela manages the Careers Fair, the Law Fair, and other employer events throughout the year, and supports the STEM, Management School and Placement Fairs on campus.
a.bywater@lancaster.ac.uk01524 592485
Claire Lawrenson
Career Mentoring Officer
Claire is responsible for running the Lancaster Career Mentoring Programme, which aims to match students with someone in a career/industry sector that interests them for the future.c.lawrenson@lancaster.ac.uk 01524 592741
Employment & Recruitment Service
Shayna Mardenborough
Recruitment Administrator (Placement Student)
s.mardenborough@lancaster.ac.uk01524 510844
Unite + Project Team
Angela Hamilton
ERDF Project Manager
Angela manages thef UNITE Plus Team, which supports subsidised internships for SMEs located in Lancashire.
Our 140hr internships enable Lancaster Students and first year graduates the opportunity to provide dedicated business support for the company and gain valuable work experience.
a.hamilton2@lancaster.ac.uk01524 594321
Kim Flattery
ERDF Business and Placements Adviser
Kim is responsible for the management of SME business development in Lancashire, helping to identify the needs of the business and the skills of our students to provide dedicated business support for the company and valuable work experience for our students and graduates.
k.flattery@lancaster.ac.uk01524 592752
Faculty Careers Staff
If you wish to contact staff dealing with careers and placements in the faculties, please follow the links to their website below: