People

Student Queries

The Professional Services team can be contacted on sociology@lancaster.ac.uk with any student related queries. This includes specific queries relating to teaching, assessments, exams and any other help you might require beyond specific academic support.

Head of Department

Chris Grover

Professor Chris Grover

Professor in Social Policy, Head of Department

Centre for Alternatives to Social and Economic Inequalities, Centre for Child and Family Justice Research, Centre for Crime, Law and Justice

Departmental Officer

Laura Collinson

Laura Collinson

Departmental Officer, Funding Manager

Teaching Office

Jane Grenville

Jane Grenville

Student Programmes Officer

B083, B - Floor, Bowland North
Catherine Hotchkiss

Catherine Hotchkiss

Teaching Coordinator, Administrative Assistant

Sarah Woodcock

Sarah Woodcock

Teaching Coordinator

Social Work - Practice Learning

Catherine Hotchkiss

Catherine Hotchkiss

Teaching Coordinator, Administrative Assistant

Nicola Stevens

Nicola Stevens

Senior Teaching Associate in Social Work: Practice Learning Facilitator

Sarah Collins

Sarah Collins

Senior Teaching Associate in Social Work: Practice Learning Facilitator

Research Administrators

Administrators who support research activity in the department or specific research projects. 

Harriet Phipps

Harriet Phipps

PhD student

Centre for Gender Studies

Shelley Watson

Shelley Watson

Prob_AI Hub Administrator

B63, B - Floor, Fylde College
Saadia Shah

Saadia Shah

Collaborative Training Partnership Administrator, Project Administrator