People and groups

The central Education and Student Experience team

Emma McCoy

Professor Emma McCoy – Pro-Vice Chancellor, Education

Email: e.mccoy@lse.ac.uk

Emma leads and directs work on Education and Student Experience at the School, including the strategic change work. 

 

Thomas Watson

Thomas Watson – Head of Strategy and Portfolio Management, Education and Student Experience

Email: t.watson@lse.ac.uk

Working with the VP Education, Thomas has day-to-day responsibility for the development and delivery of LSE’s Education and Student Experience Strategy, and manages the School's strategic change work in this space.

 

priyanka sq

Priyanka Kumar – Strategy and Portfolio Support Officer, Education and Student Experience

Email: p.kumar17@lse.ac.uk Priyanka supports Thomas in managing the School's strategic educational change work, with a focus on governance and the Student Communities, Inclusion and Wellbeing (SCIW) board (see below for membership).

 

Justina Gapper – Change Communications Lead, Education and Student Experience

Email: j.gapper@lse.ac.uk

Justina leads on communicating the Education and Student Experience Strategy to the wider School community.

 

Key groups and meetings

Education and Student Experience (ESE) Steering Group: twice termly portfolio governance meetings to oversee the work of the portfolio. 

Meeting dates: 

Autumn Term: 

  • 16 September
  • 19 November

Group members:

Professor Emma McCoy, Chair - Pro-Vice Chancellor, Education

Professor Sarah Ashwin - Head of Department, Management

Alice Beneyto, Secretary - EA to PVC Education

Grace Brockhus - LSESU Acting Chief Executive

Sam Colegate - Department Manager, Geography and Environment

Dr Claire Gordon - Director, LSE Eden Centre for Education Enhancement 

Professor Veerle Heyvaert - Deputy Head of School, Law School

Professor Mark Hoffman - Associate Vice-President (Education)

Louisa Lawrence - Department Manager, Sociology

Tito Molokwu - LSESU General Secretary 

Dr Claudine Provencher - Director, Student Learning and Personal Development and Head, LSE LIFE

Mark Thomson - Academic Registrar

Professor Patrick Wallis - Head of Department, Economic History

Thomas Watson - Head of Strategy and Portfolio Management, Education and Student Experience

Imogen Withers - Director of Communications

Attending: Priyanka Kumar - Strategy and Portfolio Support Officer, Education and Student Experience

Evaluation and Analysis Team (EAT): monthly meetings

Meeting dates: 

12pm Monday 13 January

2pm Thursday 13 February

12pm Monday 10 March

12pm Monday 14 April

12pm Monday 19 May

3pm Monday 9 June

10am Wednesday 16 July 

Group members: 

Thomas Watson, Chair - Head of Strategy and Portfolio Management, Education and Student Experience

Sofia Garre - Deputy Head of Market Research and Intelligence (ARD)

Dr Claire Gordon - Director, LSE Eden Centre for Education Enhancement

Sarah Hagart - Head of Management Information

Tom Hewlett - Head of TQARO (ARD)

Nyssa Lee-Woolf - Head, Education Enhancement Projects

Jonathan Shulte - LSE Evaluation Lead

Lorna Stevenson - Senior Analyst (Education and Student Experience)

Attending: Professor Emma McCoy - Pro-Vice Chancellor, Education

Student Communities, Inclusion and Wellbeing (SCIW) Board: twice termly governance meetings

Meeting dates and times: 

2pm Monday 10 February

11am Monday 31 March

10am Thursday 29 May

2pm Monday 7 July 

Board members:

Professor Emma McCoy, Chair - Pro-Vice Chancellor, Education

Dr Akile Ahmet - Head of Inclusive Education 

Sam Bailey - Head of Widening Participation 

Dr Emma Bates - Student Communities Lead 

James Deeley - Department Manager, Public Policy

Victoria Frost - Head of Student Services

Amanda Gaddes - Department Manager, Health Policy

Professor Simon Glendinning - Head of the European Institute

Joanne Hay - Deputy Chief Operating Officer

Priyanka Kumar - (secretary) Strategy and Portfolio Support Officer, Education and Student Experience

LSESU Activities and Communities Officer 

LSESU Welfare and Liberation Officer 

Nyssa Lee-Woolf - Head, Education Enhancement Projects

Rachel Harper - Change Communcations Lead, Education and Student Experience

Professor Mark Hoffman - Associate Vice-President (Education)

Dr James Morrison - Deputy Head of Department, International Relations

Amy Norton - Head of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Dr Claudine Provencher - Director, Student Learning and Personal Development and Head, LSE LIFE

Damian Roberts - Department Manager, Social Policy

Lorna Stevenson - Senior Analyst (Education and Student Experience)

Adrian Thomas - Director of Recruitment and Admissions

Thomas Watson - Head of Strategy and Portfolio Management, Education and Student Experience

Imogen Withers - Director of Communications 

VPE Advisory Group: the VPE's monthly business meeting

Meeting dates and times: 

10.30am Thursday 16 January  

12pm Monday 10 February 

2pm Tuesday 11 March 

12pm Monday 7 April 

10am Thursday 15 May 

10am Thursday 19 June

12pm Wednesday 16 July

Group members: 

Professor Emma McCoy, Chair - Pro-Vice Chancellor, Education

Martyn Annis - Head of Business Change (ARD)

Jeni Brown - Head of Digital Skills Lab

Anne Clinton - Director, LSE Careers

Lizzie Darlington - Director, LSE Careers

Stella Ekebuisi - Head, Digital Education Futures and Deputy Director, Eden Centre

Victoria Frost - Head of Student Services

Dr Claire Gordon - Director, LSE Eden Centre for Education Enhancement 

Professor Mark Hoffman - Associate Vice-President (Education)

Mike Page - Head of Systems and Business Processes (ARD)

Dr Claudine Provencher - Director, Student Learning and Personal Development and Head, LSE LIFE

Adrian Thomas - Director of Recruitment and Admissions

Mark Thomson - Academic Registrar 

Thomas Watson - Head of Strategy and Portfolio Management, Education and Student Experience

Imogen Withers - Director of Communications