Meet the Student Recruitment and Outreach Team

The Student Recruitment and Outreach team have a wealth of experience and knowledge to support your school and college during each admissions cycle.

Kieron Broadhead – Head of Marketing, Outreach and Recruitment

k.broadhead@gold.ac.uk

Each year, Goldsmiths recruits around 1,600 undergraduate students and 1,500 postgraduate students, on a full or part-time basis from across the UK and the EU. Kieron is responsible for overseeing the strategy behind this. His wider team also manages open days, presentation ceremonies, scholarships and bursaries, course enquiries and marketing.

Kieron’s top tip for making a successful application to university: “Be realistic; apply to courses for which the entry requirements are achievable for you.”

Sally Grimley – UK/EU Student Recruitment Manager

s.grimley@gold.ac.uk    

Sally is responsible for all the activity relating to recruiting students from the UK and EU. This involves UCAS events, schools liaison, on campus events, partnerships with the British Council and the Council for International Schools and course enquiries.

Sally’s top tip for making a successful application to university: “Do your research! There is a multitude of places to seek information on the courses available to you. Make sure you find exactly the ones to suit you before making your application. www.ucas.com is a great place to start.”

Claire Chalmers – Student Recruitment Officer

c.chalmers@gold.ac.uk

Claire ensures that potential students have a wealth of opportunities to visit us on campus by arranging open evenings, masterclasses and applicant days. As well as working with those interested in Postgraduate study she works closely with schools and colleges to deliver the right information to students applying through UCAS.

Claire's top tip for making a successful application to university: "Give yourself plenty of time. Doing enough research, writing a strong personal statement and completing the application form can be a time-consuming process. Allow yourself a good few months and invest your time in your future."

Kieron Bird - Student Recruitment Assistant

k.bird@gold.ac.uk

Kieron ensures the team can support as many events and schools/colleges as possible. He also attends a vast number of events and delivers a great deal of IAG throughout the year.

Kieron's top tip for making a successful application to university: "Enjoy it! Going to University should be a fantastic experience and making decisions should be exciting. Although it's a serious decision and a serious process, remember that the goal is to find a course and a university that you will be really happy with."

Laura Cattell - Outreach Manager 

l.cattell@gold.ac.uk

Laura co-ordinates the work of the Outreach team and Goldsmiths local school partnership programme.  She is responsible for managing outreach activities designed to attract students to Goldsmiths who are underrepresented in higher education; mature students; students from low participation neighbourhoods; students with no family background of higher education; care leavers, BMEG students and younger age students.

Lucy Jenks - Outreach Project Officer

l.jenks@gold.ac.uk

Lucy works with academic departments to develop outreach plans and co-ordinate delivery of outreach activity with local schools and colleges.  She develops progression agreements with local schools & colleges to highlight pathways for non traditional learners to progress to Higher Education.  She also co-ordinates the popular Ladders Information, Advice & Guidance workshops for students from year 7 - 12.

Carol Campbell - Student Ambassador Co-ordinator

carol.campbell@gold.ac.uk

Carol recruits and trains Goldsmiths student ambassadors so that they are prepared to go out to schools and colleges and deliver a series of workshops in areas such as the university application process, student life, subject specific talks, homework & revision sessions.  She is also the main contact if you need to book an ambassador for your event or progression activity. 

Andy Roper - Outreach Assistant

a.roper@gold.ac.uk

Andy runs outreach activities such as school visits and taster days to Goldsmiths.  He organises and delivers talks & workshops in local schools/colleges on topics such as student finance and applying to university.