Environment & Geography Leadership Team (EGLT)

Our Environment and Geography Leadership Team (EGLT) are made up of Directors who lead the accountability structure. They meet every week to discuss upcoming issues and goals for the next quarter, year, and beyond!

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  Photo	Name	Role	Email address
  	Roland Gehrels	Head of Department (HoD)	environment-hod@york.ac.uk
  	Nic Carslaw	Deputy Head of Department and Director of Research (latter post until end of August 2023)	nicola.carslaw@york.ac.uk
  	Claire Hughes	Deputy Head of Department	c.hughes@york.ac.uk
  	Adrian Gonzalez	Director of Teaching & Learning	adrian.gonzalez@york.ac.uk
  	Ioan Fazey	Director for Strategy	ioan.fazey@york.ac.uk
  	Bryce Stewart	Director of Engagement & Partnerships	bryce.stewart@york.ac.uk
  	Samarthia Thankappan	Director for Students	samarthia.thankappan@york.ac.uk
  	Daryl Stump	Director of Sustainability	daryl.stump@york.ac.uk
  	Matthew Badham	Deputy Head of Faculty Operations	environment-dhfo@york.ac.uk
  	Piran White	Director of Research (in post from September 2023)	piran.white@york.ac.uk

General Admin Support

'General admin' covers everything that isn't directly student or research related, including our PAs, HR, Finance, Media & Comms and more! For admin process support, please visit our general admin support and guidance wiki section.

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  PA support

  environment-pa@york.ac.uk

  Looked after by: Annabel Jackson and Chloe Mitchell (PA/Administrator)

  Use for: PA support for Roland and departmental staff meetings (Chloe); anything related to the rest of EGLT, EDC, DMT, staff purchasing, staff events, and the newsletter (Annabel).

  
  

  food-climate-society-pa@york.ac.uk

  Looked after by: Maimie Hume (PA to Sarah Bridle)

  Use for: PA support for Sarah Bridle; anything Food, Climate and Society-related.

  
  

  HR-related enquiries

  environment-hr@york.ac.uk

  Looked after by: Lucy Orange

  Use for: anything HR-related, including: FlexiLeave issues, sickness absence, probations, leaving the university, redundancy, contract changes, flexible working requests, maternity/paternity leave, inductions, new starters, PDRs, recruitment, GTAs, process improvement, anything wiki-related, staffing report and line management support.

  You can also visit the HR wiki section to view HR guidance and information.

  Finance

  environment-finance@york.ac.uk

  Looked after by: Maja Mackowska, Finance Assistant

  Use for: Any financial enqueries. Any complex queries will be escalated to Naurin Fatima.

  You can also visit the Finance wiki section for lots of financial information. 

  Project-related

  linda.elvin@york.ac.uk

  Looked after by: Linda Elvin, CDT Admin Manager

  Use for: Any CDT-related enquiries.

  
  

  jonathan.haslam@york.ac.uk

  Looked after by: Jonathan Haslam, AFN Project Manager (maternity cover)

  Use for: Any AgriFood Network Plus enquiries.

  
  

  Media and Communications-related

  paul.drury-bradey@york.ac.uk

  Looked after by: Paul Drury-Bradey, Media and Communications Officer (for DEG)

  Use for: Anything related to Media and Communications for the department.

  
  

  molly.watson@york.ac.uk

  Looked after by: Molly Watson, Media and Communications Officer (for Sarah Bridle)

  Use for: Anything related to Media and Communications for the department.

Student Services and Careers

Our Student Services team cover all things student-related, and have different email addresses for different areas.  Our Careers colleagues support students through placements and in industry. For more information, please visit our Student Service and Careers wiki section.

•  Click here to view our Student Services email addresses

  General enquiries for academics and students

  environment@york.ac.uk

  If in doubt, send your message here for triage. This is the best address to use if you want to circulate emails to students - the first free member of the team will pick messages up.

  Undergraduates

  environment-ugstudents@york.ac.uk

  For specific enquiries relating to undergraduate students. The Student Services Team will pick up your enquiry.

  Taught Postgraduates

  environment-pgtstudents@york.ac.uk

  For specific enquiries relating to postgraduate taught students. The Student Services Team will pick up your enquiry.

  Research Postgraduates

  environment-pgrstudents@york.ac.uk

  For specific enquiries relating to postgraduate research students. Maroula will generally pick these up, supported by other colleagues in the Student Services Team.

  Student Services Manager - Jackie Coates (Mon-Wed morning) and Michelle Barton (Wed-Fri)

  environment-studentservicemanager@york.ac.uk

  Jackie and Michelle have overall responsibility for the Student Services Team.

  Assessments

  environment-assessments@york.ac.uk

  The Student Services Team will pick up your enquiry.

  York-Maastricht Partnership

  amanda-pauw@york.ac.uk: Amanda Pauw - YMP Student Services Coordinator

  Student Wellbeing

  robert.bennett@york.ac.uk: Rob Bennett - DEG Student Wellbeing Officer

  Escalations

  If issues require a management response, please contact Matthew Badham (environment-dhfo@york.ac.uk).

•  Click here to view our Careers colleagues

  environment-careers@york.ac.uk

  Angela Purdham and Marie Robson look after all of our Year in Industry and placement students as well as leading the department's employability activity.

  
  

  environment-sublim-ilo@york.ac.uk: Jenny Pollard (she/her) - YMP Industry Liaison Officer

  Jenny looks after all Careers-related activity for our York-Maastricht Partnership students.

Research Support

Our Research Team support look after anything research-related, including: pre-award support, consultancy, research strategy, E&G Development Fund, Open Access and PURE, REF. Please visit the Research wiki section for more information and support.

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  Research Support General Enquiries

  environment-research@york.ac.uk

  Looked after by: Laura Smith (Research Facilitator) and Ciaran Ogilvie (Research Administrator)

  Use for: research-related enquiries, including: pre-award support 0advice, guidance on deadlines and internal processes, costing projects, drafting letters of support), consultancy, research strategy, E&G Development Fund, Open Access and PURE, REF.

  Ethics Proposals

  environment-ethics@york.ac.uk

  Looked after by: Colin McClean (on behalf of the Ethics Committee)

  Use for: ethics reviews and anything else ethics-related.

Technical and Operational Support

Our Technical team cover everything from labs and equipment to heath & safety and risk assessments. Please visit Technical Support to see a breakdown of Technical staff, as well as further information about Geography Research technical support.

•  Click here to view our Technical and Operational support team email addresses

  All laboratory or technical enquiries

  environment-technicians@york.ac.uk

  Overseen by the Laboratory Technical Team

  Health and Safety issues including Risk and CoSHH assessments

  environment-safety@york.ac.uk

  These are overseen by Dave Hay as Departmental Safety Adviser

  IT Support and Changes to Departmental Web pages - Mark Tolley

  mark.tolley@york.ac.uk

  Computing issues, Technical Management, Building Issues, Health & Safety, Car Hire

  dave.hay@york.ac.uk 

  Dave can help on a wide range of technical and operational issues.

  Other contacts

  Senior Research Technician - Rebecca Sutton

  email rebecca.sutton@york.ac.uk

  Experimental Officer - Matt Pickering

  email matt.pickering@york.ac.uk

  Teaching Laboratory Technician - Debs Sharpe

  email deborah.sharpe@york.ac.uk

  Technician - Luke Andrews

  email luke.andrews@york.ac.uk

Other useful contacts and links

University Directory

Find colleagues around the University via the Directory.

Timetabling

Get in touch with our timetabling contact via timetabling@york.ac.uk or extension 4500. Our Department Timetabler is Nadine Riley.

Marketing

For general marketing enquiries, contact marketing-support@york.ac.uk.

Environment occupancy master sheet

An oversight of all staff members and their office space.

DEG non-personal email addresses

All the departmental non-personal email addresses, with information on who owns them and what the email is for. 

DEG academic admin roles

Details of all of the academic admin roles within the department.