Meet the Admissions Team

In her current role as Associate Director (Recruitment Operations), Claire has both strategic and operational responsibility for the University’s fully centralised admissions function, visa support, international student support, and recruitment in the UK, EU, and Sub-Saharan Africa and the Americas.

Claire has more than 15 years’ experience of working in higher and further education marketing, recruitment and admissions, holding prior positions at the University of Leeds and Leeds City College.

Claire is the Chair of the UCAS Undergraduate Advisory Group, Chair of the Chartered Institute of Marketing Yorkshire Board, and was recently appointed as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. Claire is also a Community Governor at Elliott Hudson College, Leeds, an Ofsted outstanding sixth form college. A graduate of the University of Bradford in French and Spanish, Claire has postgraduate qualifications in marketing and management.

Dida is the Admissions Manager (Operations) and is responsible for the successful day to day operation of the University’s centralised admissions function, ensuring the delivery of an exemplary applicant experience and the effective processing of all applications. 

Dida is a primary source of advice and guidance both within the University and externally on complex admissions issues and policies and is the key admissions contact for the international offices.

She is committed to customer service and led the team that worked hard to achieve Customer First re-accreditation in 2019.

Outside of work Dida is kept busy with her husband’s restaurant and bar and their two sons.  She also volunteers at Marie Curie Hospice and helps local semi-professional football team, Albion Sports, with administration and fund-raising.

Karen is responsible for working with key stakeholders to ensure the efficient day to day running of admissions processes from a technical perspective, as well as their continuous improvement in order to enhance customer experience.

Karen has worked for the University for over 25 years in a number of administrative roles working in both a faculty and professional services.  She has worked in the Admissions Office since 2001, helping to develop the SITS student system and centralised admissions processes.

Prior to working at the University Karen worked for the Halifax Building Society.

Sam has worked at the University of Bradford since October 2014 and is the Senior Admissions Officer for the Faculty of Management, Law and Social Sciences, responsible for coordinating the workload of the team.

He has over 10 years’ experience in Higher Education recruitment and admissions having previously worked at the University of Melbourne in Australia, City University in London and the University of Leeds.

Allison joined the University of Bradford in 2012 as an Admissions Officer and has worked in Higher Education for 14 years.

She is responsible for undergraduate and postgraduate application processing. Her role involves making decisions on applications and liaising with new and potential applicants to provide information on qualifications and eligibility for study at the University.

Allison is also a University of Bradford graduate who is committed to providing an excellent applicant experience to ensure that applicants can be confident in choosing the University of Bradford as their place of study.

Tom started working for the University in the Admission Team at the beginning of 2017. After a period of working with the Recruitment Team, Tom returned to Admissions in the summer of 2019 and deals with undergraduate, postgraduate and exchange applications.

Tom has a BSc (Hons) in Events Management with Arts and Entertainment and previously worked at various music venues across Sheffield, before landing a role at Sheffield Hallam University and starting his career within the higher education sector.

In his spare time Tom like to keep active at the gym and socialise with friends.

Joe started at the University of Bradford in 2017, moving to the admissions team in 2019 where he is primarily responsible for processing undergraduate and postgraduate taught applications in the Faculty of Management, Law and Social Sciences.

With the exception of 4 years of study in Manchester, Joe is a lifelong Bradfordian and knows all about the city’s idiosyncrasies. He is also a keen sports fan, with a particular interest in football and cricket.

Neil handles all of the incoming applications for Postgraduate Research programmes (PhD, DBA and MPhil), as well as applications for the University of Bradford's triple-crown accredited MBA programmes and assisting with postgraduate taught and undergraduate/UCAS applications.

Neil has a BSc (hons) in Computing and Information Systems (2005), and a PGDip in Forensic Computing (2007), both from the University of Bradford. He is a PRINCE2 certified project management practitioner (2018) and is studying for a Level 3 Diploma in Leadership and Management.

In his spare time, Neil is an avid photographer and enjoys visiting new places with his wife and daughter.

Contact details

  Research email: research@bradford.ac.uk

  MBA email: mba@bradford.ac.uk

  DBA email: dba@bradford.ac.uk

  Tel: 01274 236088

Salma joined the University of Bradford back in 1998 in the Marketing, Recruitment & Admissions Team within the Faculty of Health Studies.  Most of these years were spent dealing with undergraduate Nursing recruitment and later postgraduate International applications and CPD programmes.

In 2016 she joined the Admissions team and is one of the first points of contact for the team, dealing with a whole host of enquiries whether those come via telephone, email, letter, or in person.  She is passionate about life-long learning and will be keen to help you understand what is required to study at the University of Bradford.

Debbie works in the Faculty of Management, Law and Social Sciences team and is the first point of contact for applicants, dealing with a whole host of enquiries. These come either via telephone, email, letter, or in person.   

Debbie will help you to understand what is required to study at the University of Bradford.

Sarah is the Senior Admissions Officer for the Faculty of Health studies, specifically dealing with undergraduate applications for Child Nursing, Mental Health Nursing and Nursing CPD programmes and modules.

She has worked at the University for over 12 years – initially in the Faculty of Management and Law as a Marketing and Recruitment Officer.  Prior to her employment at the University Sarah has worked in various customer facing roles within the travel industry.

Sarah is committed to providing an excellent applicant service, ensuring applicants have the information they need to make decisions.

Nicholas is one of the Admissions Officers responsible for the Faculty of Health Studies programmes.

He has worked at the University of Bradford since 2016 and before that has worked in admissions related roles in the Higher Education Sector for a further ten years.

His current role involves decision making on applications as well as supporting applicants from first query to enrolment.

Mel joined the Admissions team in 2015 after a spending a year in the Student Registry team. She is currently an Admissions Officer for the Faculty of Health Studies but has also previously looked after courses in Engineering and Social Sciences.

Prior to working at the University of Bradford, Mel has worked in several roles in Higher Education over the past 16 years.

Karen has worked for the University of Bradford since 2007 in admissions and recruitment. Prior to working at the University, Karen had five years experience working in admissions at Bradford College.

As an Admissions Officer, Karen's main role is having the responsibility of looking after admissions for undergraduate courses in the Faculty of Health studies. This includes providing advice and guidance to potential applicants as well as the shortlisting of applications and arranging interviews.

Lauren has worked for the University of Bradford for the past 7 years. She started in the Student Registry team looking after student records from enrolment up until graduation and then joined the Admissions team in 2015.

She has looked after a wide variety of courses within Social Sciences and Engineering but is currently responsible for the Faculty of Health applications.

Margaret joined the University of Bradford in 1995 as Secretary to the Head of Admissions and is now in her 25th year at the University!

She is one of the first points of contact for the team, dealing with all types of enquiries via telephone, email, letter, or in person. 

In her spare time Margaret likes to make shortbread and go on long holidays.

Karen joined the University of Bradford as a Recruitment and Admissions Officer within the Faculty of Social Sciences in September 2008.   Prior to this she was employed by Capita Insurance Services where she worked in various roles from call centre work to project delivery over a period 13 years.

She has been part of the University Admissions Team since October 2011.  As a Senior Admissions Officer she is responsible for overseeing the workload in her team and for admissions to all undergraduate and postgraduate courses within the Faculty of Life Sciences and the Faculty of Engineering and Informatics, with specialist knowledge of the Foundation and BSc Clinical Sciences programmes. 

Karen has a strong background in customer service and believes in providing a friendly, informative and supportive service to all of our prospective students.

Contact details

  Faculty of Life Sciences email: admissionslife@bradford.ac.uk

  Faculty of Engineering and Informatics email: admissionsei@bradford.ac.uk

  Tel: 01274 236088

Fliss joined the University in 2016 as an Admissions Assistant before becoming an Admissions Officer later that year. Before joining the University, Fliss worked for Bradford Council after graduating from the University of Sheffield with a degree in English Literature and Theatre.

Fliss currently works within the Faculty of Life Science and the Faculty of Engineering and Informatics and really enjoys processing all the applications.

Her hobbies include enjoying a nice bottle of wine on an evening as well as going for cocktails with friends.

Contact details

  Faculty of Life Sciences email: admissionslife@bradford.ac.uk

  Faculty of Engineering and Informatics email: admissionsei@bradford.ac.uk

  Tel: 01274 236088

Beth joined the admissions team in November 2019 and is currently on secondment from her UK/EU Recruitment Officer role. She works within the Life Sciences and Engineering and Informatics team processing undergraduate and postgraduate applications.

Beth’s career has focused on social mobility and tackling educational inequality originally across the West Midlands, and more recently across West Yorkshire.

Contact details

  Faculty of Life Sciences email: admissionslife@bradford.ac.uk

  Faculty of Engineering and Informatics email: admissionsei@bradford.ac.uk

  Tel: 01274 236088

Dave has worked at the University for 10 years in total, firstly in the Student Support Office at The Faculty of Engineering for 2 years and then 8 years in the Central Admissions Office, firstly as an Admissions Assistant and then as an Admissions Officer.

Dave mainly deals with the Faculty of Life Sciences and the Faculty of Engineering and Informatics.

He is originally from the Midlands before relocating to Yorkshire and enjoys attending football matches and going to the gym.

Contact details

  Faculty of Life Sciences email: admissionslife@bradford.ac.uk

  Faculty of Engineering and Informatics email: admissionsei@bradford.ac.uk

  Tel: 01274 236088

Lindsay joined the University over 14 year ago, firstly at the Faculty of Management and Law where she was responsible for the administration of one of our international partnerships based in Hong Kong. Following a restructure, she then was responsible for admissions for the MBA programmes.

Lindsay joined the Central Admissions team in 2016 and currently works as an Admissions Officer for the Faculty of Life Sciences and Faculty of Engineering and Informatics and is responsible for both postgraduate and undergraduate courses for home and international students.

Contact details

  Faculty of Life Sciences email: admissionslife@bradford.ac.uk

  Faculty of Engineering and Informatics email: admissionsei@bradford.ac.uk

  Tel: 01274 236088

Shakil is the Admissions Assistant assigned to deal with Faculty of Engineering and Informatics and Faculty of Life Sciences degree programmes.  As first point of contact for phone and email queries, he can guide you through the application process.  He is passionate about life-long learning and will be keen to help you understand what is required to study at the University of Bradford.

Shakil joined the admissions team in 2011 and is a keen sports enthusiast.

Contact details

  Faculty of Life Sciences email: admissionslife@bradford.ac.uk

  Faculty of Engineering and Informatics email: admissionsei@bradford.ac.uk

  Tel: 01274 236088