Meet the team
Our student recruitment, outreach and widening participation teams are experienced, friendly and supportive in giving advice and guidance to prepare learners for their future at university. When we say ‘experienced’, we mean it, with a over 100 years of combined higher education knowledge across our teams!
If your school or college is covered in a region is not listed below, please contact the member of the team in the nearest region to you.
Steph Walton
Director of Global Student Recruitment
Email: steph.walton@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07557 425873
Connect: LinkedIn
Undergraduate Central Recruitment Team
Dylan Cozens
Regional Director (UK & Europe)
Email: dylan.cozens@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07557 425250
Connect: LinkedIn
Gurj Narwall
Regional Student Recruitment Specialist (Coventry & Warwickshire)
Email: gurj.narwall@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07392 097491
Connect: LinkedIn
Danny North
Regional Student Recruitment Specialist (Birmingham, Solihull & The Black Country)
Email: danny.north@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07392 097498
Connect: LinkedIn
Chenying Zhao
Regional Student Recruitment Specialist (Birmingham, Solihull & The Black Country)
Email: Chenying.zhao@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07392 097305
Connect: LinkedIn
Alice Prendergast
Regional Student Recruitment Specialist (East Midlands)
Email: alice.prendergast@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07392 097225
Connect: LinkedIn
James Gowers
Regional Student Recruitment Specialist (Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk)
Email: james.gowers@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07974 984393
Connect: LinkedIn
Millie Brown
Regional Student Recruitment Specialist (South West England and South Wales)
Email: millie.brown@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07392 097053
Connect: LinkedIn
Phoebe Hennah
Regional Student Recruitment Specialist (Yorkshire and North East)
Email: Phoebe.hennah@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07392 096705
Connect: LinkedIn
Maylis Boardman
Regional Student Recruitment Specialist (North West)
Email: maylis.boardman@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07382 097002
Connect: LinkedIn
Nasrin Akhtar
International Officer - Europe
Email: nasrin.akhtar@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07974 984543
Connect: LinkedIn
Peter Milne
International Officer - Europe
Email: peter.milne@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07932 096368
Connect: LinkedIn
Undergraduate North Recruitment Team
Mark Blenkinsop
Regional Recruitment Manager - Scarborough
Email: mark.blenkinsop@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07392 097099
Connect: LinkedIn
Evie Bilton
Regional Student Recruitment Specialist (CU Scarborough)
Email: evie.bilton@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07974 984426
Undergraduate South Recruitment Team
Mushtaq Ahmad
Regional Student Recruitment Specialist (North East London, Essex and Suffolk)
Email: mushtaq.ahmad@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 0739 209559
Connect: LinkedIn
Nemesia Sampaio
Regional Student Recruitment Specialist (North London and Hertfordshire)
Email: nemesia.sampaio@coventry.ac.uk
Connect: LinkedIn
Teddy Nguyen
Regional Student Recruitment Specialist (West London & The South)
Email: teddy.nguyen@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07392 096149
Connect: LinkedIn
Banu Chada
Regional Student Recruitment Specialist (East London)
Email: banu.chada@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07392 097428
Connect: LinkedIn
Widening Participation Team
Anisha Kaur Smith
Widening Participation Manager
Email: anisha.kaur@coventry.ac.uk
Connect: LinkedIn
Liam Norton
Regional Widening Participation Specialist (Coventry University and CU Coventry)
Email: liam.norton@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07974 984015
Connect: LinkedIn
Sarah Dorrian
Regional Widening Participation Specialist (CU London)
Email: sarah.dorrian@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07557 425759
Connect: LinkedIn
Geeta Mehmi
Regional Widening Participation Specialist (CU London)
Email: geeta.mehmi@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07392 096343
Connect: LinkedIn
Elizabeth Cyrus
Regional Student Widening Participation Specialist (CU Scarborough)
Email: elizabeth.cyrus@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07392 096120
Hayley Baker
Regional Widening Participation Specialist (CU Scarborough)
Email: hayley.baker@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07392 097194
Connect: LinkedIn
Outreach Team
Kayleigh Lampard
Outreach Manager
Email: kayleigh.lampard@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07557 425239
Connect: LinkedIn
Rachel Bignall
Outreach Specialist (Your Vision, Your Future - working with NEETS between 16-29 in the CV1 to CV6 postcodes)
Email: rachel.bignall@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07392 096455
Connect: LinkedIn
Bethanie Downing
Outreach Specialist - Fair Access Scheme
Email: bethanie.downing@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07392 096691
Connect: LinkedIn
Prachi Khokhara
STEM Outreach Specialist
Email: Prachi.khokhara@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07392 097196
Connect: LinkedIn
Eve Taylor
Outreach Specialist (Years 7 - 11 in Coventry and Warwickshire)
Email: eve.taylor@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07392 096041
Connect: LinkedIn
Student Recruitment Team - Postgraduate
Alan Dobson
Postgraduate Student Recruitment Manager
Email: alan.dobson@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07557 425759
Connect: LinkedIn
Cherry Chorlton
Regional Student Recruitment Specialist (Postgraduate)
Email: cherry.chorlton@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07974 984199
Connect: LinkedIn
