Midlands

Aston University

University College Birmingham

University of Birmingham

Bishop Grosseteste University Lincoln

Birmingham City University

Coventry University

De Montfort University

University of Derby

Harper Adams University

Keele University

University of Leicester

University of Lincoln

Loughborough University 

Newman University

The University of Northampton

Nottingham Trent University

The University of Nottingham

Staffordshire University

University of Warwick

University of Worcester

Group Chair

Angela Morris, Schools Liaison Officer, Aston University
Email: morrisa@aston.ac.uk

Angela has worked in the Schools and Colleges Liaison Team at Aston University since November 2005 and became a member of HELOA shortly after. Angela was elected as Midlands Group Chair in January 2012 and her role includes chairing 4 group meetings per year, co-ordinating HELOA activity for the Midlands region and representing the views and activity of the group at UK Committee meetings.

Group Vice-Chair, Training

Jonathan Tinnacher, University of Leicester
Email: jec32@leicester.ac.uk

Having been a HELOA member for over 10 years, Jonathan takes the lead on training for Midlands members. He co-ordinates our annual training day and makes arrangements for regular training sessions to follow each regional meeting. If you have any suggestions for training or recommendations for trainers please contact Jonathan.

Group Vice-Chair, Partnerships

Tim Fuller, Staffordshire University
Email: Tim.Fuller@staffs.ac.uk

Tim has been a member of HELOA for a number of years and is now Vice Chair with responsibility for Partnerships and Development. His role is to develop the relationship with organisations such as the Student Finance Company and NASMA as well as with other HELOA regions and within the Midlands group itself. Part of his role at the moment is to encourage the FE colleges to join the regional meeting to ensure a similar message is being communicated regarding all the changes in Higher Education. Tim is happy to receive information from all regarding what HELOA and especially the Midlands region can do for them.

Group Secretary

Will Cooling, University of Leicester
Email: wic1@leicester.ac.uk

Will works within the University of Leicester’s Student Recruitment Department as their Widening Participation Policy Officer, leading on the evaluation of WP activities and drafting the Access Agreement. As HELOA Midlands Group Secretary, Will supports the Midlands Committee team in the administration and general arrangement of quarterly regional and committee meetings. Minute taking, administration of the membership and general liaison between members are the key aspects to the role.

Group Treasurer

Helen Waters-Marsh, University of Nottingham
Email: Helen.Waters-Marsh@nottingham.ac.uk

Originally a lecturer in further education, Helen made the move to HE when she became College and Vocational Manager for Aimhigher Nottinghamshire. Currently, she is at The University of Nottingham as a Schools and College Liaison Officer. Her duties as Group Treasurer include managing the group accounts, compiling the annual budget, collecting subscriptions and contributing to committee matters.

Group Web/Marketing Officer

Rowan Triffitt, Nottingham Trent University
Email: rowan.triffitt@ntu.ac.uk

Rowan is entering his fifth year as a HELOA member, and took up the post of Group Web/Marketing Officer in August 2012. His duties are maintaining the HELOA Midlands website and developing marketing opportunities for the group. During his term of office Rowan aims to develop the website to better serve visitors and to develop new and creative marketing ideas.

For Students

UCAS Higher Education Conventions

Birmingham
Thursday 27 and Friday 28 June 2013 – Aston University
Bookings are available on the UCAS website. 

For more information about these events and to book places, please see www.ucasevents.com/conventions 

For Advisers

The HELOA Midlands Group provides an excellent service to careers professionals, teachers and other colleagues giving advice and guidance to prospective university students. The HELOA Midlands Teachers and Careers Advisers Conference is an annual event with an exciting programme covering current issues and demonstrating the higher education provision in the Midlands.

The 2013 conference will be held at Keele University on 15 May 2013.

Download the programme and invitation letter.

Literature:

The HELOA Midlands group produces a range of literature about the universities in the region. If you would like to order our Open Days Poster or our Choices leaflet please contact one of the committee contacts, or your local HELOA representative.

Activities:

HELOA Midlands members can deliver a range of activities to support students, schools, colleges and other organisations. Please see our events and individual university websites for more details.

Welcome from Group Chair:

Welcome to HELOA Midlands! We are made up of 100 members from 21 HEIs across the East and West Midlands. HELOA Midlands are an active group who regularly engage in conferences and events designed to offer IAG to prospective students considering higher education as their next step.

We meet as a group four times a year to discuss current issues and challenges facing the HE sector, as well as to share best practice. In addition, we organise a Midlands Careers Advisers and Teachers Conference, a Midlands Training Day and publish a biannual HE Choices leaflet and an annual open day poster.

If you have any suggestions or comments regarding the work of HELOA in the Midlands I’d love to hear from you.

I look forward to meeting you at some point in the near future.

Kind regards,

Angela Morris
HELOA Midlands Group Chair

Training Opportunities

If you would like to submit ideas for future training please email jec32@leicester.ac.uk

Aston University 
Angela Morris - morrisa@aston.ac.uk

University College Birmingham 
Ruth Walton - ruthwalton@ucb.ac.uk

University of Birmingham
Katherine Pagett - k.a.pagett@bham.ac.uk

Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln
Louise Stow - scl@bishopg.ac.uk

Birmingham City University
Sarah Cole - sarah.cole@bcu.ac.uk

Coventry University
Rob McGowan - r.mcgowan@coventry.ac.uk

De Montfort University
Kirsty Wilkinson - kwilkinson@dmu.ac.uk

University of Derby
Hannah Wright - h.wright@derby.ac.uk

Harper Adams University College
Laura Coulthard - lcoulthard@harper-adams.ac.uk

Keele University
Mandy Firth - a.l.firth@mac.keele.ac.uk

University of Leicester
Lucy Wade – law14@le.ac.uk

University of Lincoln
Aggi Gunstone - agunstone@lincoln.ac.uk

Loughborough University
Natalie Matthewman - n.matthewman@lboro.ac.uk

Newman University College
Sammy Dedicoat - s.dedicoat@newman.ac.uk

The University of Northampton
Nina Antell – schools.liaison@northampton.ac.uk

Nottingham Trent University
Rowan Triffitt - rowan.triffitt@ntu.ac.uk

The University of Nottingham
Nathalie Mortimer – nathalie.mortimer@nottingham.ac.uk

The Open University
Mary Cartwright - s.m.cartwright@open.ac.uk

Staffordshire University
Tim Fuller - tim.fuller@staffs.ac.uk

University of Warwick
Paul Blagburn - p.blagburn@warwick.ac.uk

University of Worcester
Dominic Crawford - d.crawford@worc.ac.uk