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Student Enrichment
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Student Enrichment Directorate

The Directorate specifically incorporates Sport & Physical Activity, the Performing Arts, Student Media, Volunteering & Community Outreach and pan-University Personal Enrichment Programmes (the Durham Inspired Award and the Student Leadership Framework). 

Established in early 2022, the work of the Directorate includes:  

  1. providing a coherent and collaborative organisational structure to set enrichment policy and to develop enrichment strategy across the institution,  
  2. providing organisational capacity for new enrichment projects and initiatives; 
  3. coordinating and facilitating enrichment activity output across the institution;  
  4. fostering effective partnerships both within the institution and externally,  
  5. building and sharing best practice across the institution,  
  6. championing and driving forward student enrichment accessibility and inclusivity priorities; 
  7. raising the profile of student enrichment both internally and externally; 
  8. developing appropriate training for staff and students; 
  9. capturing evidence of impact across the University’s seven Domains of Participation;  
  10. providing governance, line management, operational oversight and coherence of vision for the University’s specialised enrichment units specifically incorporated within the Directorate. 
  11. managing institutional policy with regard to relationships with Common Rooms and club and society Durham Student Organisations.

Our Team 

Quentin Sloper

Director of Student Enrichment

 

Andy Cattermole

Student Enrichment Senior Manager (Operations, Planning & Policy)

 

Chloe Bird/Ashley Farrier (Maternity cover)

Student Enrichment Administrator

 

Karen Langdon

Vice Principal (Flexible Deployment)

 

Lynsey Finnemore

Student Enrichment Senior Manager (Graduate Attributes & Media Durham)

 

Chantelle Cumming

Student Enrichment Manager (Student Leadership Framework & Laidlaw Leadership Programme)

 

Kelci Jacoby

Assistant Manager – Laidlaw Leadership Programme and Leadership Academy

 

Brom Bagnall

Assistant Manager – Student Leadership Framework

 

Carol Walker

Student Enrichment Manager (Project Development)

 

Samuel Kirkman

Media Durham Co-ordinator

 

Debra Horseman

Student Enrichment Finance Manager

 

Alex Marr

Student Enrichment Assistant Finance Manager

 

Amy Forbes

Student Enrichment Finance Administrator

 

Chris Cowan

Student Enrichment Finance Administrator