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.
Undergraduate Central Recruitment Team
Dylan Cozens
Regional Director (UK & Europe)
Email: dylan.cozens@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07557 425250
Connect: LinkedIn
Mark Blenkinsop
Regional Manager (UK & Europe)
Email: mark.blenkinsop@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07392 097099
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
Cherry Chorlton
Regional Student Recruitment Specialist (North West Midlands and North Wales)
Email: cherry.chorlton@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07974 984199
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
Nasrin Akhtar
International Officer - Europe
Email: nasrin.akhtar@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07974 984543
Connect: LinkedIn
Undergraduate North Recruitment Team
Evie Bilton
Regional Student Recruitment Specialist (CU Scarborough)
Email: evie.bilton@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07974 984426
Connect: LinkedIn
Undergraduate South Recruitment Team
Saadia Omar
Regional Student Recruitment Manager (London)
Email: saadia.omar@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07392097535
Connect: LinkedIn
Nemesia Sampaio
Regional Student Recruitment Specialist (South East London & Kent)
Email: nemesia.sampaio@coventry.ac.uk
Connect: LinkedIn
Banu Chada
Regional Student Recruitment Specialist (East London)
Email: banu.chada@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07392 097428
Connect: LinkedIn
Widening Participation Team
Kayleigh Lampard
Head of Outreach & Widening Participation
Email: kayleigh.lampard@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07557 425239
Connect: LinkedIn
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
Geeta Mehmi
Regional Widening Participation Specialist (CU London)
(Currently on maternity leave)
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
Bethanie Downing
Outreach Specialist - Fair Access Scheme
Email: bethanie.downing@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07392 096691
Connect: LinkedIn
Student Recruitment Team - Postgraduate
Alan Dobson
Postgraduate Student Recruitment Manager
Email: alan.dobson@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07557 425082
Connect: LinkedIn
Oliver Xu
Postgraduate Student Recruitment Specialist
Email: oliver.xu@coventry.ac.uk
Call: 07392 097481
Connect: LinkedIn
