N8 Directorate Team
N8 Board of Directors
- Durham: Karen O’Brien, Vice-Chancellor
- Lancaster: Steve Decent, Vice-Chancellor
- Leeds: Shearer West, Vice-Chancellor and President
- Liverpool: Tim Jones, Vice-Chancellor
- Manchester: Duncan Ivison, President and Vice-Chancellor
- Newcastle: Chris Day, Vice-Chancellor and President
- Sheffield: Koen Lamberts, President and Vice-Chancellor
- York: Charlie Jeffery, Vice-Chancellor and President
Biographies of N8 Board Members
N8 Strategic Executive Group (SEG)
- Durham: Colin Bain, Vice-Provost (Research)
- Lancaster: Malcolm Joyce, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research & Enterprise)
- Leeds: Nick Plant, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation)
- Liverpool: Anthony Hollander, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research & Impact
- Manchester: Colette Fagan, Vice-President for Research
- Newcastle: Matthew Grenby, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Research and Innovation
- Sheffield: Sue Hartley, Vice-President for Research and Innovation
- York: Sarah Thompson, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research)
Biographies of N8 SEG Members
Research Directors Group
- Durham: Lorna Wilson, Co-Director, Research & Innovation Services
- Lancaster: Dion Williams, Director of Research, Enterprise and Innovation
- Leeds: Rachel Curwen, Director of Research and Innovation Development
- Liverpool: Sarah Jackson, Director of Research, Partnerships and Innovation
- Manchester: Andrew Walsh, Director of Research and Business Engagement and Sarah Albutt, Head of Research Strategy
- Newcastle: David Hill, Director of Research Strategy and Development
- Sheffield: Deborah Lodge, Director of Research Services
- York: Justine Daniels, Director of Research, Innovation and Knowledge Exchange
Communications Directors Group
- Durham: Claire Whitelaw, Director of Communications and Engagement
- Lancaster: Victoria Tyrell, Head of Communications
- Leeds: David Rose, Assistant Director for Communications and Engagement
- Liverpool: Sabina Frediani, Director of Communications and Public Affairs
- Manchester: Jamie Brown, Head of Communications
- Newcastle: Jen Middleton, Director of Communications
- Sheffield: Lindsey Wilson, Deputy Director of Communications
- York: Alistair Keely, Head of Media Relations and Joan Concannon, Director of External Relations
Research Culture and Environment Group
- Durham: Jane MacNaughton, Deputy Vice-Provost (Research) and Andrew Moss, Research Culture Manager
- Lancaster: Stijn Mertens, Academic Director Research Culture, Helen Brace, Acting Head Research Quality and Policy and Becky Gordon, Head of Research Quality and Policy
- Leeds: Cat Davies, Dean for Research Culture and Emily Ennis, Research and Impact Manager
- Liverpool: Georgina Endfield, Associate PVC, Research Environment and Post Graduate Research
- Manchester: Melissa Westwood, Associate Vice President for Research and Cathal Rogers, Research Culture Manager
- Newcastle: Candy Rowe, Dean of Research Culture and Strategy and Nicola Simcock, Research Associate
- Sheffield: John Flint, Deputy Vice-President for Research and Meera Warrier, Assistant Director, Researchers and Research Culture
- York: Sarah Thompson, Interim Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Megan McLoughlin, Research culture & Researcher Development
Library Directors Group
- Durham: Liz Waller, Director of University Library and Collections, University Librarian
- Lancaster: Andrew Barker, Director of Library Services & Learning Development
- Leeds: Josh Sendall, University Librarian and Keeper of the Brotherton Collection
- Liverpool: Matt Greenhall, Director of Libraries, Museums and Galleries, University Librarian
- Manchester: Professor Christopher Pressler (Chair), John Rylands University Librarian and Director of The University of Manchester Library
- Newcastle: Jill Taylor-Roe, Director of Academic Services and University Librarian
- Sheffield: Anna Clements, Director of Library Services and University Librarian
- York: Kirtsy Lingstadt, Director of Library, Archives and Learning Services
N8 Policing Research Partnership (N8 PRP) leads
- N8 Lead: Stephen Parkinson, Research Partnership Manager
- N8 PRP Project Manager: Helen Gordon-Smith
- Durham: Donna-Marie Brown, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Michelle Addison, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
- Lancaster: Sophie Nightingale, Lecturer in Psychology
- Leeds: Graham Farrell, Professor of Crime Science
- Liverpool: Fiona Measham, Chair in Criminology
- Manchester: Geoff Pearson, Professor of Law
- Newcastle: Jenny Johnstone, Senior Lecturer in Law
- Sheffield: Layla Skinns, Centre for Criminological Research, Interim N8 PRP Academic Co-Director
- York: Geoff Page, Lecturer, School for Business and Society
N8 Computationally Intensive Research (N8 CIR) leads
- N8 Lead: Stephen Parkinson, Research Partnership Manager
- N8 CIR Programme Manager: Emma Finch (Manchester)
- Durham: Stewart Clark, Professor, Department of Physics
- Lancaster: Chris Jewell, Professor of Epidemiology
- Leeds: David Baldwin, Director of Digital Research
- Liverpool: Elizabeth Simcox, Associate Director Strategy, Partnerships and Projects
- Manchester: Lee Margetts, UKAEA Chair of Digital Engineering for Fusion Energy
- Newcastle: Umair Ahmed, Lecturer in Computational Fluid Dynamics and Thermofluids
- Sheffield: Saul Cozens, Head of Research and Innovation IT
- York: Matt Probert, Professor of Physics and N8 CIR Director and Steven Wright, Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Science
International leads
- N8 lead: Nick Goldspink, Senior Research Partnership Manager
- Durham: Anna Brown, International Research Development Manager
- Lancaster: Mandy Dillon, Senior Research Development Manager
- Leeds: Louise Heery, Head of Global Research Development
- Liverpool: William Mitchell, Strategic Projects and Partnerships Manager (International)
- Manchester: Sarah Albutt, Head of Research Strategy (Temporary cover)
- Newcastle: Elisa Miles, Research Funding Development Manager
- Sheffield: Melanie Knight, Research Services
- York: Helen Wells, Research Development Manager, Social Sciences
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