ESE’s Postgraduate Education Team

Who we are - and what we do

  • Samantha Symmonds

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    Samantha Symmonds Postgraduate Education Manager

    Location

    G.21, RSM, South Kensington Campus
    London SW7 2AZ, UK

    Responsibilities

    I am responsible for the team and delivery of Postgraduate Taught & Research administration in the department.

     

  • Amanda Allotey

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    Amanda Allotey Postgraduate PhD Research Administrator

    +44 20 7594 6400

    Location

    G.21, RSM, South Kensington Campus
    London SW7 2AZ, UK

    Responsibilities

    I am currently the Postgraduate Research administrator in Earth Science and Engineering. I assist in all areas of PhD Research and support students from the start to the completion of their PhD.  

  • Joanna Owens

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    Joanna Owens Postgraduate Programme and Fieldtrips Co-ordinator

    +44 20 7594 6462

    Location

    G.21, RSM, South Kensington Campus
    London SW7 2AZ, UK

    Responsibilities

    I co-ordinate the administration of the MSc Metals and Energy Finance programme, including admissions and all the MSc fieldtrips.

  • Ying Ashton

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    Ying Ashton Postgraduate Admissions Officer

    +44 20 7594 3067

    Location

    G.21, RSM, South Kensington Campus
    London SW7 2AZ, UK

    Responsibilities

    I deal with admissions for two MScs - MSc Applied Computational Science and Engineering (ACSE) and MSc Environmental Data Science and Machine Learning (EDSML), supporting the admissions process and answering queries from applicants and prospective students.

  • Thomas Dray

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    Thomas Dray Postgraduate Programme Co-ordinator

    +44 20 7594 7447

    Location

    G.21, RSM, South Kensington Campus
    London SW7 2AZ, UK

    Responsibilities

    I coordinate the administration for the MSc ACSE and EDSML courses. This includes supporting day-to-day teaching, answering student queries, and helping to arrange MSc social events.

  • Sophie Pirouet

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    Sophie Pirouet Postgraduate Programme Co-ordinator

    +44 20 7594 1094

    Location

    G.21, RSM, South Kensington Campus
    London SW7 2AZ, UK

    Responsibilities

    I co-ordinate the administration of the MSc Geo- Energy with Machine Learning and Data Science (GEMS) programme. This includes admissions for the course, helping students and applicants with queries, and supporting day to day teaching.

    I work part time and my normal working days are Monday-Wednesday.

All of our team are based in room G21 of the RSM, South Kensington Campus.