• Financial Management, including post-award research funding
• Strategic Support for Head of Department
• Member of Senior Management Group
• Departmental policies and procedures
• Secretary to the Research Committee and REF Working Party
• Deals with HR matters, including recruitment
• Secretary to the Workload Planning Committee
• Responsible for physical structure of department

Jessica Adler
Admissions and Events Administrator

history-admissions@york.ac.uk
Tel: internal 2983, external (01904) 322983
Vanbrugh College, V/242 (Mon-Fri)

• Manages the annual admissions processes for all students 
• Supports the recruitment of undergraduate and postgraduate students 
• Services the Recruitment and Admissions Committee 
• Organises Departmental student recruitment events 

• Reception service includes responding to enquiries, dealing with incoming and outgoing mail, booking taxis, monitoring stationery, maintaining keys / security passes, overseeing the photocopiers
• Assists with arranging meetings, events and conferences to include catering, room bookings and travel/accommodation
• Prepares and distributes student feedback forms
• Updates webpages with student hours and Departmental minutes
• Responds to maintenance requests, assists with refurbishments

Helen Crevald
Travel and Office Administrator

helen.crevald@york.ac.uk
Tel: internal 4708, external (01904) 324708
Vanbrugh College, V/242 (Wed-Thur)

• Books travel for academic / research staff and PhD students, providing guidance
• Maintains staff contact database and other staff lists
• Maintains the student archives and its surrounds
• Assists with arranging meetings, events and conferences to include catering, room bookings and travel/accommodation
• Liaises with IT Services re computer hardware, setting up new equipment
• Responds to maintenance requests, assists with refurbishments

Sarah Finch 
Student Services Manager

sarah.finch@york.ac.uk  
Tel: internal 2982, external (01904) 322982 
Vanbrugh College, V/207 

• Oversight of all administration for the Undergraduate and Postgraduate programmes
• Management of the Departmental Student Services team
• Review and planning of student-related administration, to include support for quality-related initiatives, curriculum planning, NSS etc
• Secretary to the Board of Studies

Kirsty Hanson 
Teaching Data and Student Administrator

history-pg-enquiries@york.ac.uk  
Tel: internal 4708, external (01904) 324708 
Vanbrugh College, V/242 (Mon, Wed and Friday)

• Collates teaching and staff data to feed into the timetable and the workload plan, to include preparation of the Officers of the Board and the programme books
• Works with the Chair of the Board of Studies to support the workload planning process
• Works with the Embedded Timetabler to produce timetables for staff and students
• Updates module data via the Programme Module Catalogue
• Postgraduate records work e.g. changes to student registration, tier 4 etc
• Postgraduate assessment
• Postgraduate module choices administration

Tom Metcalfe
Student Experience and Support Officer

tom.metcalfe@york.ac.uk
Tel: internal 2976, external (01904) 322976
Vanbrugh College, V/109

• Coordinates the provision of pastoral support to students across the Department of History
• Provides support to individual students
• Ensures disability support requirements are in place
• Contributes to relevant committees such as ECA Committee and the Teaching and Assessment Committee 
• Contributes to outreach and Widening Participation activities

Carole Nicolson
Postgraduate Administrator

history-pg-enquiries@york.ac.uk
Tel: internal 2961, external (01904) 322961
Vanbrugh College, V/242

• Postgraduate records work includes changes to student registration, tier 4 etc
• Postgraduate assessment and progression
• Disability support to PG students
• Postgraduate student events
• Postgraduate internships and MA placements
• Administrator for the Graduate School Board and PG Student/Staff Forum

Rebecca Postlethwaite
Undergraduate Administrator

• Leads on UG records work, to include student induction, ECA claims, changes to student registration, tier 4, funding for current students etc
• Module choices
• GTA Administrator
• Assists with UG assessment and progression
• Assists with UG Disability support
• Administrative support for Year Abroad / Placements
• Provides support to relevant committees and meetings

Sarah Rubery 
Undergraduate Assessment and Disability Administrator 

history-ug-assessment@york.ac.uk
Tel: internal 2972, external (01904) 322972
Vanbrugh College, V/242

• Lead on UG assessment and progression
• Lead on UG Disability support, including SSP extensions
• Assists with UG records work, to include module choices, student induction, ECA claims, changes to student registration, tier 4, funding for current students etc
• Administrative support for Year Abroad / Placements
• Provides support to relevant committees and meetings