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Quality at Queen Margaret University

Key contacts at QMU

Each collaborative programme has a named Academic Link Person (ALP) The ALP is your first point of contact for the following types of issues:

  • advice on teaching and learning
  • assessments
  • developing a new programme or changing your current programme
  • student support
  • matters for Joint Board of Studies attention

There are a range of people across the University who you may wish to contact regarding administrative issues. Their responsibilities are summarised below. Click on the name to send them an email.

Registry (Academic Development and Student Affairs)

The Registry covers various central administrative functions and is staffed by specialists in particular areas:

Name Responsibilities

Sheila Adamson
(Collaborations Development Co-ordinator)

memoranda of agreement, validation and review, external examiners reports, annual monitoring reports, Joint Boards of Studies arrangements, advice on regulations, publicity materials
Dawn Martin policy, quality assurance processes, Joint Boards of Studies, QMU committees, validation and review
June Ross graduation, fees, assessment regulations
Student Records matriculation
Admissions selection and admission of new students
Recruitment and International Liaison Office visas and immigration, student exchanges and ERASMUS

School Office

Staff in the School Office deal with registering students on modules, marks, exam board preparation and transcripts. For each school there is a generic mailbox. You are advised to use this as you can be guaranteed that someone will read it and answer.

There is a named administrator for each programme. You can also contact the School Manager for complex queries or the School Office Team Leader.

Name Responsibilities
Nichola Kett

School Office Team Leader

   
Arts, Social Sciences and Management  
Sheena Watson School Manager
Paula McClellan BA Performing Arts (AMC) ; BA Mass Communication and Media Arts (AMC); PgCert Drama and Theatre for Teaching and Learning
Hester Lean BA (Hons) Acting for Stage and Screen ; BA International Hospitality and Tourism Management (Silver Mountain)
Anne Campbell ITM programmes
Barbara Herd SSTH and Distance Learning MBAs
Fraser Rudge EASB business programmes
   
Health Sciences  
Kath Twaddell School Manager
Xanthe Duncan MSc Transactional Analysis Counselling; BSc (Hons) Nursing (Jeddah); BSc (Hons) Nursing (BUE); BSc Professional Practice - Nursing (EASB)
Lois McKinnon Scottish Breast Screening programmes; MSc Podiatric Surgery / MSc Podiatric Medicine ; NHS Lothian CPD Framework
Eleanor Swift

PgCert Clinical Leadership

Cheryl Bruce

MSc Palliative Care; BSc Professional Practice – Palliative Care Approach; MSc Cognitive Behavioural Therapy; PgCert Brain Injury Rehabilitation; HECert in Person Centred Approaches

Kyoko Jardine PgCert Human Resources for Health Management
Cheryl Bruce BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy (AMC)
Sue Cade BSc (Hons) Logopaedics and BSc (Hons) Dietetics (AMC)

Library and Information Technology

Access to information technology, WebCT and library services is controlled through a single account. See the relevant web pages for more information:

For advice on resolving problems with access to electronic resources, contact Avril Dickson, Information Services Specialist.

EMail Type of query
ISHelp@qmu.ac.uk For problems with staff accounts
LRCHelp@qmu.ac.uk For problems with student accounts
WebCT@qmu.ac.uk For problems with WebCT

 









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