Who is my Disability Adviser or DASS Caseworker?

You will be allocated a DASS case worker/Lead Disability Advisor and Assistant Adviser, who will work together to coordinate your support. They are usually allocated on the basis of the School that you're in. Louise Pepper-Kernot is the Head of the Disability Service and Alison Hassett is the is the Manager of the DASS team,

Talk to our administration team for general queries, or to arrange a Quick Query appointment.

If you have a specific query about your support, then please contact your case worker or Assistant Adviser.

Faculty of Humanities

School Lead Disability Advisor/Caseworker Assistant Disability Advisor
Social Sciences (UG)

Elizabeth Bermingham

Lauren Balfour-Mckie

Social Sciences (PG)

Lisa Greene

Lauren Balfour-Mckie
Arts, Languages & Cultures –UG (except Drama & History)

Tom Crawshaw

History (UG)

Kay Gardner

Drama (UG)

Wendy Timperley

Paul Guy
Arts, Languages & Cultures –PGT, PGR & CEPD

Rhys John-Salmon

Alliance Manchester Business School

Karen Brooks

Environment, Education & Development

Wendy Timperley

Paul Guy

Directorate for the student experience

Karen Brooks

Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

School Department Lead Disability Advisor/Caseworker Assistant Disability Advisor
School of Health Sciences Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work (UG & PGT) Michelle Holgate

Paul Guy

Human Communication, Development & Hearing – Undergraduate students Tom Crawshaw

Lauren Balfour-Mckie
Psychology (UG)

Karen Brooks

Lauren Balfour-Mckie
Health Sciences – Postgraduate students (taught and research)

Michelle Holgate

Paul Guy

Informatics, Imaging and Data Sciences – Postgraduate students (taught and research)

Wendy Timperley

Pharmacy & Optometry (UG)

Karen Brooks

Lauren Balfour-Mckie

Population Health – Postgraduate students (Taught and Research)

Nikki Schofield

Paul Guy
School of Medical Sciences

Medical Education (UG)

Kay Gardner

Dentistry

Wendy Timperley

Medical Sciences - Postgraduate students (Taught and research)

Michelle Holgate

Paul Guy

School of Biological Sciences

Nikki Schofield

Paul Guy

Faculty of Science and Engineering

School Department Lead Disability Advisor/Caseworker Assistant Disabilty Advisor
School of Engineering Computer Science

Rhys John-Salmon

Lauren Balfour-Mckie

Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Lisa Greene

Paul Guy

Chemical Engineering & Analytical Science

Lisa Greene

Lauren Balfour-Mckie
Mechanical, Aerospace & Civil Engineering

Kath Henderson

School of Natural Sciences Foundation Sciences

Kath Henderson

SEES (School of Earth and Environmental Sciences)

Kay Gardner

Physics & Astronomy

Kath Henderson

Chemistry

Nikki Schofield

Paul Guy
Materials

Lisa Greene

Mathematics

Rhys John-Salmon