Your Senior Tutor and Faculty Senior Tutor
Senior Tutors
Your department’s Senior Tutor (UG) has overall responsibility for the academic and pastoral care of undergraduate students in the department. For postgraduate students this role is fulfilled by your Senior Tutor (PG). These experienced colleagues will be able to guide and support you in handling individual student problems or queries, and you should consult them if you are uncertain of how to proceed or would value a second opinion. Except in the case of familiar or straightforward interactions, Personal Tutors are advised to keep the Senior Tutor informed of their actions or to discuss an individual case before taking action with a student.
Faculty Senior Tutors
The Senior Tutor team are supported by a Faculty Senior Tutor. The Faculty Senior Tutors have responsibility for ensuring the delivery of consistent, high quality support for students in their personal, general academic and professional development. Working with and supporting Personal Tutors and Senior Tutors, they ensure that support systems are effective, that training is appropriate and that College policies in student support are implemented. In addition, each Faculty Senior Tutor provides support to their senior tutors and directly to students who have more complex concerns or situations.
The Faculty Senior Tutors are available for additional support and guidance, augmenting the support that your department can provide for academic and personal matters. You may find a Faculty Senior Tutor particularly useful if you have a matter which you feel is highly sensitive or complicated and wish to ensure that you will be talking to the right person or team to help you. The details of the Faculty Senior Tutors are in the table below.
| Faculty | Faculty Senior Tutor | Email address |
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| Business School | Dr Benita (Baggy) Cox | b.cox@imperial.ac.uk |
| Faculty of Engineering | Dr Lorraine Craig | l.craig@imperial.ac.uk |
| Faculty of Natural Sciences | Professor John Seddon | fons-seniortutor@imperial.ac.uk |
| Faculty of Medicine | Dr Jeffrey Vernon | j.vernon@imperial.ac.uk |
Experience and involving
Their experience
Senior Tutors will normally have had a lot of experience as Personal Tutors themselves and are a good source of information on what to do in tricky or unusual situations. They will have detailed knowledge of the structure of the UG or PG programme and will have dealt with various academic and support services in the College (Registry, Health Centre, Disability Advisory Service etc). They normally attend monthly Senior Tutor Forums where current issues concerning students are discussed. There are regular training sessions for new Senior Tutors. In some departments the Senior Tutor is aided by a Student Liaison Officer (or similar), responsible for the pastoral care aspects of the role.
When to involve them
The Senior Tutor is normally in charge of their department’s personal tutorial system. It is important that Senior Tutors are informed promptly of any major personal or academic problems with tutees, and in particular about repeated absences. Senior Tutors usually have undergraduate discipline in the department devolved to them by the Head of Department and will normally be involved with assessing alleged cases of plagiarism.
For the School of Medicine, Senior Tutors operate a supportive role only and are not involved in disciplinary action. They will offer support to students who are undergoing disciplinary action within the College and through external agencies. This is a requirement of the General Medical Council.
It is very important that Personal Tutors do not take certain matters into their own hands e.g. in cases where a student wishes to lodge a complaint against a member of staff, or reports financial issues or visa queries (also consult International Student Support). In fact, anything which is potentially controversial should be directed to the Senior Tutor.
When involving your Senior Tutor there is guidance on how to manage confidentiality and disclosure of student information that you should be aware of. Also, your tutee may wish to go directly to the Senior Tutor and should be made aware of this.
Tutors
Senior Tutor (UG)
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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING |
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Aeronautics |
Siti Ros Shamsuddin (Year 1/2) Yongyun Hwang (Year 3/4/5) |
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Bioengineering |
Dr Claire Higgins x45826 c.higgins@imperial.ac.uk Dr Warren Macdonald (deputy) x46372 w.macdonald@imperial.ac.uk |
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Chemical Engineering |
Dr Andreas Kogelbauer x45572 a.kogelbauer@imperial.ac.uk |
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Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Dr Andrew Phillips |
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Computing |
Dr Maria Valera-Espina |
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Dyson School of Design Engineering |
Dr Talya Porat Dr Nicolas Rojas n.rojas@imperial.ac.uk |
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Earth Science and Engineering |
Dr Emma Passmore x46429 e.passmore@imperial.ac.uk Dr Elizabeth Day (deputy) x46529 e.day@imperial.ac.uk |
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Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
Mrs Esther Perea x46160 e.perea@imperial.ac.uk |
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Materials |
Dr Paul J. Franklyn x46725 p.franklyn@imperial.ac.uk |
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Mechanical Engineering |
Dr Andrew (Fred) Marquis x47040 a.marquis@imperial.ac.uk Dr Julie Varley (deputy) x47089 j.varley@imperial.ac.uk |
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| FACULTY OF MEDICINE | ||||||
| MBBS School of Medicine |
Dr Anabel Varela Carver (Phase 1a) Professor Mark Nelson (Phase 1b) Professor Debbie Jarvis (Year 3) Dr Roshni Patel (Year 4) Dr Graeme Wilson (Year 5) Dr Lucy Bingham (Year 6) |
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| BSc Medical Biosciences |
Dr Rebecca Salter |
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FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCES |
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Chemistry |
Dr Amelia Barron x41043 amelia.barron@imperial.ac.uk |
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Mathematics |
Dr Christopher Ford x49165 c.ford@imperial.ac.uk |
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Physics |
Dr Ingo Mueller-Wodarg x47524 ph.stutor@imperial.ac.uk |
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Life Sciences |
Dr Stuart Haslam (Biochemistry) x45222 s.haslam@imperial.ac.uk Professor Stephen Brickley (Biological Sciences) x47699 s.brickley@imperial.ac.uk |
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BUSINESS SCHOOL |
Dr Baggy Cox (UG Programmes, Summer School) x49164 b.cox@imperial.ac.uk |
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Senior Tutors (PG)
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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING |
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Aeronautics |
Dr Francesco Montomoli (PG taught) x45151 f.montomoli@imperial.ac.uk Dr Paul Bruce (PG research) x45048 p.bruce@imperial.ac.uk |
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Bioengineering |
Dr Tom Ellis (PG taught and research) x47615 t.ellis@imperial.ac.uk |
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Chemical Engineering |
Prof Paul Luckham (PG taught and research) x45583 p.luckham01@imperial.ac.uk |
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Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Dr Ana M Ruiz-Teran x46005 a.ruiz-teran@imperial.ac.uk |
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Computing |
Dr Thomas Lancaster (PG taught) x48394 t.lancaster@imperial.ac.uk Professor Sophia Drossopolou (PG research) x48368 s.drossopolou@imperial.ac.uk |
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Dyson School of Design Engineering |
Dr Stephen Green (PG taught - Innovation Design Engineering) x43398 stephen.green@imperial.ac.uk Dr Leila Sheldrick (PG taught - Global Innovation Design) Dr Pelin Demirel (PG research) |
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Earth Science and Engineering |
Dr Peter Fitch (PG taught) x49521 p.fitch@imperial.ac.uk Prof Peter Allison (PG research) x46479 p.allison@imperial.ac.uk |
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Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
Dr Imad Jaimoukha x46279 i.jaimoukha@imperial.ac.uk |
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Materials |
Prof Alexandra Porter (PG taught) x49691 a.porter@imperial.ac.uk Prof Aron Walsh (PG research) x41178 a.walsh@imperial.ac.uk |
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Mechanical Engineering |
Dr Ulrich Hansen (PG taught) x47061 u.hansen@imperial.ac.uk Dr Amir Kadiric (PG research) x41717 a.kadiric@imperial.ac.uk Dr Soraia Pimenta (PG research - deputy) |
FACULTY OF MEDICINE |
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| Department of Brain Science and Department of Metabolism |
PG research: Dr Kevin Murphy Hailey Kendall-Berry h.kendall@imperial.ac.uk Dr Wayne Mitchell Dr Maggie Trela |
| Department of Infectious disease and Department of Immunology and Inflammation |
PG research: Dr Kevin Murphy Hailey Kendall-Berry PG taught: Dr Toby Andrew Dr Stefano Sandrone |
| Department of Surgery and Cancer |
PG research: Jennifer Simeon PG taught: Dr Christos Kontovounisios |
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Institute of Clinical Sciences |
Dr Chris Speck 020 3313 3387 chris.speck@imperial.ac.uk |
| National Heart and Lung Institute |
Dr Duncan Rogers (PGT) x47872 Duncan.rogers@imperial.ac.uk Dr Charlotte Dean (PGR Welfare tutor) x43174 c.dean@imperial.ac.uk |
| School of Public Health |
Dr Jenny Husbands |
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FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCES |
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Chemistry |
Dr Rob Davies x45754 r.davies@imperial.ac.uk Dr Keith Willison x45807 keith.willison@imperial.ac.uk Silvia Diez-Gonzalez |
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Mathematics |
Dr Anthony Bellotti x48521 a.bellotti@imperial.ac.uk |
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Physics |
Dr Arnaud Czaja x41789 a.czaja@imperial.ac.uk |
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Life Sciences |
Dr Neil Fairweather (South Kensington) x45247 n.fairweather@imperial.ac.uk Dr Julia Schroeder (Silwood Park) |
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Centre for Environmental Policy |
Dr Ioannis Kountaris x49316 i.kountouras@imperial.ac.uk |
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BUSINESS SCHOOL |
Dr Martin Haugh (PG Research Tutor, Doctoral Programme & MRes) Professor Maurizio Zollo (Finance Suite) x42163 m.zollo@imperial.ac.uk Dr Baggy Cox (Finance Suite, Management Masters, MBA) x49164 b.cox@imperial.ac.uk Mr Colin Love (Management Masters) x47439 c.love@imperial.ac.uk Mr Jeremy Fernando (Specialised Masters) x43130 j.fernando@imperial.ac.uk Professor James Barlow (Specialised Masters) x45936 j.barlow@imperial.ac.uk Ms Lisa Umenyiora (Professional Development) x41080 l.umenyiora@imperial.ac.uk |
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CENTRE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP |
Dr Annette Mahon x47375 a.mahon@imperial.ac.uk |