The Cultural Institute team manage our programme of activities, as well as offering brokerage and facilitation between staff and students at the University and the creative industries.
The team comprises:
- Professor Ben Walmsley, Dean of Cultural Engagement
- Wieke Eringa, Director
- Nichola Casse, Project Manager
- Rebecca Milnes, Administrative Support Officer
- Erica Ramsay, Lead Producer
- Emma Ratyal-Brooks, Creative Producer
- Jo Nockels, Creative Producer
- Yasmeen Soudani, Communications Officer
Steering group and committees
Our internal steering group is drawn from academic and professional staff at the University, as well as representatives from our strategic partners. The steering group shapes the strategic direction of the Institute, ensuring it provides value to both our university community and the wider creative sector.
Internal members:
- Chair: Profesor Ben Walmsley, Dean of Cultural Engagement and Director of the Centre for Cultural Value
- Profesor Alice O’Grady, Dean: Student Education (Quality and Standards)
- Professor Andrew Thorpe, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures
- Dr Briony Thomas, Associate Professor in Design Science
- Clare Martynski, Communication and Engagement Manager of the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures
- David Pickering, Head of Engagement and Events
- David Rose, Assistant Director, Communications and Engagement
- Debs Wilson, Events and Business Development Manager at Leeds University Union
- Erica Ramsay, Lead Producer at the Cultural Institute
- Gregory Miller, Deputy Director of Student Opportunity
- Professor James Stark, Director of Leeds Arts and Humanities Research Institute
- Professor John Ladbury, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Michelle Calvert, Director of Advancement
- Professor Masud Khokhar, University Librarian and Keeper of the Brotherton Collection
- Sarah Hall, Director of Strategy for Research Impact
- Professor Sonia Kumar, School of Medicine
External members:
- Dominic Gray, Projects Director, Opera North
- Pam Johnson, Head of Culture Programmes, Leeds City Council
- Khadijah Ibrahiim, literary activist, theatre maker and writer
- Herfa Thompson, artist
In addition to the Cultural Institute steering group, we also have committees to advise on particular aspects of the Cultural Institute’s work. These groups have representation from a broad range of different faculties and services within the institution, ensuring our work is strategically aligned and connected across the institution.
- Cultural Advisory Board, made up of 12 students across the University
- Cultural Institute cultural engagement strategy group
- Culture on campus group
Contact us
If you are an individual or organisation wishing to work directly with the Cultural Institute, please contact us at:
Address:
Cultural Institute
Clothworkers’ Building South
University of Leeds
Leeds
LS2 9JT
Email the Cultural Institute at culturalinstitute@leeds.ac.uk
To find us and for directions, please view our campus map.
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