Academic Registrar and Team

	Academic Registrar Adam Child Adam started his higher education career at the Higher Education Academy (now Advance HE) shortly after graduating from the University of York. He then spent six years at Lancaster, initially as an Assistant Registrar before moving into a role supporting the Vice-Chancellor and the senior management team. In 2017, Adam moved to Bournemouth University as Head of Academic Quality before becoming Academic Registrar at Surrey in 2020. At Surrey he had responsibility for quality assurance, academic governance, assessment processes, student records (inclusive of statutory returns and UKVI), programme support, student timetabling, fees and funding, appeals, complaints and discipline. Email: adam.child@warwick.ac.uk
	Business Support Manager Leanne Case Leanne joined the Academic Registrar's Office in June 2026 as Business Support Manager. She previously worked in the University's Wellbeing and Safeguarding Directorate for four years as Head of the Residential Community Team. Prior to joining the University of Warwick, Leanne worked in a civilian management role within the Police. Email: leanne.case@warwick.ac.uk
	Personal Assistant and Operations Coordinator Lara Coxon Lara joined the University in November 2025 as part of the WIHEA Team before moving to the Academic Registrar's Office in July 2026 to take up the role of Operations Co-ordinator and Personal Assistant. Before joining the University, Lara worked at Warwickshire College Group for 13 years as a Work Based Learning Manager and Assessor. Email: academicregistrar@warwick.ac.uk
	Personal Assistant and Operations Coordinator Ansh Patni Ansh joined the Academic Registrar's Office in August 2026 as Operations Coordinator and Personal Assistant, supporting Adele Browne and the wider SEED Senior Leadership Team along with the Dean of Students. Ansh completed an MSc in Business with Consulting at Warwick Business School and was a Warwick Welcome Service Ambassador, giving him a strong working knowledge of the University's operations and student-facing services. Before joining Warwick, Ansh worked as a Promotions & Events Manager in Bangalore (India), coordinating large-scale events and departmental operations, and previously gained HR and marketing experience through various internships. Email: PAStudentExperience@warwick.ac.uk and Deanofstudents@warwick.ac.uk
	Director of Student Opportunity Ali Collins As Director of Student Opportunity, Ali leads the University's work on employability and supports its internationalisation agenda. Since joining Student Opportunity in 2021 as Head of Skills, she has led the development of university-wide initiatives including the Warwick Award and the Thrive personal development programme, before moving to the Head of Careers role where she focused on embedding employability in the curriculum. Prior to this, she spent ten years at Warwick Business School in careers and curriculum development roles, building extensive experience in enhancing student success and graduate outcomes. mail: Ali.Collins@warwick.ac.uk
	Director of Flexible and Online Learning Dr Sam Hardy Following the completion of a PhD in viral immunology, Sam trained in technology transfer and established a University of Warwick spin-out company to commercialise academic research. This entrepreneurial foundation led to a series of leadership roles within the University and amongst regional partners, with a primary focus on business and regional engagement. In 2016, Sam co-authored the Strategic Economic Plan for the Coventry & Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership. It was during this period that he developed a particular interest in the role of skills provision as a catalyst for economic development, specifically regarding widening participation and access to education through degree apprenticeships. Since 2021, Sam has served as the Director of the Flexible and Online Learning Division within the Education Group. In this role, he leads the teams responsible for the strategic development and delivery of the University’s flexible learning portfolio. His remit encompasses digital and blended learning, work-based education, and the continued expansion of the University’s apprenticeship programmes, ensuring the institution is prepared for the implementation of the Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE). Email: Samuel.A.Hardy@warwick.ac.uk Telephone: 024 765 75497
	Director of Student Experience and Engagement Adele Browne Adele joined Warwick in May 2022 to lead the newly formed Student Experience Division, focussed on driving up the inclusion of diverse student groups in the wider Warwick experience through collaborative review and re-design of services and opportunities. Adele’s career in Higher Education started at the University of Sussex in 2001, where she managed international exchange programmes and industrial placements for thirteen years, before moving to De Montfort University as Head of Placements and later Head of Graduate Success. In all roles she has held a central responsibility for increasing student engagement and providing effective individualised support. Email: Adele.Browne@warwick.ac.uk
	Director of Education Operations Dan Derricott Dan leads the Education Policy and Quality division’s work as custodians of the University’s academic regulations and policy on behalf of the Senate, as enablers of quality assurance and enhancement processes that drive continuous improvement in education, and in coordinating the implementation of the University’s Education Strategy. As a senior member of the Education Executive and the university’s lead on academic governance, Dan has specific responsibility for ensuring our internal governance and quality assurance systems enable the successful delivery of university strategy and secure our on ongoing compliance with external regulatory requirements. He also leads for Warwick on our partnership with University College Birmingham, which is using the collective power of our two universities to unlock the potential of learners across the West Midlands. Dan has experience across the sector from substantive roles at UCL, the University of Leicester and the University of Lincoln, as well as board director and committee roles with QAA and the funding councils in England (HEFCE, now OfS) and Wales (HEFCW). Dan remains active as an external reviewer of universities and quality assurance agencies (ENQA) across Europe and as Chair of Governors at a large primary school in Leicester. Email: Dan.Derricott@warwick.ac.uk Telephone: 024 765 74034
	Director of Admissions Dr Elizabeth Hough Liz has worked at Warwick since 2013 and returned to her role as Head of Admissions (a post she previously held in 2016-17) in December 2019. Prior to this, she worked in the Strategy Group as Assistant Director of Professional Services Strategic Reform and Senior Assistant Registrar with responsibility for institutional-level strategic projects. Liz has also worked as an Assistant Registrar in University Governance and in the Graduate School on student experience and development. She holds a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from Princeton University. Email: Elizabeth.Hough@warwick.ac.uk Telephone: 024 765 73633
	Dean of Students Mark Pulsford As Dean of Students, Mark provides strategic leadership for personal tutoring, academic support and progression across the institution. He heads up the Dean of Students Office, a team of academic and professional services legends who work towards continual improvement of the academic support systems at Warwick. Mark was previously a Faculty Senior Tutor within the Dean of Students Office and convenor of the Disabled Student Champions Network. Before joining Warwick in 2019, he taught on education programmes at the University of Sheffield and De Montfort University, and prior to that was a primary school teacher in London and Leicester. His research and scholarship interests have focused on men in education (as fathers, teachers, and students), parental engagement in education, and the nature of Education as a university subject. He has a keen interest in encouraging students and staff to write together for publication – in 2023 he edited a book with student contributions and recently published a co-written paper in the International Journal for Students as Partners. Mark is also Director of Education for the School of Education, Learning and Communication Sciences (SELCS), having previously been a Director of Undergraduate Studies. He holds Senior Fellowship of the HEA and is a Fellow of Warwick International Higher Education Academy (24/25 - 26/27). Email: mark.pulsford@warwick.ac.uk