Dr. Bing Lu - Director of Student Experience and Progression; Faculty of Arts
Bing is an early-career scholar specialising in doctoral education and supervision within a global context. Over the past two years, Bing has been spearheading the Best-Practice Toolkit Co-creation Project as part of the inclusive education scheme and has produced the report for 2023 Inclusive Education Best-practice Toolkit 2023 (warwick.ac.uk).

As a higher education scholar, Bing was honoured with the SRHE Newer Researcher Award 2023, one of only three recipients in the UK. Bing is currently serving as a guest editor alongside three international scholars for a special issue on "Taboos in Doctoral Education Across Cultures" in the Journal of Higher Education Quarterly.

Marion Patel (Placements Office, School of Life Sciences)
Marion has spent the majority of her career in professional service roles within Higher/Further Education, most of those varied roles sharing an emphasis on the delivery of supportive and engaging student services or programmes. Most recently, following 3 and a half years as an “Internships, Placements and Work Experience Coordinator” within the central Student Opportunity division, Marion has taken the role of Placements Officer within the School of Life Sciences – where she is responsible for the delivery and strategic enhancement of the School’s placement provision and supporting the broader employability experience.

Georgina Lewis – Assistant Relationship Manager, WBS CareersPlus & Employer Relations
After completing a Classics degree at King’s College London, and an English Teaching qualification, Georgina spent 6 years living and working in Portugal and Italy, teaching English and also working in Professional Services marketing.

She spent a year in Birmingham (her hometown), working in Business Development at the legal firm Wragge & Co, and then moved to the United Arab Emirates in 2009 – where her 2 boys were born, and she worked as a Project Manager for a graphic design agency.

Georgina joined Warwick Business School in 2017, as a part-time CareersPlus coordinator and she’s had various opportunities within the CareersPlus & Employer Relations team, and a year-long secondment with the Executive Education team. She says “I thoroughly recommend secondments as a route to learn and explore more about other teams/departments in the University.” And in July she starts a new role at WMG, as a Business Development Manager in the Education team!

Professor Rebecca Freeman – Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education)
Beccy leads inclusive education and experience for Warwick’s diverse population of 29,000 students. Since starting the role in December, Beccy has been developing the University’s new Access and Participation Plan, and consulting on the new Education and Student Experience Strategy.

Originally joining Warwick in 2011, Beccy held a number of roles in the School of Life Sciences focused on working with students and staff to build community and develop the education and student experience in the department. She worked closely with colleagues across the institution to set up and lead the Director of Student Experience Network, bringing together colleagues in similar roles across departments. As Dean of Students (2019-2023), Beccy worked closely with student and staff communities across Warwick’s 33 departments driving commitment and momentum around inclusive education, community values and personal tutoring.

Beccy’s work and research at Warwick, Birmingham City University and across the sector focuses on student voice, engagement and educational enhancement. She is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and won a Warwick Award for teaching excellence in 2019. Outside of work Beccy likes walking with her 2 children, reading and has recently adopted a small allotment.

June 2024