CoSS Team
Dr Dickon Copsey
Dickon is the Employability Officer for the College and responsible for the entire CoSS employability team and its activities. Email Dickon
Emma Smith
Emma is the Student Experience & Partnership Lead (Skills & Development) for the College and focuses on developing our online courses, supporting work-based learning, collaborative dissertations and general employability skills. Email Emma
Dr Dayana Balgabekova
Dayana is the Student Experience Team's Tutor Coordinator and responsible for the management, development and training of our tutor team. She also supports the delivery of activity across the College Employability Programme portfolio.
Kristina Kurincova
Kristina is one of our expert College Employability tutors. Alongside her studies in Accounting and Finance, she has a particular interest in supporting students' development within the Groupwork to Teamwork and LinkedIn courses.
Ellie Craig
Ellie is one of our expert College Employability tutors. Alongside her studies in Politics and Sociology, she has a particular interest in supporting students' development of networking as a key tool to develop employability skills.
Holly Brown
Holly is one of our expert College Employability tutors. Alongside her studies in Politics, she particularly enjoys helping students to communicate their academic, extra-curricular and work-related activities and skills through the LinkedIn course and Graduate Skills Programme.
Michelle Cook
Michelle is one of our expert College Employability tutors. Alongside pursuing her PhD, she has a particular interest in supporting students’ development of formating and writing a good policy brief within the Writing a Policy Brief course.
Dasa Pogorelec
Dasa is one of our senior College Employability Tutors. Alongside her studies in Business & Management and Economics, she has a particular interest in developing new courses and materials, such as PGT Experience Enhancement Programme, and new full day skills development programmes within our Skills Day programme.
Alejandra Cordova
Alejandra is one of our digital media and online learning interns. Alongside her studies in Social and Public Policy and Sociology, she has a particular interest in helping to bring courses to life through video content, images, and website design.
Sheneli Jayasuriya
Sheneli is one of our digital media and learning interns. Alongside her studies in Economic and Social History and Economics, she has a particular interest in making the employability and skills journey accessible for students through online learning and social media tools.