Welcome to the SOAS Directorate
The Directorate provides central management, guidance and co-ordination for the School’s activities, in conjunction with SOAS's Governing Body and committee structure. Members of the School's senior management team based in the Directorate include the Director and Principal, the Pro-Director, the Vice-Principal and the Registrar and Secretary.
We also provide central services to the School in a number of professional areas, including equality and diversity, information compliance, governance and committee management.
General Introduction
Meet the Director - Professor Paul Webley BSc, PhD (London)
Strategic Review of IFCELS
- The White Paper on the future of IFCELS has now been published: see the web page on the Strategic Review of IFCELS for further information.
The Directorate
Director & Principal
Professor Paul Webley BSc, PhD (London)
Pro-Director
Professor Graham Furniss, BA, PhD (London)
Vice-Principal
Professor Nirmala Rao, BA (Delhi), MA MPhil (JNU), PhD (London) AcSS
Interim Registrar and Secretary
Ms Sally Neocosmos BA (Loughborough), Advanced Diploma in Education Management (OU)
Deputy Secretary
Ms Jo Halliday BA (Warwick), PGCE (Reading), MA (London)
Diversity Advisor
Ms Deborah Viney BSc (Portsmouth), MPhil (Southampton), FHEA
Interim Information Compliance Manager
Ms Victoria Cranna BSocSci (Birmingham), Master of Archive Administration (Liverpool), Dip Man (Birkbeck)
Secretariat Manager
Mrs Jan Airey BA (Sussex), PGCE (Brighton), PG Dip (Birmingham)
Directorate Support Staff
Ms Saeeda Dudhia LLB (Southampton Solent)- Executive Assistant to the Director and Principal and Registrar and Secretary
Ms Tracy Guy BA (Sunderland) - PA to the Pro-Director and Vice-Principal
Ms Kate Harvey BA (Sheffield) - Clerical Assistant
Mr Patrick Robinson BSc (Bedfordshire), MSc (Cranfield), PGCert (Birkbeck) - Secretariat and Planning Officer
Contact:
First Floor, Main Building, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London, WC1H 0XG
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)20 7898 4016
- Fax:
- +44 (0)20 7898 4019
