IAD staff and contact email addresses

Contact details for our core staff, plus generic contact email addresses for a range of enquiries.

Getting in touch with us

The Institute for Academic Development continues to offer a mix of online and on-campus activities to staff and students. Do check workshop and event information carefully when booking, to be sure of the mode of delivery.

Institute for Academic Development staff are working in a hybrid manner with most staff working part-time on-campus. For enquiries it is generally best to contact staff by email in the first instance. It is generally best to visit the IAD building in person only if you have been invited in for a specific meeting, appointment or to attend a workshop in our building you have pre-booked to attend.

Our address

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Institute for Academic Development staff

If you are not sure who to contact, please use our generic contact email list further down the page, and select the email contact that best fits your enquiry.

If you are a UoE student with a question about credit-bearing courses in your subject area or looking for advice about options courses, please contact your Student Adviser.

IAD Co-Directors

NameRoleEmail
Prof Catherine BovillCo-Director, Institute for Academic Development / Personal Chair of Student Engagement in Higher Educationcatherine.bovill@ed.ac.uk
Olivia EadieCo-Director, Institute for Academic Developmentolivia.eadie@ed.ac.uk
 Directors' PAIAD.Director@ed.ac.uk
   
Please note  

Dr Jon Turner is on a 2-year internal secondment.

Please now contact Catherine Bovill & Olivia Eadie for IAD Director matters on the IAD.Director@ed.ac.uk email address

Curriculum Transformation Project LeadJ.D.Turner@ed.ac.uk

Learning and Teaching team

NameRoleEmail
Professor Velda McCune

Personal Chair of University Education

Deputy Director, IAD | Head of Learning and Teaching team

velda.mccune@ed.ac.uk
Dr Aaron AllenAcademic Developer, Taught Studentsaaron.allen@ed.ac.uk
Dr Hazel ChristieHead of the CPD Framework for Learning and Teaching / Senior Lecturerhazel.christie@ed.ac.uk
Dr Jackie DohaneyLecturer, University Teaching Enhancementj.dohaney@ed.ac.uk
Callum FergusonStudy Development Advisorcallum.ferguson@ed.ac.uk
Lesley KellyAcademic Developerlesley.kelly@ed.ac.uk
Dr Neil LentLecturer (University Learning and Teaching)n.lent@ed.ac.uk
Dr Jenna MannAcademic Developerjenna.mann@ed.ac.uk
Dr Celeste McLaughlinHead of Academic Development for Digital Educationceleste.mclaughlin@ed.ac.uk
Dr Donna MurrayHead of Taught Student Developmentdonna.murray@ed.ac.uk
Emily SalvesenCPD Programme Manageremily.salvesen@ed.ac.uk
Dr Jenny ScolesAcademic Developer, Learning and Teaching Enhancementjenny.scoles@ed.ac.uk
Clair SweeneyAcademic Developerclair.sweeney@ed.ac.uk
Victoria TaitAcademic Developervictoria.tait@ed.ac.uk
Dr Eda UlusAcademic Developereda.ulus@ed.ac.uk

Researcher Development team

NameRoleEmail
Dr Fiona PhilippiAssistant Director, IAD | Head of Researcher Development teamfiona.philippi@ed.ac.uk
Nicola CuthbertResearcher Development Managern.cuthbert@ed.ac.uk
Dr Darcey GillieResearch Staff Careers Consultantdarcey.gillie@ed.ac.uk
Eleanor HennigeResearch Staff Careers Consultanteleanor.hennige@ed.ac.uk
Alex PedenHead of Research Culturesalex.peden@ed.ac.uk
Dr Anna PilzAcademic Developer and Trainer: Researcher Developmentanna.pilz@ed.ac.uk
Dr Lindsay RandallAcademic Developer: Researcher Developmentlindsay.randall@ed.ac.uk
Dr Emily WoollenAcademic Developer: Researcher Developmente.woollen@ed.ac.uk
   
Future Leader Fellows Development Network  
Dr Sara ShintonDirector, Future Leader Fellows Development Networksara.shinton@ed.ac.uk
Bridget MellifontCommunity Manager – Future Leader Fellows Development Networkb.mellifont@ed.ac.uk
Dr Katie Nicoll BainesEDI Manager – Future Leaders Fellows Development Networkk.nicollbaines@ed.ac.uk

Operations and Projects team

NameRoleEmail
Cheryl ThomasDeputy Head Operations and Projectscheryl.thomas@ed.ac.uk
Yulia AbramovaProject Manager - Future Leader Fellows Development Networkyulia.abramova@ed.ac.uk
Clare BarrieCommunications Officer - Future Leaders Fellows Development Networkclare.barrie@ed.ac.uk
Stella BraySenior Administrative Officer - Research Cultures & Researcher Developmentstella.bray@ed.ac.uk
Lainey BridgeContent Development and Communications Officerlainey.bridge@ed.ac.uk
Gaby CalvertSenior Admin Officer - Future Leaders Fellows Development Networkgcalvert@ed.ac.uk
Sam CanningSenior Events Officersam.canning@ed.ac.uk
Julie DaubenspeckSenior Events Officerjulie.daubenspeck@ed.ac.uk
Louise GorseEvents Officerlouise.gorse@ed.ac.uk
Sonia Hadj SaidSenior Administrative Officer CPD and Finance

sonia.hadjsaid@ed.ac.uk

Finance: iad.finance@ed.ac.uk

Louise McKayEvents Operations and Doctoral Programme Managerlouise.mckay@ed.ac.uk
Karsten MoermanIT Managerkarsten.moerman@ed.ac.uk
Carla PereraEvents Officercarla.perera@ed.ac.uk
Natalie PoyserSenior Admin Officer – Business Operationsnatalie.poyser@ed.ac.uk
Brendan SweeneyEvents Officerbsweeney@ed.ac.uk
 Campus phone number to reach the events admin team rota desk - Tel +44 (0)131 651 6662 

Contact email addresses for specific enquiries

These in-boxes are checked by various IAD staff.

Nature of enquiryEmail inbox (monitored by IAD staff)
IAD workshops and resources for undergraduate students and taught postgraduates. (Not 1-1 study skills advice).iad.students@ed.ac.uk
IAD 1-1 study skills advice appointments only. (For undergraduate and taught postgraduate students.)iad.study@ed.ac.uk
IAD workshops, events and resources for postgraduate research students, including the 3 Minute Thesis competition.iad.phd@ed.ac.uk
IAD workshops and resources for academic research staff and Principal Investigators, including the Get Connected Welcome Event for new academics.iad.researchers@ed.ac.uk
IAD careers support for research staff (including career development consultations)ResearchStaff.Careers@ed.ac.uk
IAD workshops, resources and network for postgraduate research supervisors, including our Supervisor Briefing sessions.iad.phdsupervisors@ed.ac.uk
IAD workshops and resources for tutors and demonstratorsiad.tutdem@ed.ac.uk
IAD workshops, events, staff networks, resources and online guidance for staff in learning and teaching roles.iad.teach@ed.ac.uk
Continuing Professional Development Framework for Learning and Teaching, routes to gaining AdvanceHE Fellowship, and the Edinburgh Teaching Award (EdTA).iad.cpdframework@ed.ac.uk
The Postgradute Certificate in Academic Practice (PgCAP), including from prospective and on-programme students.iad.pgcert@ed.ac.uk
The Introduction to Academic Practice course, including from prospective and on-programme participants.iad.introAP@ed.ac.uk
Questions about and applying to the Principal's Teaching Award Scheme fundingiad.ptas@ed.ac.uk
Questions about and applying to the Student Partnership Agreement funding schemespa@ed.ac.uk
Enquiries about the University’s Learning and Teaching Conferencelt.conference@ed.ac.uk