Useful contacts

Use your student email address

You should always use your student email address when you need to contact administrative and academic staff. You should check your student email address regularly, as this is the main way we communicate with you.

Activate your IT account to receive your own student.manchester.ac.uk email address.

Contacting staff

If you need to see a member of staff, please send an email, leave a message giving your telephone number, or sign-up for an appointment on the office hours schedules displayed outside the staff office doors.

You can find staff email addresses, telephone numbers and their location on the staff directory.

Academic staff

Director of undergraduate studies - Dr Jonathan Styles

Provides academic leadership for the undergraduate area, specifically developing and overseeing the implementation of strategic academic plans and taking these forward through the Committee structure.

Programme Directors

Provide overall academic insight for a programme, liaising with the admissions tutors on admissions policy, ensuring that each year of a programme contains appropriate material and monitoring the output and final destination of graduates from the programme.

The Programme Directors for undergraduate programmes at Alliance MBS are:

BSc Accounting – Reimala Sivalingam
Room 4.061 AMBS
Email: reimala.sivalingam@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: 0161 275 0429 or extension 50429

BSc Business Accounting – Dr Claire Levison
Room 5.034 AMBS
Email: claire.levison@manchester.ac.uk

BSc International Business, Finance and Economics – Dr Christopher Godfrey
Room 4.073 AMBS
Email: christopher.godfrey@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: 0161 275 4298 or extension 54298

BSc International Management with American Business Studies and BSc International Management – Dr Eunice Maytorena-sanchez
Room 7.019 AMBS
Email: Eunice.Maytorena-sanchez@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: 0161 306 3405 or extension 63405

BSc Information Technology Management for Business – Dr Grigory Pishchulov
Room 3.066 AMBS
Email: grigory.pishchulov@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: 0161 275 0433 or extension 50433

BSc Management/Management (Specialism) – Dr Matthew McCaffrey
Room 8.047 AMBS
Email: matthew.mccaffrey@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: 0161 275 5951 or extension 55951

Course Unit Directors

Responsible for the design and development of the course, coordinating the teaching arrangements and monitoring the quality, and provide the first point of contact to discuss any issues you may have relating to the course.

If experience an issue, speak first to the Course Unit Director. The names of the Course Unit Directors are provided within the course unit outline available in My Manchester.

You should also be able to find details of Course Unit Directors on the course Blackboard space (accessed via My Manchester) within the Full Course Outlines.

Professional services staff

Alliance MBS Curriculum and Programmes Team

The team provides information about course units, programme structures, and timetable queries. The team also helps students who are spending their third year abroad or on a full year work placement.

Support and advice are most commonly given on:

  • Course unit selection
  • Timetabling
  • Placements

The Curriculum and Programmes team is based in your Student Support Hub on the second floor of AMBS in room 2.091. If you need any in-person support, please visit the Hub and ask at reception to speak to a member of the team. We are available to assist you both in-person and online from Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm (except bank holidays and University closure days).

Phone: +44 161 529 3780

For queries related to curriculum and programmes, contact us at: ambs.programmes@manchester.ac.uk

For queries related to placements, contact us at: ambs.placements@manchester.ac.uk

Alliance MBS Student Support & Wellbeing Team

The team offers guidance and support on your everyday wellbeing and any issues that may affect your ability to study. The team will also be able to signpost you to other student support services within the University, including the Disability Advisory and Support Service (DASS), the Counselling & Mental Health Service, the Students' Union Advice Centre, and more.

Support and advice are most commonly given on:

Please have a look at this presentation from our Student Support and Wellbeing team to see the details of all the support available for you at The University of Manchester.

The Student Support and Wellbeing team is based in in your Student Support Hub on the second floor of AMBS in room 2.091. If you need any in-person support, please visit the Hub and ask at reception to speak to a member of the team. We are available to assist you both in-person and online from Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm (except bank holidays and University closure days).

Phone: +44 161 529 3950

Contact us at: ambs.wellbeing@manchester.ac.uk

Confidentiality statement

You can be seen in private and any wellbeing concerns affecting your studies will be treated in the strictest of confidence.

However, please be aware that the role of the Student Support and Wellbeing Team is to help you keep on track with your studies and make a success of your time as a student. This means that so we can support you in the best way possible, we may ask if you would be happy for us to share some details of the conversations we have with you with other staff.

This is so we can help you get the support, advice and help you need as quickly as possible. This might be academic staff, the disability support office or the counselling service but would not normally include anyone from outside the University*.

If you are uncomfortable with us sharing this information, your Student Support and Wellbeing Team will be happy to discuss with you which service can provide the best support depending on your circumstances.

* Please note that it is a requirement of the BSc Business Accounting degree programme limited personal data (examination results and where necessary, conduct at the University) will be shared with PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, in accordance with the University of Manchester Registered Student Privacy notice.

Alliance MBS Information, Advice & Guidance (IAG) Team

The team offers information, advice and guidance on any aspect of your student experience.

Support and advice are most commonly given on:

The Information, Advice and Guidance team is based in your Student Support Hub on the second floor of AMBS in room 2.091. If you need any in-person support, please visit the Hub and ask at reception to speak to a member of the team. We are available to assist you both in-person and online from Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm (except bank holidays and University closure days).

Contact us at:

Phone: 0161 529 3830

Email: ambs.hub@manchester.ac.uk

Alliance MBS Assessment and Progression Team

The team offers guidance on all aspects of your undergraduate assessment, including coursework and examinations.

Support and advice are most commonly given on:

  • Submission of assessment
  • Online and on campus exams
  • Quality assurance
  • Publication of marks
  • Academic malpractice
  • Appeals and conduct

The Assessment and Progression team is based in your Student Support Hub on the second floor of AMBS in room 2.091. If you need any in-person support, please visit the Hub and ask at reception to speak to a member of the team. We are available to assist you both in-person and online from Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm (except bank holidays and University closure days).

Phone: +44 161 529 3970

For queries related to assessments, contact us at: ambs.assessment@manchester.ac.uk

For queries related to appeals and conduct, contact us at: ambs.appealsandconduct@manchester.ac.uk