The Careers service provides virtual and in-person support for students, alumni, employers and academic staff of the University. We have several teams in the service, including Placements, Information and Events, Employer Engagement and Projects, and Careers Consultants.
On this page, you will find contact details for the teams within Careers. To find out more about each team, select the relevant drop down and you will find a brief description of how they can help.
For general queries or if you are unsure who to contact, please email careers@reading.ac.uk, visit us in person on 1st Floor of the Carrington Building or call us on 0118 378 8359.
Meet the Team
Your first point of contact for the Careers service. We can assist with booking appointments, finding out more about our services and using our online job portal, My Jobs Online. Call us on 0118 378 8359, email at careers@reading.ac.uk or visit us in the Carrington Building.
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Alex Martin Engagement Officer alexandra.martin@reading.ac.uk Talk to me about social media and engagement. |
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Erika Wong Administrator I can help with your alumni account or other careers services queries. I enjoy volunteering and helping people. |
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Jacqui Payne Head of Information and Events jacqueline.payne@reading.ac.uk If you are a student, I can tell you more about the range of career fairs and events we have on offer, including helping you identify which employers might be of interest to talk to, and where to find more information. I'm also happy to talk to any employers looking to book on to an event or advertise with us. I've been in the Careers team since 2013, it's a dedicated team and I love working with them. I've worked both as a teacher, at a not-for-profit company and at an FE college before joining Careers at Reading. |
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Millie Jordan Information and Events Assistant Talk to me about all things events. In my spare time you'll find me at my local Park Run on a Saturday achieving personal bests. |
The Employer Engagement team oversees the various employer projects including RED, RIS, UROP and Thrive mentoring, as well as general enquiries and events bookings for employers.
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Bethan Bourne Projects Manager (RED and Thrive) I can help with information on the RED Awards and Thrive Mentoring. Get in touch if you are a charity offering voluntary work for students or are a professional interested in mentoring students! I love Disney, musicals and medieval history! I am a published author of historical fiction and have a master’s in Medieval Studies |
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Billah Qureshi Head of Employer Engagement It’s fantastic to work with such a broad range of employers, connecting them with our talented student. |
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Emily Moulton Business and Employability Manager for Film, Theatre and Television I can offer industry-specific support and signpost resources for those looking for a career in the creative industries! After graduating with a degree in Film & Theatre, I worked designing and building escape rooms! |
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Fiorella Illes Projects Manager (RIS and UROP) As a past RIS intern, I'm so excited to be helping the next generation of University of Reading interns find great internship experiences! I've graduated from UoR with a Philosophy degree and my hobbies include badminton and walking my dogs! |
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Maria Papantoniou Employer Account Manager I love working with many different employers looking to recruit UoR students. I was a Primary teacher before joining the Employer Engagement team here in Careers! |
The Careers Consultancy team will pop up in your curriculum, delivering sessions that will help you understand your careers options and develop your skills. You’ll also see them when you attend Careers Workshops and webinars, and when you have a careers appointment.
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Alexandra Baker Careers Consultant I feel very lucky doing the job I do as I love hearing about students' career dreams and aspirations and help support them on their journey - whatever the journey looks like for them. I love animals and spend far too much time annoying my colleagues with various fun facts. |
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Emma Butler Careers Consultant Talk to me about any career ideas you might have - I've been a Careers Consultant for many years and have probably heard them all! Also talk to me if you're concerned about talking to an employer about your disability. I love finding out about people and helping them decide what career might suit them best. I also enjoy spending time with my crazy cockapoo - Wiilow! |
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Jeff Anderson Careers Consultant I talk a lot about Law careers, and also support Agriculture, Marketing and EM/ID students in finding relevant work experience. I'm also on LinkedIn a lot. Be the change you are trying to create! Massive motorsport fan and regret selling virtually every car I have owned. I spent 25 years working for Microsoft, Xbox and Apple before joining UoR and I love my job helping students secure what they are looking for next. |
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Lisa Cranfield Careers Consultant My specialist subject is the psychological professions and careers in the mental health field. Students and graduates with an interest in these areas tend to find it useful to have a chat with me to help understand their options and initial roles to consider after graduation. This quote resonates with the reason why I was drawn to my career as a Careers Consultant - "Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will" - Suzy Kassem. I hope I encourage all those I work with to overcome any doubts or barriers they face with achieving their goals. |
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Vicki Aldmington Careers Consultant I love hearing about the things people are interested in doing beyond university and helping them to achieve them - in particular I'm passionate about all things science and education! I'm a runner - my ideal Sunday morning, is a 10mile run in the countryside near where I live, I've come to realise that running is my relaxation and is a really important part of my week - a problem when plagued by injury! |
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Vicki Wiles Careers Consultant I really enjoy working with students to facilitate their career ideas and plans. This could be exploring career options/next steps after University, identifying relevant experience and/or making suggestions to enhance applications and interviews technique. I was fortunate enough to spend 15 years working in Human Resources in technology companies such as Compaq, Hewlett Packard, Tektronix and Symantec before moving to the Careers and Placements teams at Reading. |
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Victoria Godsell Careers Consultant I love working with students to support them to explore their career ideas with confidence. I love chocolate and dogs! |
We support students with their course based placements, whether you are studying Pharmacy, Education, Speech and Language Therapy and have a question about your training placements, travel funds or expenses, or if you are planning to do a short internship or placement year as part of your course and need support with your applications, interviews or paperwork, please get in touch. We can also support with your DBS if you require one for your course based placement. You can email or call your individual placement coordinator, or email placements@reading.ac.uk. For students studying at Henley Business School, please email HenleyPlacements@Henley.ac.uk.
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Catherine Lanyon Placement Operations Coordinator I assist with placement pathways for BA Education. I assist with DBS appointments in order for student to be able to go on placements. I enjoy reading and going on weekends away around the UK. |
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Eadaoin Connolly Placement Coordinator |
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Emily Dewell Placement Coordinator I provide 1:1 tailored support for students applying to placements, as well as delivering placement workshops and events. Please do come and speak to the team if you have any questions about placements! I enjoy going to my local Park Run, I love musicals, and I am currently learning French in my spare time! |
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Em Sowden Head of Student Placements I lead all things placement at the university and also deliver sessions and appointments, if you would like to share any ideas about placement support or receive help for your own placement, don't hesitate to get in touch. I love nature, wildlife and animals and have a spotty rescue pointer from Cyprus who loves Whiteknights Lake - please say hello if you see us . |
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Katie Tong Clinical Placement Administrator mpharm.placements@reading.ac.uk I am passionate about my work at the university. I enjoy walking around campus. |
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Laura Baker Clinical Placement Coordinator I support Pharmacy students with their placements. Please do get in contact if you have any questions about your Pharmacy placement. I like to go running in my spare time, whether this be with my running club or at my local Parkrun on a Saturday morning. |
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Lesley Young Clinical Placement Administrator |
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Liz Henley Placement Coordinator I support all our teaching placements, including allocations with primary and secondary schools. I love to sew and make a lot of my dresses I wear in the office. |
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Lucy Sayer Clinical Placement Administrator |
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Rakesh Pankhania Placement Coordinator I really enjoy helping students with their careers. I'm here to coach you through the recruitment process when trying to secure a placement. You can speak to me in a 1:1 appointment to talk about your options, improve your CV or cover letter, and get ready for interviews and more! I'm a big fan of Pokémon and have a Placements Pikachu plush on my desk. |
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Tina Bhati Placement Administrator I support SPPA students with placement admin and put together a vacancy list each week. I can be found walking around Dinton Pastures with my dog Jasper. |
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Anne Delauzun Director of Careers and Employability I love working with the Careers team to make a positive impact on our students' futures. |
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Billah Qureshi Head of Employer Engagement It’s fantastic to work with such a broad range of employers, connecting them with our talented students. |
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Em Sowden Head of Student Placements I lead all things placement at the university and also deliver sessions and appointments, if you would like to share any ideas about placement support or receive help for your own placement, don't hesitate to get in touch. I love nature, wildlife and animals and have a spotty rescue pointer from Cyprus who loves Whiteknights Lake - please say hello if you see us . |
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Jacqui Payne Head of Information and Events jacqueline.payne@reading.ac.uk If you are a student, I can tell you more about the range of career fairs and events we have on offer, including helping you identify which employers might be of interest to talk to, and where to find more information. I'm also happy to talk to any employers looking to book on to an event or advertise with us. I've been in the Careers team since 2013, it's a dedicated team and I love working with them. I've worked both as a teacher, at a not-for-profit company and at an FE college before joining Careers at Reading. |
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Louise Thomas-Burt Employability Data and Systems Manager Please do reach out if you have any questions about the Graduate Outcomes survey, or if you want to find out about or use data related to Careers. I have a degree in Architecture and another in Egyptology and I choose to work in Data! Your degree will give you so many skills outside of the core learning that you can use to do anything you put your mind to. |