The Social Justice Advisory Group steers the University’s strategy in addressing social justice issues. Membership of the Advisory Group includes representatives from the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector as well as academic and professional services staff and students. 

External members

• Parveen Akhtar (Angelou Centre)
• Victoria Armstrong (CEO, Disability North)
• Neil Burke (Volunteer Coordinator, North Tyneside Voluntary Organisations Development Agency)
• Anne Bonner (CEO, Riverside Community Health Project)
• Jeremy Cripps (CEO, Children North East)
• Barbara Douglas (Elders Council of Newcastle)
• Georgina Fletcher (Chief Officer, Regional Refugee Forum North East)
• Sarah Longlands (Director, IPPR North)
• Neil Munslow MBE (Service Manager: Active Inclusion, Newcastle City Council)
• Siobhan O’Neil (CEO, Cygnus Support)
• Mark Pierce (Director Of Community Knowledge And Funding, Community Foundation)
• Elaine Slater (CEO, Tyneside Women’s Health)
• Aby Tayeb (Project Manager, Islamic Diversity Centre)
• Sally Young (CEO, Newcastle Council for Voluntary Service)

Professional services staff members

• Bob Allan (Engagement Support Co-ordinator, Corporate Affairs)
• Lucy Backhurst (Director Student Recruitment, Admissions and Progress, Student and Academic Services)
• Trevor Bedford (Head of Engagement and Enterprise, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences)
• Katie Blundell (Students Union Volunteering Manager, Newcastle University Students Union)
• Brett Cherry (Science Communications and Marketing Manager, Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering)
• Lynne Corner (Director of Engagement, Faculty of Medical Sciences)
• Eve Forrest (Impact Officer, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences)
• Jenny Hasenfuss (Engagement Manager (Patient and Public Involvement), Institute for Cellular Medicine)
• Andrea Henderson (Engagement Manager, Corporate Affairs)
• Vijaya Kotur (Race Equality Officer, Human Resources)
• Marc Lintern (Director of Student Experience, Student and Academic Services)
• Lucy Pritchard (Alumni Relations Manager, Corporate Affairs)
• Alex Robson (Institutes Officer, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences)
• Mel Whewell (Institutes and Partnerships Manager, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences)

Student representatives

• Daniel Barwick (PhD student)
• Jack Green (Welfare and Equality Officer, NUSU)
• Chris Wilkinson (UG student)

Academic staff members

• Dr Alison Atkinson-Phillips (Research Associate in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology)
• Professor Deborah Chambers (Professor of Media and Cultural Studies in the School of Arts and Culture)
• Professor Simon Forrest (Professor in the Institute of Health and Society)
• Professor Rose Gilroy (Professor of Ageing, Policy and Planning in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape)
• Dr Joanne James (Reader in Leader Development and Organisation Futures in Newcastle University Business School)
• Dr Elena Katselli (Senior Lecturer in the Law School)
• Dr Karen Laing (Senior Research Associate in the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences)
• Dr Sharyn Maxwell (Senior Lecturer in the School of Pharmacy)
• Dr Ruth McAreavey (Senior Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology)
• Dr Kellie Morrissey (Research Fellow in the School of Computing)
• Professor Rachel Pain (Professor of Human Geography in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology)
• Professor Tracy Shildrick (Professor of Inequalities in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology)
• Professor Sally Shortall (Duke of Northumberland Chair of Rural Economy in the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences)
• Professor Mark Shucksmith (Professor of Planning in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape)
• Professor Liz Todd (Professor of Educational Inclusion in the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences)

The Newcastle University Social Justice Fund is currently closed. Contact socialjustice@ncl.ac.uk for queries and information on future deadlines.

The Fund is developing a portfolio of successful relationships between the University and the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector. Funded projects will focus on key social justice issues. They will take a long-term view to enhancing the relationship between Newcastle University and the VCSE sector.

We are particularly interested in applications that will contribute to meaningful and mutually beneficial relationships between the University and VCSE partners and that are co-produced.

Newcastle University is proud to support equal access to higher education and is pleased to offer Sanctuary scholarships consisting of full tuition fee support and a bursary for living expenses for applicants wishing to study at the University. The scholarships have been designed to enable students from asylum-seeker and refugee backgrounds to progress to higher level study.

• Find out more about the Sanctuary Scholarships for undergraduate and postgraduate students.