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Student Hubs’ Office Hours

June 13, 2024

As an organisation with 16 years of experience, and senior leaders who have a variety of expertise in the higher education sector, youth sector, and charity sector, we have a lot to offer in supporting our colleagues who work with students, communities, and universities.

Our mission is to mainstream student social action and support the development of active citizens for life, and we know that lots of fantastic work is happening in this area across the country. To make it easier for universities, organisations and students to access our support and expertise, we are introducing free office hours.

Our office hours will be available to book every fortnight, with three members of our team: our CEO, our Network Director, and our Partnerships and Development Director. You can see more about them and their specific expertise areas below.

For any student enquiries, any member of our team below can support. We can particularly help with problem solving, project ideation, sustainability, youth activities and running social impact events.


simran dhanjal-field, ceo

Sim has been working at Student Hubs for the past seven years, holding a variety of local and national roles. She can support in areas including:

  • Charity governance; 
  • Leadership and strategy; 
  • Line management and shaping internal culture; 
  • Vision and mission planning.

You can book Sim’s office hours through the button below, which are fortnightly on Wednesdays between 9.30-12pm.

Book office hours with sim

Sophie payne, network director

Sophie supports our network of staff and programmes to ensure we are delivering high quality social action organisation wide. She can support in areas including:

  • Impact, monitoring and evaluation;
  • People and culture; 
  • Programme and activity delivery for students and communities.

You can book Sophie’s office hours through the button below, which are fortnightly on Tuesdays between 1-4pm.

book office hours with sophie

FIONA WALSH MCDONNELL, PARTNERSHIPS AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

Fiona develops external relationships across the UK with our colleagues in the higher education and community impact sectors. She can support in areas including:

  • One-off event delivery; 
  • Knowledge exchange project delivery; 
  • Partnerships with students and communities.

You can book Fiona’s office hours through the button below, which are fortnightly on Tuesdays between 1-4pm.

book office hours with fiona

If our consultancy support through our office hours is becoming out of scope or too large, our team may direct you to other offers which will suit the scope of what you’re looking to achieve. This could include working in partnership with us through:

  • Our training support;
  • Signposting to other organisations or expertise.

Fiona Walsh McDonnell

Fiona is Student Hubs' Partnerships and Development Director.

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