Student life
Meet the technical teams
Our technical specialists are active practitioners and experts in their field.
Using their skills and knowledge they lead the way in developing and facilitating applied-based learning.
The Technical teams across the Schools provide support for learning and teaching in many ways, including by:
- Providing advice and best practice for the use of specialist equipment and resources
- Overseeing Supported Open Learning (SOL) in the specialist spaces and labs
- Training staff and students in using specialist equipment, resources and software
- Managing the booking of equipment
- Assisting in the planning and delivery of taught practical sessions
- Maintaining and calibrating equipment
- Overseeing Health and Safety in the specialist spaces and labs
If you have any questions or need help with anything to do with any specialist space or equipment or advice with a project, you will find the relevant contact details below.
Contacts
Head of Specialist Technical Services and Timetabling
| Name | Telephone | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonny Woolsey | 01904 876273 | j.woolsey@yorksj.ac.uk | |
Specialist Technical Team Leaders
| Name | Area | Telephone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rebecca Brookes | Media Production | 01904 876 842 | r.brookes@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Simon Coulson | Art and Design | 01904 876 727 | s.coulson@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Charlotte Elwell | Psychology and Education | 01904 876 229 | c.elwell@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Christine Jones | Health Sciences | 01904 876 820 | c.jones5@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Andy Farthing | Performance and Music Production | 01904 876 148 | a.farthing@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Abby Woolsey | Art and Design | 01904 876 727 | a.woolsey@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Christopher Jones | Health | 01904 876 344 | c.jones2@yorksj.ac.uk |
Art and Design
| Name | Specialist Subject | Telephone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Coulson | 3D/CAD | 01904 876 727 | s.coulson@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Aidan Lucas | 3D/CAD | 01904 876 727 | a.lucas@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Adrian Johnson | Graphic Design | 01904 876 727 | a.johnson1@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Abby Woolsey | Graphic Design | 01904 876 727 | a.woolsey@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Penny Whitworth | Digital Art | p.whitworth@yorksj.ac.uk | |
| Sophia Pearson | Digital Illustration | s.pearson@yorksj.ac.uk | |
| Mike Smith | Games Design | 01904 876 727 | m.smith6@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Alex Jackson | Animation | 01904 876 727 | a.jackson@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Jennifer Todman | Photography | 01904 876 352 | j.todman@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Paul Spillett | Photography | 01904 876 352 | p.spillett@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Lou Hazelwood | Dark Room Photography | 01904 876 352 | l.hazelwood@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Catherine Sutcliffe-Fuller | Printmaking | 01904 876 727 | c.sutcliffe-fuller@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Robert Oldfield | 2D and 3D Making | 01904 876 087 | r.oldfield@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Andrew Dalton | Store | a.dalton@yorksj.ac.uk |
For material orders and material expense claims, please contact thestore@yorksj.ac.uk.
To book the photo studio please contact photostudio@yorksj.ac.uk.
For general technical queries, please email the shared Art and Design Technicians mailbox, ADCtechhub@yorksj.ac.uk.
You can find further information and resources from your Art and Design Technical Specialists on Moodle:
Biosciences
| Name | Specialist Subject | Telephone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashleigh Elliott | Biosciences | 01904 876 344 | a.elliott@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Christine Jones | Biosciences | 01904 876 344 | c.jones5@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Andrew Reed | Biosciences | 01904 876 344 | a.reed1@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Thelma Reed | Biosciences | 01904 876 344 | t.reed@yorksj.ac.uk |
For general technical queries, please email the shared Bioscience Technicians mailbox, labrats@yorksj.ac.uk.
Computer Science
| Name | Specialist Subject | Telephone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norbert Dajnowski | Computer Science | 01904 876 727 | n.dajnowski@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Slav Shkuratskyy | Computer Science | 01904 876 727 | v.shkuratskyy@yorksj.ac.uk |
For general technical queries, please email the shared Computer Science Technicians mailbox, compscitech@yorksj.ac.uk.
Art and Design
| Name | Specialist Subject | Telephone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laura Stephenson | Education | 01904 876 495 | l.stephenson3@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Kieran Barker | Education | 01904 876 495 | k.barker@yorksj.ac.uk |
For resource requests, please email the shared Education Technicians mailbox, SoETechnicians@yorksj.ac.uk.
Geography
| Name | Specialist Subject | Telephone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Matthew Smith | Geography | 01904 876 322 | m.smith4@yorksj.ac.uk |
Health
| Name | Specialist Subject | Telephone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Jones | Health | 01904 876 344 | c.jones2@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Sam Williamson | Health | 01904 876 417 | s.williamson@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Tristan Trigell | Health | t.trigell@yorksj.ac.uk |
Media Production
| Name | Specialist Subject | Telephone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beck Brookes | Team Leader | 01904 876 842 | r.brookes@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Paul Jones | Technical Specialist | 01904 876 842 | p.jones@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Charley Hellier | Technical Specialist | 01904 876 842 | c.hellier@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Robert Neale | Support Technician | 01904 876 842 | r.neale1@yorksj.ac.uk |
For general technical queries, please email the shared Media Production Technicians mailbox, mediaptechsupport@yorksj.ac.uk.
You can find further information and resources from your Media Production Technical Specialists on Moodle:
| Name | Specialist Subject | Telephone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Lawrence | Theatre, Drama and Dance | 01904 876 808 | r.lawrence@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Kiran Tanna | Theatre, Drama and Dance | 01904 876 808 | k.tanna@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Andy Farthing | Music Production | 01904 876 148 | a.farthing@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Emily Rowan | Music | 01904 876 773 | e.rowan@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Cameron Smith | Music and Music Production | 01904 876 148 | c.smith3@yorksj.ac.uk |
For general Drama & Dance technical queries, please email the shared mailbox, drama.tech@yorksj.ac.uk.
For general Music Theatre technical queries, please email the shared mailbox, musical-theatre.tech@yorksj.ac.uk.
For general Music technical queries, please email the shared mailbox, music.tech@yorksj.ac.uk.
You can find further information and resources from your Music & Musical Theatre Technical Specialists on Sharepoint here:
For general Music Production technical queries, please email the shared mailbox, music-production.tech@yorksj.ac.uk.
You can find further information and resources from your Music Production Technical Specialists on Sharepoint here:
Psychology and Social Sciences
| Name | Specialist Subject | Telephone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jess Duffy | Psychology | 01904 876 089 | j.duffy@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Charlotte Elwell | Psychology | 01904 876 229 | c.elwell@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Justyna Needham | Psychology | 01904 876 089 | j.needham@yorksj.ac.uk |
For general technical queries, please email the shared Psychology Technicians mailbox, tech.pss@yorksj.ac.uk.
You can find further information and resources from your Psychology Technical Specialists on Moodle:
Sport
| Name | Specialist Subject | Telephone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Brassell | Physiology | 01904 876 344 | a.brassell@yorksj.ac.uk |
| Matthew Jenkinson | Biomechanics | 01904 876 344 | m.jenkinson1@yorksj.ac.uk |
For general technical queries, please email the shared Sport Technicians mailbox, sos.technicians@yorksj.ac.uk.
