Nicola has been the Schools Liaison and Outreach Officer for the Faculty since October 2021 and is responsible for:

• Liaising with MFL teachers, academics, and outreach colleagues to organise inbound and outbound school visits and events;
• Delivering talks and sessions about languages (at Oxford) to school pupils;
• Organising, publicising and running large-scale annual events and activities such as Open Days, our Teachers’ Conference, and the Flash Fiction competitions;
• Updating the Schools Liaison blog and webpages;
• Recruiting, training, and supervising undergraduate and graduate student ambassadors for the Faculty;
• Servicing the Schools Liaison Committee;
• Developing an outreach strategy alongside the Director of Schools Liaison.

Before coming to Oxford, she worked in widening participation for the University of Exeter.

Nicola holds a Level 2 safeguarding certificate from the Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board. 

Outside of work, Nicola enjoys singing in a choral society, running, and socialising with friends.