Meet the NCCPE Team

Find out more about the NCCPE team, including their contact details.

NCCPE team member Lisa Adlington

Lisa Adlington, Team Assistant

Lisa provides administrative support to the team. If you call the centre you are likely to speak to Lisa, as she acts as our main point of contact! Lisa also supports our events programme, including our national conferences. 

Email: lisa.adlington@uwe.ac.uk

Phone: 0117 915 0192

Sophie Duncan, Deputy Director

Sophie manages the overall work of the centre including communications, partnerships and NCCPE projects. A physicist by training, Sophie started her career at the Science Museum in London where her work included exhibition development and public programmes. She became a programme manager with Science Year, before joining the BBC, where she managed the creation and delivery of national learning campaigns. Highlights included People's War and Breathing Places, a campaign which led to the creation of over 1000 new community wildlife spaces. When not at work you may find her enjoying her own wildlife garden, or battling with her vegetable patch.  

 

Email: sophie.duncan@uwe.ac.uk

Phone: 0117 915 0176

Paul Manners

Paul Manners, Director

Paul is responsible for the strategic direction of the centre. Originally trained as a secondary English teacher, he worked for twelve years at the Open University as a producer of TV, radio and multimedia before joining the BBC as an executive producer of a number of national public engagement campaigns. He advises a number of national organisations on learning and engagement, including the National Trust and the Science Museum, and attempts to relax through a combination of playing blues guitar, football, reading, sharing music and pottering in the garden.

Email: paul.manners@uwe.ac.uk

Phone: 0117 915 0177

David Owen

David Owen, Project Manager

David manages projects for the NCCPE, and is also responsible for our community based learning activity. He was one of the key team responsible for the vinspired students project. Professionally he has always been interested in student participation, and he previously worked as a Mentoring and Tutoring Development Officer at the University of the West of England, where he developed strategic partnerships with local schools and colleges and oversaw the evaluation of various projects. David is interested in football, and plays for a club called Easton Cowboys - known for arranging matches in diverse settings including Palestine and Chiapas.

Email: david.owen@uwe.ac.uk

Phone: 0117 915 0194

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Becci Feltham, Project Associate

Becci looks after the Public Engagement Ambassador scheme and supports NCCPE projects and communications. Previous to joining the NCCPE as Project Associate, Becci worked as an Economic Development Officer for a local authority and then for the Careers Service at the University of Bristol. 

Email: becci.feltham@uwe.ac.uk

Phone: 0117 915 0193