New appointment for Dr Hannah Friend
Congratulations to Dr Hannah Friend, Director of Wellbeing and Safeguarding, who is leaving Warwick鈥痠n the autumn for a new and exciting challenge as a Chief Executive Officer for an educational charity.
Hannah will continue in her current role leading our Wellbeing and Safeguarding teams until September 2022.
Rachel Sandby-Thomas, Registrar, said:
鈥淚 would like to place on record our thanks to Hannah for playing such a key role in transforming our wellbeing services to ensure they reflect the changing needs of our student community, as well as introducing the first comprehensive institutional wellbeing strategy. I am very sorry to see her go but understand that this is too good an opportunity for her to pass up. The appointment is a tribute to her and her many achievements and I wish her every success."
Under Hannah鈥檚 leadership, we are now helping more students than at any time in our history, with simpler and more flexible access to a wider range of services, training and specialist support. This includes a 24/7 support helpline every day of the year for students as well as 鈥榳alk in鈥� consultations with trained advisors with wait times of typically 15 minutes or less.鈥�
Hannah said:
鈥淚 have been fortunate to work with fabulous colleagues in Wellbeing and Safeguarding who are so passionately committed to student wellbeing. We鈥檝e been involved in some outstanding projects together; transforming services and developing strategy, none of which could have been achieved without such a dedicated group of people. I am proud to have played a part in that, and I know the University will continue to embed the strategy work to support the wellbeing of all staff and students.鈥�
We wish Hannah the best of luck in her new role. The process of recruiting a high quality replacement will begin shortly.
Dr Hannah Friend