Sarah is a member of the team within the Research & Innovation Office that is working to support the University’s vision relating to its research governance, supporting the development of its research staff, facilitating research culture change to ensure research integrity, research ethics and good governance principles are at the core of all research conducted at Chester. Sarah works alongside the Associate Dean of Postgraduate Research to provide administrative support to the PGR team. She processes the PGR student conference fund applications, coordinates the Epigeum training portfolio and manages the Research Culture & Knowledge Exchange Calendar.

As part of her role Sarah is supporting the University's Research & Knowledge Exchange Strategy by contributing to multiple workstreams within this.