Stephen Bolton – Associate Director of Partnerships (Educational)

Stephen is Associate Director of Partnerships (Educational) at Sheffield Hallam University (SHU). He leads the strategic development, expansion and management of the university UK educational provider partnerships, with responsibility for overseeing the Educational Partnerships Team.

Stephen joined SHU in 2006 and has held various senior management roles since 2012. Stephen has overseen teams that deliver large and complex student lifecycle activities to multiple internal and external stakeholders; responsibility for leading and enhancing the Registry Services collaborative partnerships offer; and now as the Associate Director of Partnerships, leading, managing and developing the Educational Partnerships service to support the delivery of the university UK educational partnerships strategy.

He is recognised as an expert in supporting university partnerships and is passionate about enabling external partners to engage with the university’s products, services and added value offer.

Jeff Sorrill – Educational Partnerships Manager

Jeff has over 15 years experience working in the High Education sector, specialising in European funded research and regional development programmes. With a background in business development and project delivery, Jeff has also worked in enterprise education and business support roles.

As Educational Partnership Manager, Jeff directly supports FE College and specialist education partners, through access to all areas of the Partner Offer.

Lana House – Educational Partnerships Officer

Lana has worked at SHU for 25 years across various service areas.  In her previous role as Partnerships & Contracts Officer she supported Subcontracting, Apprenticeships and the Sheffield Business School.  

Lana provides operational management for Educational Partnership activities, ensuring the provision of a high quality service to UK Partners. Lana also provides support for Apprenticeship Subcontracting and End Point Assessment Organisation Partnerships.

Grace Burrows – Educational Partnerships Officer

Grace joined the Educational Partnerships team at SHU in 2023 after supporting collaborative partnership work in her previous role at the University. Prior to this, Grace graduated from an undergraduate degree at the University of Sheffield in 2018 & then completed a PGCE in Primary Education at Sheffield Hallam. 

As an Educational Partnerships Officer, Grace leads on key communications to our UK partners, and also contributes to marketing activities, with a particular focus on the introduction and development of Higher Technical Qualifications (HTQs) as part of the Skills Injection Fund project.