Contact us
Our opening times, how to contact us and how to get in touch with our key staff contacts.
Opening times
The BNBR Life Centre is open 9am - 5pm Monday to Friday throughout semester and vacation times for you to drop in and use our Social and Quiet Spaces.
If you want to drop in and see a chaplain, there is usually someone around between 10am - 2pm Monday to Thursday during semester times.
Contact details
For general enquiries, space bookings and Listening Ear Service:
- Email: bnbr-life@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 114 222 8923.
Outside office hours, Chaplains can be contacted via the University Control Room (Email security@shef.ac.uk, Telephone +44 114 222 4085)
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Location
We are no longer located at the Octagon Building, and are temporarily located at 9 Mappin Street.
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Staff contacts
If there is a specific team member you want to contact directly, please look at our list below of advisers, associates and chaplains from many religions and beliefs.
| Name | Role | Telephone | |
| Co-ordinating Chaplain | +44 114 222 4098 | j.clines@sheffield.ac.uk | |
| Ameena Blake | Muslim Chaplain | +44 114 222 9752 | ameena.blake@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Shelley Johnston | Anglican Ley Minister | s.n.johnston@sheffield.ac.uk | |
| Father Lee Marshall | Associate Chaplain (Roman Catholic) | +44 791 229 0687 | lee.marshall@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Rabbi J Golomb | Associate Chaplain (Jewish) | bnbr-life@sheffield.ac.uk | |
| Patsy Cunningham | Jewish Adviser | patsy.cunningham@sheffield.ac.uk | |
| Deacon Jackie Wright | Associate Chaplain (Methodist) | bnbr-life@sheffield.ac.uk | |
| Imam Sheikh Mohammad Ismail DL | Emeritus Chaplain (Muslim) | m.ismail@sheffield.ac.uk | |
| Rev Joel Bindanda | Associate Chaplain (Pentecostal) | +44 794 384 4594 | j.bindanda@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Professor Tamara Hervey | Anglican/Catholic Adviser | +44 114 222 6723 | t.hervey@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Sahar Koohbor | Baha'i Advisor | s.koohbor@sheffield.ac.uk | |
| Vimaladasa | Associate Chaplain (Buddhist) | vimaladasa@sheffield.ac.uk | |
| Katy Fox-Hodess | Buddhist Adviser | katy.fox-hodess@sheffield.ac.uk | |
| Professor Dr Raymond Heng | Chinese Christian Advisor | r.heng@sheffield.ac.uk | |
| Ruchika Julka | Hindu Advisor | +44 787 763 0918 | bnbr-life@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Emily Wood | Humanist Advisor | +44 114 215 9121 | e.f.wood@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Abderrezak Bougara | Muslim Advisor | +44 114 267 1969 | zak.bougara@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Rachel Rodham | Pagan Advisor | +44 114 226 8701 | r.rodham@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Awaiting appointment | Quaker Advisor | ||
| Awaiting appointment | Sikh Advisor | bnbr-life@sheffield.ac.uk | |
| Rev Andi Phillips | Unitarian Advisor | +44 746 753 1322 | andi.phillips@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Awaiting appointment | United Reformed Adviser | bnbr-life@sheffield.ac.uk | |
| Kathryn Fey-Beatson | Business Operations Co-Ordinator (BNBR Life Centre) | +44 114 222 8923 | k.m.fey-beatson@sheffield.ac.uk |
| BNBR Life Centre Assistant | +44 114 222 4221 | rob.barnett@sheffield.ac.uk |
International scholarships
We offer a generous package of financial support for international students, including undergraduate and postgraduate taught scholarships worth £10,000 towards the annual tuition fee.
Applications are open for existing offer holders for programmes starting in autumn 2025.