Global Experience Team
Global Experience Team
The Global Experience Team co-ordinates the N.U.in England Program at NCH. We are responsible for the smooth running of the N.U.in England operations including quality assurance, pastoral care, housing and extra-curricular activities.
Valentina Parrinello
Global Experience Manager
Valentina is responsible for the day to day oversight of the administrative support to the student mobility programs facilitating and promoting excellent student services.
Valentina has over 10 years’ experience in education. Prior to NCH she worked as Head of Student Services at Hult International Business School for over 5 years and in language schools before that.
She is passionate about creating a great student experience and enjoys building relationships with individuals from all backgrounds and cultures.
Valentina is from Rome, Italy and also lived in Brazil and the USA before moving to London in 2008. She is fluent in Italian, Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish and holds a BS degree and a Post Graduate Diploma in Psychology.
Maddy Hughes
Student Wellbeing Coordinator
Maddy coordinates the delivery of wellbeing, mental health, disability accommodations and general welfare support for students from Northeastern University. Before joining NCH, Maddy worked at King’s College London Medical School, providing support for doctors and students in the delivery of the General Practice curriculum and has previous experience of 24/7 pastoral care for study abroad programmes.
Maddy completed her BSc in Psychology at Florida State University and her MSc in the Psychology and Neuroscience of Mental Health at King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience.
Carlos Yeung
Student Life Coordinator
Hi, my name is Carlos and I’m originally from Newcastle Upon Tyne, all the way from the North of England. “Yah, reet like” as we Geordie’s say. I graduated from the University of Essex with a degree in Science. After graduating I lived and worked in the U.S. for 4 years. I have spent my career working in education and student development programmes.
As Student Life Coordinator I’m really looking forward to welcoming all the freshmen Nu.In students to London. I will be planning and organising all your excursions. I will be putting my knowledge, having been on both sides of ‘the pond’ into the student programme and will give you an unforgettable ‘British experience’.
Seán O'Donnell
Student Life Coordinator / Mental Health First Aider (MHFA England)
Welcome! My name is Seán and I am a Student Life Coordinator with the College. Before starting my role here I worked as an Assistant Language Teacher on the JET Program UK, teaching English nestled in the beautiful mountains of Nagano, Japan.
My key responsibility is the planning and roll out of engaging and fun events in both London and around the U.K. This includes (and not limited to): visits to large and small museums; diverse food and folk markets; old and new art galleries; historic stone churches complete with stories of Sunday morning punch-ups; high walled castles; and climbing volcanoes (extinct ones!) with beautiful sunset vistas. This is just in class. Outside of class students have attended a fancy dress Tudor feast, cooking classes and a Silent Disco Dance off onboard a British ship on the Thames.
My passion in this role is to continually learn as well as share my love of the U.K. with all international students who choose London to complete their studies; and to watch those students become natural Londoners themselves.
Matthew Greenwood
Residence Life Manager
Matthew has been working with international students for the last seven years working with over fifty organisations and universities and over four thousand students. Matthew has a real passion for helping students stay engaged and connected whilst they undertake the sometimes dizzying array of experiences students can experience whilst abroad; recognising that for some students this can be an incredibly tumultuous time period. His main goal is for students to always feel supported and able to achieve their individual goals. A keen historian Matthew has an MA in Eighteenth Century Studies from an interdisciplinary program part run by the British Museum and can often be found cycling around admiring all the sights of London!
Phillip Brookes
Global Experience Administrator
Phillip is originally from Birmingham and has recently moved to London. Feel free to ask him any questions about England’s second Capital.
During his time at University he studied International and Business Management. He is passionate about international education and was an international ambassador at the University of Worcester where he graduated. Philip has also done an exchange semester in PA, USA.
He is the first point of contact for mobility students, provides administrative support for the different programmes, helps with planning and delivering Global Experience events and activities and will make sure students will have a fantastic time!