Covid-19 Updates & Resources

The College staff listed below are available to answer questions or concerns about the following:

• Porters' Lodge, including general and maintenance enquiries:
  • Lodge
  • Head Porter, Tom Spasic
  • Tony Berezny, Maintenance Manager (contact via the Lodge)
• Head of House: Helen Mountfield QC, Principal
• Academic matters, including disability: 
  • Helen Brooks, Academic and Admissions Manager
  • Lucinda Rumsey, Senior Tutor
  • Chris Salamone, Tutor for Graduates
  • Helen Lacey, Director of the Visiting Student Programme
  • Andrew Higgins, Disability Lead
  • Gail Leckie, Tutor for Academic Support (and Tutor for Welfare)
• Health: St Clements Surgery (College Doctors)
• Accommodation: 
  • Andrew Little, Accommodation Manager
• Welfare:
  • Gail Leckie, Tutor for Welfare (and Tutor for Academic Support)
  • Sarah Farrow, Chaplain
  • Junior Deans (see College Handbook for contact information)
• Finance:
  • Accounts Office (Amanda Ward, Andrew Berry)
  • Sam Cuss, Accountant
  • Richard Scanlon, Bursar
• IT
  • IT Office (Greg Jennings, Adrian King)
• Library
  • Library (Clare Kavanagh, Sally Jones, Anna Grabarczyk)
• Disciplinary matters
  • Pavlos Eleftheriadis, Dean
• Human Resources, Catering, Conference & Events:
  • Lynne Quiggin, Domestic Bursar
• Development and Alumni Relations, Communications: 
  • Development Office (Tess McCormick, Catherine Conisbee, Eleanor Crawford, Gemma McPhail)
  • Tess McCormick, Development Director
• Admissions: Helen Brooks, Academic and Admissions Manager
• Access and Outreach: Sara Harb, Access Officer

Students

• Mansfield Student Covid-19 Protocol, including self-isolation guidance (all students)
• Covid-19 Student Responsibility Agreement
• Guidance for students self-isolating after arriving from abroad
• Mansfield College Boat Club Risk Assessment
• Teaching space, public rooms and common rooms usage

General Protocols

• BAME and Vulnerable Staff Risk Assessment
• EAS Isolation Guidance
• General College Risk Assessment
• General Office Protocol
• General Protocol
• Risk Assessment
• RTOSW - Academic Induction
• RTOSW - Non Academic Induction
• Weddings Risk Assessment

Porters lodge

• Lodge risk assessment
• Lodge Protocol

Library

• Library Protocol

IT

• IT Protocol

Maintenance

• Maintenance risk assessment

Housekeeping and Cleaning

• Cleaning Protocols
• Accommodation risk assessment

Sarah Farrow (Chaplain) and Gail Leckie (Welfare Tutor) are available to discuss welfare matters.

University Welfare Resources

Free online support through Big White Wall

We understand that the pandemic is a worrying time for many of you. Oxford Student Welfare and Support Services remain available through online and telephone appointments, and Oxford students can now also access free online support 24/7 through Big White Wall. Big White Wall is a free service giving you access to a global welfare community. It provides a safe space online to get things off your chest, explore your feelings, get creative and learn how to self-manage your mental health and wellbeing. Whether you’re struggling to sleep, feeling low, stressed or unable to cope, Big White Wall can help you get support, take control and feel better. On Big White Wall, you are totally anonymous to other members in the community, and your personal information is kept secure while you are on the site (see Big White Wall’s privacy statement). The University will not be informed if you’ve signed up to Big White Wall or know what you have been doing unless Big White Wall are seriously concerned about your safety. To join, simply visit the official website and Register under ‘’I’m from a university or college” with your Oxford e-mail address.

Other Resources

The Chaplain recommends the following welfare resources for tips on home working, anxiety, mindfulness and staying active. 

• Tips for Working at Home 
• How to cope if you're feeling anxious about the outbreak (BACP)
• 6 Mindfulness Exercises You Can Try Today
• NHS Fitness Studio exercise videos for staying active

The IT team are able to help with problems via email, over the phone and in some case by remote desktop control if you have installed Microsoft Teams. IT Covid Protocol can be found here

Please use the it@mansfield.ox.ac.uk email for any questions as the first point of contact with us.

The Main Library and Reading Rooms will remain closed to all readers and visitors until Michaelmas Term.

Please send any enquiries and requests related to books to library@mansfield.ox.ac.uk. The College Librarian is available to help remotely. See the Library (https://www.mansfield.ox.ac.uk/library )website page for further details of services that are still available.  

The College’s graduation ceremonies scheduled for July to August 2020 will not be able to go ahead due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We know that those who were due to graduate on these days will be very disappointed by this news, but we hope to be able to host all 2020 graduands for ceremonies in 2021 and beyond.

The University has announced that students affected will be able to choose whether to have their degrees conferred in absentia or attend a degree ceremony at a later date. The details of this have yet to be determined, and may mean you do not have much choice over your ceremony date. We want to reassure you that, if you decide you want your degree conferred in person, we will do all we can to make sure you have the celebration you deserve.

Please visit the University’s website for the latest updates.