Joanna Cope

Institute of Clinical Sciences
Head of Operations / Project Manager

Contact details

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 3718
Email: j.m.cope@bham.ac.uk

Address: Institute of Clinical Sciences
College of Medical & Dental Sciences
University of Birmingham
Birmingham
B15 2TT

As Head of Operations, Jo is responsible for administration and strategic oversight for the Institute of Clinical Sciences. She leads a team of 23 staff supporting academics to deliver on HR, finance and strategic activities. The team is also responsible for ensuring compliance with HE sector, University and College requirements.

From July 2023 to September 2025, Jo is on secondment to the MBChB Curriculum 2030 project.

Qualifications

Assoc CIPD, 2023
MSc in Human Resource Management, The Open University, 2022
BSc (Hons) Open Degree, The Open University, 2012
Professional Certificate in Management, The Open University, 2011
MA in Modern History, University of Oxford, 1996

Biography

Jo began her career in administration in the Colleges of the University of Oxford. She worked in admissions, registry and student services for 13 years before going on to work in education policy for a professional regulatory body.

She returned to the HE sector in 2011 as Department Business Manager in the Department of Psychology at Goldsmiths University and was Director of Administration at Warwick Law School before joining the University of Birmingham in 2016.