About us
Key contacts for the Graduate School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures.
The Graduate School office should be your first point of contact for any enquiries or problems you may have. The Graduate School office is located in room 1.13 at 50 George Square and is open Monday to Friday from 10am to 12pm, and from 2pm to 4pm.
Students submitting or collecting assessment should adhere to office opening hours as above. Urgent enquiries outwith these times, between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday, can be addressed to Graduate School staff directly – please knock on the door for 1.13 (around the corner to the left) and enter when invited to do so. For non-urgent enquiries outwith these times, please email or call us (contact details below).
These facilities in 50 George Square include dedicated postgraduate study areas, social areas, teaching spaces, learning resources and a film screening room.
Contact Details
Prospective students should contact us via:
The Graduate School administrative team
Our administrative team is made up of the following staff members:
Iain Sutherland
Postgraduate Academic Services Coordinator
Contact details
- Work: +44 (0)131 651 3988
- Email: iain.sutherland@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
LLC Graduate School
1.09
50 George Square- City
- Edinburgh
- Post Code
- EH8 9LH
Alan Binnie
Senior Postgraduate Administrator

Address
- Street
1.13
50 George Square- Post Code
- EH8 9LH
Kara McCormack
Postgraduate Administrator, English Literature, Creative Writing, Theatre Studies
- LLC Graduate School
Contact details
- Work: +44 (0)131 650 3030
- Email: Kara.McCormack@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
1.13
50 George Square- Post Code
- EH8 9LH
Alisa Wilkinson
Postgraduate (Taught) Senior Administrator: Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies; Film Studies; Film, Exhibition & Curation
- LLC Graduate School
Contact details
- Email: alisa.wilkinson@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
Room 1.13
50 George Square- City
- Edinburgh
- Post Code
- EH8 9LH
Charlotte McLean
Postgraduate Administrator
- LLC Graduate School
Contact details
- Work: +44 (0)131 650 4114
- Email: charlotte.mclean@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
Room 1.13
50 George Square- City
- Edinburgh
- Post Code
- EH8 9LH
Postgraduate Director
You can also contact the Postgraduate Director, who is in overall charge of academic matters.
Dr Michelle Keown
Senior Lecturer

- English Literature
- School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures
Contact details
- Work: +44 (0)131 650 6856
- Email: Michelle.Keown@ed.ac.uk
- Web: Edinburgh Research Explorer profile
Address
- Street
Room 2.17
50 George Square- City
- Edinburgh
- Post Code
- EH8 9LH
Dr Michelle Keown
Deputy Postgraduate Director
Alternatively you can contact the Deputy Postgraduate Director.
Dr Claire Boyle
Lecturer

- French section
- School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures
Contact details
- Work: +44 (0)131 650 4024
- Email: Claire.Boyle@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
Room 3.49
50 George Square- City
- Edinburgh
- Post Code
- EH8 9LH
Research Skills and Methods Course Organiser
Dr Adam Budd
Course Organiser, Research Skills and Methods, Research Methods and Problems
Contact details
- Work: +44 (0)131 650 3834
Address
- Street
Room 2.19
William Robertson Wing- City
- Edinburgh