contributors

Rachel Wentsone is the former Vice President (Higher Education) at the National Union of Students.

Professor Patrick McGhee is Assistant Vice Chancellor at the University of Bolton and former Vice Chancellor of the University of East London.

Nick Hillman is the Director of the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and a former Special Adviser to David Willetts, the Minister for Universities & Science.

Newell Hampson-Jones is Education Sector Representative at British Standards Institution (BSI). This article is the author’s own views and does not represent BSI policy.

Michael Brown is the former Vice Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University.

Mary Stuart is director of leadership development at Minerva and was vice chancellor of the University of Lincoln

Martin McQuillan is a former Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) at Kingston University, London.

Martin Hughes is passionate about higher education and writes about higher education at www.theuniversityblog.co.uk.

Professor Martin Hall is a historical archaeologist and joined the University of Salford in 2009 as Vice Chancellor.

Mark Fuller is Associate Director at Linstock Communications.

Libby Hackett is the former Chief Executive of University Alliance.

Kieron Rees is Head of External Affairs and Policy at Universities Wales.

Julian Gravatt is Deputy Chief Executive at the Association of Colleges

Jonathan Clifton is a senior research fellow at IPPR.

Johnny Rich is Chief Executive of outreach organisation Push, and of the Engineering Professors’ Council, and a consultant.

Jess is a Senior Researcher at Policy Connect. She works on the Education and Skills team, producing research inquiries on a variety of prominent issues.

Jenny Shaw is Higher Education External Engagement Director for Unite Students, and is seconded part-time to the Higher Education Mental Health Implementation Taskforce

Jamil Salmi is a global tertiary education expert, the former World Bank Tertiary Education Coordinator who, in the past 20 years, has provided policy advice to governments and university leaders in about 90 countries in all parts of the world.

Imran Khan is the Chief Executive of the British Science Association and formally Director of the Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE), one of the UK’s leading independent advocates for the science and engineering sector.