contributors

Karen Wespieser is Director of Operations at the Driver Youth Trust.

Tamsin Mann is Head of Policy at PraxisAuril, before which she worked as a KE professional at the University of Cambridge.

Richard Waller is Associate Professor of the Sociology of Education at the University of the West of England.

Sue Rigby is the Vice-Chancellor of Bath Spa University.

Nicholas Barr is Professor of Public Economics at the London School of Economics.

Hollie Chandler is a senior policy analyst at the Russell Group

Taylor McGraa is the Education Officer at Goldsmiths Students’ Union

Phil Pilkington is an Honorary Teaching Fellow at Coventry and Deputy Chair at Middlesex University SU

Neil Mackenzie is Chief Exec at Leeds Beckett SU

Zac Ashkanasy is a principal for the NOUS group

Fiona Shelton is the Dean of Students at the University of Derby.

Gareth Hughes is a psychotherapist, researcher and lecturer and is the lead author for the University Mental Health Charter

Susan Mueller is the director of The Stand Alone Pledge at Stand Alone.

Simon Field is an independent expert on country skills systems.

Dan Howells is Head of Access and Outreach at the University of Wolverhampton

Jonathan Rees holds the Grant Chair of Dermatology at the University of Edinburgh.

Zahir Irani is Deputy Vice-Chancellor University of Bradford and Chair of the Bradford Council Economic Recovery Board

Fleur Priest-Stephens is a policy consultant at NUS.

Josh Gulrajani is Student Deputy Chair of the main panel in the TEF subject-level pilot for 2018-19.

Bill Galvin is the Chief Executive of the Universities Superannuation Scheme

Graeme Atherton is the Director of the National Education Opportunities Network (NEON), and Head of the Centre for Inequality and Levelling Up at the University of West London

Peter Brant is a Senior Policy Adviser at the Open University. He previously worked in the civil service for 14 years, including in policy roles at the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit, the Deputy Prime Minister’s Research and Analysis Unit and as the Chief Analyst at the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission.

Gilly Salmon is chief executive and principal consultant at Education Alchemists, Ltd. 

Muriel E Swijghuisen Reigersberg is Researcher Development Manager (Strategy) at the University of Sydney.

Stephanie Smith is Head of Policy (Research and International) at the Russell Group.

Lee Rowley is the member of Parliament for North East Derbyshire.

Dr Richard Budd is a Lecturer in Higher Education in the Department for Educational Research at Lancaster University

James Ransom is Head of Research at the National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education (NCEE)

Liz Hutchinson is Director of Communications and External Relations at the British Academy.

Jo Grady is general secretary of the University and College Union.

Aarti Thakor is Director of Legal Services at the Charity Commission, the independent regulator and registrar of charities in England and Wales.

Jente Althuis is a Doctoral Researcher at the King’s Centre for Strategic Communications, King’s College London.

Malcolm Todd is the Provost (Academic) of the University of Derby. 

Ben Williamson is a Chancellor’s Fellow in research at the Edinburgh Futures Institute and the Centre for Research in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh.

Michael Taylor works at Manchester Metropolitan University in external relations.

Jacqueline Stevenson is Professor of the Sociology of Education at the University of Leeds.

Jonathan Stephen is the president of Huddersfield Students’ Union.

Michael Cross is director of access, skills and outcome agreements at the Scottish Funding Council.

Hannah Bond is Project Manager for the Partnership for Digital Learning and Increased Access (PADILEIA) project at King’s Online

Anna Wood is the Executive Director of King’s Online

Harry Anderson is assistant director (policy and global engagement) at Universities UK International

John Cope is director of strategy, policy, and public affairs at UCAS

Lucy Holland is the Vice President Art & Design and Media & Performing Arts at Middlesex University Students’ Union

Rahma Ali is the Vice President of Health & Education and Science & Technology at Middlesex University Students’ Union

Vanessa O’Donnell is a Policy Researcher at the Russell Group.

Susan Lapworth is Chief Executive at the Office for Students

Tessa Harrison is the Director of Students & Education at King’s College London

Peter M. Berkery Jr. is the executive director of the Association of University Presses.

Jonathan Saha is Co-Chair of the Royal Historical Society working group that produced the Race, Ethnicity and Equality report. He is an associate lecturer at the University of Leeds.

Fanni Zombor is Wonkhe’s Operations and Events Assistant, and VP Media and Campaigns at the Open University Students Association

Stephen Parker is Lead Education Partner at KPMG Australia.

Peter McCaffery is a former university vice chancellor with extensive experience in HE in the UK and globally, and author of The Higher Education Manager’s Handbook: Effective Leadership and Management in Universities and Colleges now in its third edition.

Conor Ryan is Director of External Relations at the Office for Students

Sam Parrett is the Principal and CEO of London South East Colleges.

John Widdowson is the Principal & Chief Executive at New College Durham.

Jill Shepherd is the Associate Dean of Degree Apprenticeships at QA Apprenticeships.

Nicola Tune is a PhD social research student at the University of Liverpool with a particular interest in sexism towards women in both material & cyber spaces.

Kate Little is a project officer in the student administration and support division at the University of Liverpool

Jane White is Executive Director of AUDE

Dan de Sousa is a manager in higher education with over 15 years’ experience, a keen advocate of the AUA and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He is currently College Education Manager for the College of Health and Life Sciences at Brunel University London.

Vera Castiglione is Deputy Language Director of Italian, and Engagement Opportunities Champion, at the University of Bristol.

Trevor Pearce is the Royal College of Art’s Academic Registrar.

Gavin Costigan is the director of Public Policy|Southampton at the University of Southampton.

Hugh Brady is Vice-Chancellor and President at the University of Bristol

Liz Bromley is the acting CEO at the University Alliance and Deputy Vice Chancellor (Corporate & International) at UCLan.

Ian Dunn is Provost at Coventry University

Ben Hunt is a consultant at specialist higher education consultancy Strive Higher

Cliona O’Neill is Head of Student Experience at the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales.

Sarah Khan is the Access and Liberation Officer at the University of Manchester Students’ Union

Wilma Smythe is the founder of social enterprise Insight for Good.

Abi James is the Chair of the British Dyslexia Association New Technologies Committee and a digital accessibility researcher at the University of Southampton.

Alex Forsythe is a Senior Lecturer at University of Liverpool

Carol Evans is Professor in Higher Education within Southampton Education School at the University of Southampton. She is co-director of the Centre for Higher Education at Southampton (CHES).

Corony Edwards is a freelance higher education consultant

Andy Pitchford is the Head of Learning and Teaching at the University of Bath

Tom Sperlinger is a professor of literature and engaged pedagogy at the University of Bristol.

Josie McLellan is a professor of history at the University of Bristol.

Richard Pettigrew is a professor of philosophy at the University of Bristol.

Christina Hughes is the Chair of the LEGACY (Learning and Employability Gain Assessment CommunitY) project and Provost of Sheffield Hallam University.

Mark Jones is Co-Founder and Managing Director of OneHE and formerly Chief Operating Officer of the Higher Education Academy.

Simon Lancaster is a principal at Nous Group.

Mark Corver is the founder of dataHE and the former director of analysis and research at UCAS

Duncan Exley is the former Director of the Equality Trust, taking time out to write on social mobility.

Stephen Machin is professor of economics at the London School of Economics, director of the Centre for Economic Performance and is a fellow of the British Academy and Society of Labor Economists.

Susie Whigham is Chief Programmes and Communities Officer at the Brilliant Club

Alex Hayman is Managing Director of Which? University

Katherine Dunleavy is the coordinator of the Connected Communities programme and is based at the University of Bristol.

Alex Usher is President of Higher Education Strategy Associates, a consultancy based in Toronto, Canada.

Jessica Cole is Head of Policy (Research and International) at the Russell Group.

Camilla Mount is the Access and Partnerships Manager at Birkbeck, University of London.

Rebecca Bale is Careers Information and Advice Lead at UCAS.

Karen MacFarlane is a research fellow at Glasgow Caledonian University

Linda Speight is a Learning Gain Project Data Analyst in Lincoln Academy of Learning and Teaching.

Hollie Cockings is a lecturer of metallurgy at Swansea University, sponsored by Tata Steel UK

Julie is Wonkhe’s Associate Editor in Australia.

David Hughes is Chief Executive of the Association of Colleges

Marcus is Professor of Biological Psychology at the University of Bristol, and has a long-standing interest in research reproducibility and replicability.

Professor Dave Phoenix is the Vice Chancellor of London South Bank University.

Keren Coney is a Career Consultant at Keele University where she is responsible for supporting disabled students and graduates with their career planning.  She is also a member of the AGCAS Disability Task Group, which seeks to equip careers professionals in their work with disabled students by delivering training, creating resources and conducting research.

Rory Murray currently works in public affairs, and is a former Kent Union president.