contributors

Dr Ruth Massie is a Senior Lecturer at Cranfield School of Management

Amanda Baxendale is the Head of Knowledge Exchange at the University of Derby

Sam Turner leads on Become’s policy work

David Thompson is a Senior Lecturer in the Institute of Education at the University of Wolverhampton.

Paul Gratrick is Head of Operations in Student Experience and Enhancement at the University of Liverpool

Sara de Freitas is an educator, author, researcher and public speaker with twenty years experience in higher education.

Rachel Wilkenson is a Representation Coordinator at ARU Students’ Union.

Chris Saltmarsh is Co-Director: Climate Change Campaigns at student campaigners network People & Planet.

Tristram Hooley is Professor of Careers Education at the University of Derby and Chief Research Officer for the Institute of Student Employers.

Ed Foster is NTU’s Head of Student Engagement and Analytics

Alex Leigh has worked with over thirty UK universities, most of the sector agencies including UCAS, HESA and the QAA and a host of practitioners in the HE sector. Alex designed and developed the HEDIIP data capability framework, led the team to create the HESA in-year collection model, designed the sector level governance for reporting … Continued

Stuart Croft is Vice Chancellor and President of the University of Warwick.

Sol Gamsu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Durham University

Roger Gherson is the founding partner at Gherson Solicitors in London

Willy Kitchen is the Chair of the Foundation Year Network, and the Head of Department for Lifelong Learning at the University of Sheffield. He writes in a personal capacity.

Craig Nowell is the Chair of the Association of University Directors of Estates

Matty Robinson is the former Vice President Union Development at Lancaster University Students’ Union

Alisha Lobo is Student engagement coordinator at MDXSU

Omolade Adedapo is the VP Welfare at Kent Union

Nathan Bostock is Chief Executive Officer of Santander UK

Lee Dudding is a Data Insight Manager at Edge Hill University

Elizabeth Cleaver is Principal Consultant at Elizabeth Cleaver Consulting

Neil Willey is Director of the Graduate School at UWE. 

Martin McLean is an Education & Training Policy Advisor at the National Deaf Children’s Society

Carola Boehm is Professor of Arts and Higher Education at Staffordshire University.

Mark O’Thomas is Pro Vice Chancellor of the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences and Professor of Theatre and Performance at the University of Greenwich.

Alistair Brown is a Teaching Fellow in the Department of English Studies at the University of Durham

Clare Marchant is chief executive of UCAS.

Cathy is Head of Portfolio Marketing and Market Insight at Heriot Watt University

Sarah Cowan is Head of Higher Education & Skills Policy at the British Academy

Tracey Horton is Academic Regulations and Policy Manager at the University of West England (UWE Bristol)

Netta Weinstein is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology at Cardiff University.

Peter Eckel is Senior Fellow and Director of Leadership Programs at Penn AHEAD in the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education

Elisa Brewis is a researcher in higher education based at the UCL Institute of Education.

Rory Hughes is a housing policy and campaigns consultant

Nick von Behr has worked in tertiary education policy for the Royal Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry, BSI Group and the Institution of Structural Engineers.

Louise Nicol is the Founder and Managing Director of Asia Careers Group, and the Founder of alsocan

Professor Sally Brown is an independent consultant in learning, teaching and assessment, and Emerita Professor at Leeds Beckett University

Rachel Haak is engagement partner (learning lead) at Aula. 

Paul Webb is Widening Participation Officer at King’s College London

Nabil Ali is a Brussels based policy advisor

Roscoe Hastings is Director of Teaching Excellence & Enhancement, University of Exeter.

Jennie Walmsley is Data and Research Officer at the QAA

Andrew Bush is Director of Higher Education Internal Audit and Advisory lead at KPMG.

Tom McEwan is Senior Researcher (Education and Skills Policy) at Policy Connect.

Professor Dame Julia King DBE is a crossbench Peer of the House of Lords and former Vice-Chancellor of Aston University.

Victoria Stott is Head of Policy at Teesside University

Lee Elliot Major is Professor of Social Mobility at the University of Exeter

David Willetts was Minister for Universities and Science from 2010 to 2014.

Eve Alcock is Director of Public Affairs at QAA

Robert Liow is an independent journalist and former Vice President of King’s College London Students’ Union

Keri Facer is the Zennström Professor of Climate Change Leadership at Uppsala University, and Professor of Educational and Social Futures at the University of Bristol. She writes in a personal capacity.

Maggie Smart is Principal Analyst – Insight and Research at the Office for Students

Douglas Blackstock is President of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA)

Simon is a research consultant at ComRes.

David Cope is Chief Progress Officer at 600 strategy.

Beth Button is campaign manager at Universities UK

Julie Kelly is the Head of the Student Centre at the University of Hertfordshire

Anna Connell-Smith was a specialist for the House of Commons education committee from July 2015 to April 2019.

Vanessa Wilson is chief executive of University Alliance

Richard Medcalf is the Director of the Institute of Sport and Human Sciences at the University of Wolverhampton

Zac Sheppard is York Sport President 2018/19

Claire is Professor of Sociology and Director of Research for the School of Social Sciences at the University of Manchester

Sarah Kember is Professor of New Technologies of Communication and Director of Goldsmiths Press, Goldsmiths, University of London

John is Chair of the Quality Arrangements for Scottish Higher Education (QASHE) Group.

Alice Frost is Director of Knowledge Exchange Policy at Research England.

Professor Trevor McMillan is Vice Chancellor of Keele University

Kristin Aune is a Professor of sociology of religion, in the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations at Coventry University.

Caroline Chipperfield works for the University Partnership Programme (UPP)

Samuel Dedman is the Vice-President Education at the University of Southampton Students’ Union and a Student Panellist with the Office for Students.

David Best is director of analysis and insight at UCAS. 

Steven Spier is Vice Chancellor of Kingston University, and a member of the Vice-Chancellor’s working group established for the joint UUK and NUS report Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Attainment at UK Universities: #ClosingTheGap”

Matt Brett is Director of Academic Governance and Standards at Deakin University.

Josie Cluer is a partner at EY. She writes here in a personal capacity.

Miriam Styrnol is Senior Research and Evaluation Advisor for What Works at King’s College London.

Sue Cunningham is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

Nadia Siddiqui is Assistant Professor, School of Education Durham University.

Vikki Boliver is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at Durham University.

Sophie Johnston is a Commissioner for the National Youth Commission and a former president of the National Union of Students.

Pete Quinn is an independent consultant working in equality, diversity & inclusion

Judith is chair of the Student Records Officers’ Conference (SROC).

Tom Philpott is a political campaigner and communications professional.

Chris Butler is a PhD student at the University of Manchester. His research explores how UK governments anticipate and respond to public opinion by tracing their decision-making processes in a handful of case studies.

Bradley Fox is the President at Nottingham Trent University Students’ Union

Gabi Binnie is Head of Funded Projects at Gradconsult

Alison Felce is a Standards and Frameworks Officer for the Quality Assurance Agency for UK Higher Education (QAA).

Daniel Tinkler is a Students’ Union Consultant & External Trustee at Marjon Student Union

Richard Fletcher is a freelance creative industries researcher and part-time lecturer in Arts & Festivals management at De Montfort University.

Andy Phippen is Professor of Digital Rights in the Department of Computing and Informatics at Bournemouth University

Emma Bond is director of research, head of the graduate school and professor of socio-technical research at the University of Suffolk.

Adam is the Service Development Manager at the tech charity AbilityNet

Lizzy Woodfield is Policy Advisor at Aston University.

Felicity Callard is Professor of Social Research in the Department of Psychosocial Studies at Birkbeck, University of London, and a member of the USSBriefs collective

Peter Rae serves as Academic Dean at Nazarene Theological College, Manchester. He is a QAA reviewer, and his research interests include models of validation and accreditation in HE.

Rachael Curzons is chief implementation officer at Aula.

Cath Brown is President of the Open University Students Association.

Paul Clark is a strategy consultant – until recently he was Vice-President (Strategy) at University College London. He was formerly Chief Executive of HESA, and Director of Policy at Universities UK.

Alastair Sim is Director of Universities Scotland

Dominic Scott is Chief Executive of the UK Council for International Student Affairs.

Julie Barker is Non-Executive Director of College and University Business Officers (CUBO)