contributors

Iwi is a Reader at Manchester Metropolitan University, and principal investigator of ASPIRE

Katie Ralph is a student at Reading University and was a summer intern at the Office of the Independent Adjudicator in 2019 

Martin Perfect is Head of Student & Graduate Employability at Staffordshire University.

Caitlin Bloom is a Sector Analyst at Jisc

Max Guiton is a student at UWE, Bristol

Riki Msindo is a student at Bristol University

Luke McCrone is a doctoral researcher in the Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship at Imperial College London.

Alacoque Marvin is an employment lawyer working within the charities and social economy team at Wrigleys

Pam Alldred is Reader in Education and Youth Studies at Brunel University London

Anne Chappell is Divisional Lead in the Department of Education at Brunel University London

Charlotte Jones is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Exeter’s Wellcome Centre for Cultures and Environments of Health

Matthew Guest is Policy Manager at GuildHE

Jo Heaton-Marriott is managing director of The Authentic Partnership

Sofia was an Associate Editor at Wonkhe.

Julie Wells is Vice President, Strategy and Culture at the University of Melbourne

Jordan Lewis was the Community Manager at Wonkhe.

Kim Eccleston is head of admissions at the University of Warwick

Annie Avery is the Events Marketing and Programming Coordinator at Bristol SU

David Gilani is Head of Student Engagement and Advocacy at Middlesex University

Steve Ralph is Head of Student Voice at Cardiff University Students’ Union

Oscar Clarke is Research and Insights Coordinator at Northumbria Students’ Union

Siyang Wei is Social Policy Coordinator at The Union, Manchester Metropolitan University.

Sam Cooke is Academic Representation Coordinator at The Union, Manchester Metropolitan University.

Building the Anti-Racist Classroom (BARC) is an international collective of women of colour management and organisation studies scholars developing anti-racist pedagogy and practice for higher education.

Garbhan Downey is a publisher and a founder member of the Derry University Group.

Tania is the Student and Staff Engagement Coordinator at the University of Greenwich.

Jan Capper is the chief executive of College and University Business Officers (CUBO).

Alice Phillips is Research and Evaluation Coordinator at Bristol SU

Richard O’Kelly is Head of Data and Analysis at UCAS.

Demi Smith is the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Rep Coordinator at ARU Students’ Union

Jeremy Swan is Head of Policy and Advocacy at AGCAS.

Nick Glover is the Student Voice & Insight Manager at York University Students’ Union

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.