contributors

Graham Galbraith is Vice Chancellor of the University of Portsmouth.

Sally Holt is the Policy Officer at The Brilliant Club

Alistair Fitt is Vice-Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University and is Research Lead for University Alliance.

Mark Atlay is Director of Academic Development at the University of Bedfordshire and a trustee of SEEC.

Rachel is a Data Policy and Governance Manager at HESA.

Pooja was a Policy Assistant at Wonkhe.

Daisy is Head of Policy and Innovation at the Chartered Management Institute

Tom Yazdi is Senior Consultant at Linstock Communications.

Katie is Director of Quality and Standards at the University of Chichester.

Raegan Hiles leads Universities UK International’s work on transnational education (TNE). She heads up the HEGlobal programme, a joint initiative between UUKi and the British Council to empower UK universities’ transnational education activity.

Christina Slade is Vice Chancellor of Bath Spa University.

Tony Strike is University Secretary at the University of Sheffield and a Board Member at AHUA

Catherine is a former Executive Officer at Wonkhe.

Susannah Doyle works for Unite Students as a Student Services Manager.

Alastair Robertson is Dean of Teaching and Learning at Abertay University.

Anna Bull is a Senior Lecturer in Education and Social Justice at the University of York and a founding member of The 1752 Group

Lynne Condell manages the money advice team at the Liverpool John Moores University, is a former chair of NASMA, and in 2013 was awarded an MBE for services to higher education.

Jon Bennett is Director at Linstock Communications.

Joel Mullan has worked in HE policy and strategy roles for organisations including the HE Commission, 1994 Group and Jisc.

Judy Friedberg is a former universities editor of The Guardian.

John Blanshard is Student Experience Director for Unite Students

Will Cooling has ten years of experience within higher education policy and is also a freelance writer.

Claire is Head of Uni@Work, part of Coventry University Group. Uni@Work is a national provider of Higher Education in the workplace.

John Thompson has written widely on higher education policy, including a series of reports on the Browne Review and what followed for the Higher Education Policy Institute. More recently he has written about the 2015 Summer Budget HE proposals for the Sutton Trust.

Professor Angus Laing is Dean at Lancaster University Management School and former Chair of the Association of Business Schools.

Simon Kerridge is Director of Research Services at the University of Kent and former chair of the Association of Research Managers and Administrators.

Dr Sonal Minocha is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement) at Bournemouth University.

Toni Pearce was President of the National Union of Students from 2013 to 2015.

Kate Little works in student support at the University of Liverpool and is a former policy lead for NSS at the National Union of Students. Her views are her own.

Paul Kirby is Lecturer in International Security at the University of Sussex and incoming Research Fellow at the LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security. He is also the author of a short guide to ‘Open Access in the Social Sciences’.

Craig Berry is deputy director of the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Sheffield. He worked previously at HM Treasury, the International Longevity Centre-UK, the Trades Union Congress and the University of Warwick.

Katie Britton is formerly Policy Officer, Middle East and Africa, at UUK International.

Dominic Abrams is Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Kent. He is Director of the Centre for the Study of Group Processes and UK Chair of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI-UK).

Dr Helen Barefoot is Deputy Director of the Learning and Teaching Innovation Centre (LTIC) at the University of Hertfordshire.

Nona McDuff is Director of Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at Kingston University.

Professor Jacqueline Stevenson is Professor of Education Research and Head of Research in the Sheffield Institute of Education, Sheffield Hallam University.

Martin is Dean of Music, Humanities and Media and Professor of History at the University of Huddersfield.

Jane is the Vice-Chancellor’s Policy Adviser at Bournemouth University.

Dr Geoff Stoakes is Head of Special Projects at the Higher Education Academy.

Joy Elliott-Bowman is Director of Policy and Development for Independent Higher Education UK.

Alex Pool is a PhD student at Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary, University of London and former QAA Board member.

Dr Benedict Wilkinson is a Senior Research Fellow in the Policy Institute at King’s.

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Ant Bagshaw is a Senior Advisor in L.E.K. Consulting’s Global Education Practice and co-editor, with Debbie McVitty, of Influencing Higher Education Policy

Dean is an associate member of staff at UCL.

Phil is Chief Innovation Officer at Jisc.

Ben Jordan is Director of Strategy at UCAS

Tom Frostick is Policy & Programmes Manager at University Alliance, with responsibility for research, innovation and international policy.

David Relph is Director of Bristol Health Partners, a strategic collaboration between the city’s three NHS trusts, three clinical commissioning groups, two universities and its local authority.

Gareth Rees is a Research Professor in the Cardiff School of Social Sciences and Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.

Eric Bohms is Managing Director at Electric Paper Ltd.

Colin Raban is an emeritus professor of the University of Derby and was recently employed as Interim Deputy Vice Chancellor at the University of Greenwich.

Kalwant Bhopal is Professor of Education and Social Justice at the University of Southampton.

Sarbani Banerjee is Acting Head of Learning and Teaching at HEFCE.

Hannah Brian is Deputy Chief Executive (Student Engagement) at Leeds University Union

Ellen is Senior Policy Adviser at the Equality Challenge Unit.

Dr Camille B. Kandiko Howson is Associate Professor of Education at Imperial College London

Vivienne Stern is Chief Executive of Universities UK

Deirdre Heenan is Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Comms) and Provost (Coleraine & Magee) at Ulster University

Steve West is vice chancellor of UWE Bristol and President of Universities UK

Mike Day is an international student experience consultant and student movement historian

Les Ebdon is a consultant with Applied Inspiration. He was the Director for Fair Access and before that vice chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire.

Faye Taylor is Policy & Projects Manager (Research, Business & Innovation) at University Alliance

Charlie Ball is Head of Higher Education Intelligence for Prospects at Jisc.

Chris Hall is Head of External Relations for Equality Challenge Unit.

Hannah Pudner is Assistant Director for the Open University in Wales.

Colin Campbell is Director of Strategic Planning at Newcastle University.

Simon Thorpe is a Director of Studies at Leeds College of Art with a particular interest in employability and enterprise in the context of the Creative Industries.

Steven Jones is Professor of Higher Education at the University of Manchester

Doug Cole is Head of Academic Practice at the Higher Education Academy.

Jackie Njoroge is Director of Strategy at the University of Salford and a member of the HESPA executive.

Dennis Farrington is a Visiting Fellow of OxCHEPS, New College, University of Oxford and co-author of The Law of Higher Education.

Paul Ashwin is Professor of Higher Education at Lancaster University.

Bill Rammell is Vice Chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire and a former universities minister.

Christopher Newfield teaches at the University of California at Santa Barbara and is the author of The Great Mistake: How We Wrecked Public Universities and How We Can Fix Them, recently published by Johns Hopkins University Press.

James Dobson is a researcher at Bright Blue.

Dr Adam Smith is a Senior Lecturer, UCL History.

Sorana is Vice President Higher Education at the National Union of Students.

James Wilsdon is professor of research policy at University College London and executive director of the Research on Research Institute (RoRI)

Martin Eve is Professor of Literature, Technology and Publishing at Birkbeck, University of London.

Anand Shukla is Chief Executive of social mobility charity Brightside. He was previously Chief Executive of the Family and Childcare Trust.

Peter Horrocks is vice chancellor of the Open University and a former director at the BBC.

Richard is an academic and expert on university rankings. He writes in depth on rankings at his blog: University Rankings Watch.

Karmjit Kaur is Head of Political Affairs at Universities UK.

David is Head of Comms at the Equality Challenge Unit

Stephanie Marhsall is Chief Executive of the Higher Education Academy.

Hugh Jones is a freelance HE consultant. You’ll find a daily #HigherEducationPostcard if you follow him on Bluesky

Zaki is a reporter at Wonkhe.

Ian Kimber is Director of Quality Development at the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education.

Steven Hill is Director of Research at Research England. He is also a member of the REF Steering Board.

Gordon McKenzie is Chief Executive of GuildHE and a former civil servant at BIS.

David Cairns is Director Quality Assurance Research for Higher Education Ltd. and a former Assistant Director of the Quality Assurance Agency.

Joe Avison is Managing Director, Global Relations at The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Angela Nartey is a policy officer at the University and College Union (UCU), specialising in widening participation and fair access

Udi Datta is a solicitor at Shakespeare Martineau. He advises on EU law and commercial law with a particular focus on the education sector.

Jonathan is a partner and head of education at Public First

Alice Bell is a writer, campaigner and researcher specialising in the politics of science, technology and the environment.

Adam Tickell is vice chancellor and principal of the University of Birmingham

Michael Jubb is Director of the Research Information Network, which is currently leading work to assess the progress made in the transition to Open Access in the UK.