contributors

Chief Executive, The Learned Society of Wales

Janet Beer is vice chancellor of the University of Liverpool.

Smita Jamdar leads the education team at Shakespeare Martineau

Sarah is Director of Research, Partnerships and Innovation at the University of Liverpool and was previously Director for the N8 Research Partnership. Sarah Jackson joined the University of Liverpool in November 2014 as the Director of Research, Partnerships and Innovation. For the previous five years, Sarah was the Director of the N8 Research Partnership, where she led … Continued

Aaron Porter has a portfolio of advisory and non-executive roles in higher education

Rob Behrens CBE is Senior Adviser to the European Network of Ombudsmen in Higher Education, and former Chief Executive of the OIA.

Ben is managing director of Chalkstream.

Justin Shaw is chief higher education consultant at Communications Management.

Andy Youell is a HE data and systems specialist

Maddalaine Ansell is Director of Education at the British Council.

Colum was Vice President (Welfare) at NUS from 2013 to 2015. He was previously VP Welfare at Kent Union.

Emma Sabzalieva is College Registrar at St Antony’s College, Oxford. She also undertakes research on higher education, society and politics in post-Soviet Central Asia. The editors are graduates of the MBA Higher Education Management at the UCL Institute of Education, London.

Dr Liz Marr is Director of Teaching (Learning and Teaching Innovation) at The Open University

Rob Cuthbert is emeritus professor of higher education management and former Deputy Vice Chancellor at the University of the West of England. He edits Higher Education Review and SRHE News, chairs the Improving Dispute Resolution Advisory Service, and is managing partner for the Practical Academics consultancy.

Mike Ratcliffe is a higher education historian and career academic administrator

Paul Temple is Reader Emeritus in Higher Education at the UCL Institute of Education where he until recently co-directed its Centre for Higher Education Studies and its MBA programme in higher education management.

Matthew Hilton is Deputy Vice Chancellor and Secretary, Kingston University and former head of higher education, BIS.

David Morris is the Vice Chancellor’s policy adviser at the University of Greenwich and former Deputy Editor of Wonkhe. He writes in a personal capacity.

John O’Leary edits The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide and has covered every Research Assessment Exercise, either for The Times or The Times Higher Education Supplement.

Pam Tatlow is Chief Executive of million+

Andy Shenstone works at the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education and was previously the Education Market Director for Capita Consulting.

Edward Peck is vice chancellor of Nottingham Trent University.

Kerry Shepherd is a Partner at Minerva, the executive recruitment agency.  

Dr Stevie Upton is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia. Before moving to the US she conducted research at an independent think tank in the UK, during which time she was also seconded to the AHRC.

Neil is Head of Scholarly Communications Support at Jisc and also a Jisc representative on the Open Access Implementation Group.

Louisa Darian was Deputy Director at Wonkhe, and is now an advisor at the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Megan Dunn was President of the National Union of Students from 2015-16.

Emily Lupton graduated from the University of Lincoln in 2014 with a degree in Journalism. She worked for Wonkhe as Graduate Editor for a year before moving onto other journalistic pursuits.

Sam Cannicott is a former Education Policy Adviser to the Liberal Democrats and now works at Regent’s University London.

Emily was a student engagement professional at a UK university with a particular interest in representation, liberation, progressive policy and getting stuff done.

Ryan Shorthouse is Director of Bright Blue.

Colette Fletcher is Head of Consulting and Governance at Advance HE

Will Brooker is Director of Research for Film and Television at Kingston University. He is author/editor of eight books, with a new monograph, Hunting the Dark Knight, forthcoming in 2012. He is a regular film reviewer for Times Higher Education and the editor of Cinema Journal, 2013-2018.

Wes Streeting is Labour MP for Ilford North and was President of the National Union of Students from 2008 to 2010.

Tom is a Strategic Manager at Imperial College London

Sue Shepherd is a Research Associate at the University of Kent.

Sue Littlemore is an education journalist and Media Adviser for GuildHE. Formerly BBC Education Correspondent, Sue is now freelance. Sue is also Chief Executive of the Education Media Centre.

Sarah-Louise Quinnell got her PhD from King’s College London in 2010. She is interested in digital research methods and communication. Sarah blogs personally at www.sarahlouq.co.uk and founded the site www.networkedresearcher.co.uk in 2011.

Sam Jones is Head of Comms at University Alliance. All views are his own.

Rosa Fernandez is a labour economist head of research at the National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB).

Rick Muir is Associate Director at IPPR. ‘A Critical Path, Securing the Future of Higher Education in England’ can be downloaded here.

Richard Brabner is executive chair of the UPP Foundation

Randall Whittaker is Principal at Rose Bruford College

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.

Greg Walker is Chief Executive of MillionPlus.

Geoff Layer is the former vice chancellor of the University of Wolverhampton

Gavin Moodie is an adjunct professor of education at RMIT University, Australia and Vietnam, where he was employed as principal policy adviser.

Gavan Conlon is a Partner at London Economics.

Emran was formerly Director of the Social Market Foundation, and a member of Wonkhe’s Editorial Group.

Doug Clow is a freelance consultant and trainer. He spent 20 years as an academic at the Open University, including leading a course on healthcare informatics,

Dewi Knight is Senior Education Adviser, China at the British Council. He previously worked in policy, strategy and communications roles for the University of Bedfordshire, The Open University and the Liberal Democrats. He is a member of Wonkhe’s Editorial Group.

Derfel is Director of Academic Services for University College London and former Head of Academic Policy and Standards University of Exeter. Derfel also formerly worked at QAA.

David Malcolm is Head of Policy and Campaigns at the National Union of Students.

Dr Colin McCaig is a Professor of Higher Education Policy at Sheffield Hallam University’s Sheffield Institute of Education.

Chris Hale is Director of Policy at Universities UK and a member of Wonkhe’s Editorial Group.

Ben is a Partner at Minerva, the executive recruitment agency.

Andy Westwood is Vice Dean for Social Responsibility in the Faculty of Humanities and Professor of Government Practice at the University of Manchester

Andrew Fisher currently works as an interim manager in higher education. Before that, he held various Registry and Planning roles and once, long ago, got a PhD in medieval history.

Andrew Boggs is University Clerk at Kingston University

Alistair Jarvis is Pro Vice Chancellor (Partnerships and Governance) at the University of London.

Alex Buckley works in the Education Enhancement team at the University of Strathclyde.

Alex Bols is Deputy Chief Executive at GuildHE

Adam Wright is Deputy Head of Policy (Higher Education & Skills) at the British Academy.

Adam Child is Senior Policy and Strategy Officer at Lancaster University having previously held the role of Assistant Registrar. All the views posted here are his own.