contributors

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 Registrar 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.

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 Associate Director of the UK Reproducibility Network, head of the UKRN’s Open Research Programme and chair of the Directory of Open Access Books Supervisory Board

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.