Anna Fazackerley has grown in influence over the past year as a supremely well-connected journalist with access to many of the nation’s top vice chancellors. Her recent feature articles for the Guardian have drawn attention to meaty policy challenges such as university finances, the NSS boycott, TEF, and international students.
Her ‘2VCs’ segments have provided stimulating debates between the sectors’ leaders and an insight into the policy divergences between them. Fazackerley is no stranger to the sector, having written speeches for David Willetts and been a journalist for Times Higher Education. Fazackerley is also well connected in Conservative circles, having once been Head of Education at centre-right think tank Policy Exchange.