Having moved from Oxford Brookes to the University of Liverpool in 2015, Janet Beer is injecting significant energy into the red brick university’s teaching offer. And her hands-on style couldn’t be further from past university leadership which was in danger of falling into dangerous levels of complacency. Beer’s national leadership in teaching and learning policy continues following her move from Brookes.
She chairs the group overseeing the National Student Survey, and is a member of the boards of the British Council and UCAS. She also chairs the Equality Challenge Unit and is a Vice-President of Universities UK. Fortunately for Liverpool, Beer is capable of balancing institutional challenges and time to be an effective operator at a national level. Another contender for the UUK presidency in the future.