Andy Youell has over three decades experience in higher education data and systems. His career in HE began at the Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council in 1991 and has included spells at HEFCE and HESA.
In 2013 Andy was appointed Director of the Higher Education Data & Information Improvement Programme (HEDIIP) which was created to reduce the burden and increase the value and accessibility of data and information about HE.
Andy has worked as a freelance consultant advising HE providers and related organisations on data and regulation issues. He has advised governments in Bulgaria, Saudi Arabia and Oman and he worked on a UN project in Jordan that developed statistical reporting for universities across the Middle East.
Andy is a former member of the DfE Information Standards Board, the HESA Board and the DfE Burden Reduction Taskforce. He was a member of the independent review of 2020 qualification grades which was commissioned by the Welsh Government following the exam grades fiasco.
His website is www.andyyouell.com