Sarah Chaytor is UCL’s Director of Research Strategy & Policy, and Joint Chief of Staff in the Office of the Vice-Provost (Research), with responsibility for overseeing the UCL Public Policy programme, as well as advising the Vice-Provost on research policy.
Her role includes leading on UCL’s external policy engagement, managing the UCL Public Policy portfolio of activities, building UCL’s capacity to engage with public policy, and managing strategic projects. She joined UCL in 2009 from the Russell Group where she was a research fellow specialising in research policy. Previously she worked in policy roles at the Wellcome Trust, Universities UK, and as a parliamentary researcher.