The UK Standing Committee for Quality Assessment draws on expertise from across the higher education sector.
The committee includes the four UK higher education funding bodies, sector body representatives, academics and students.
The current constitution of the Standing Committee is:
Chair
Professor Andrew Wathey CBE, Vice-Chancellor of Northumbria University
Secretary
Dr Scott Court, Head of Quality Team, Office for Students
Association of Colleges (AoC) representative
Arti Saraswat, Senior Policy Manager HE, AoC
GuildHE representative
Alex Bols, Deputy Chief Executive, GuildHE
Universities UK representative
Will Hammonds, Programme Manager, UUK
Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) representative
Gordon Ashworth, Project Director, CMA
Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) (alternate)
Mike Lambourne, Project Director, CMA
Committee of University Chairs (CUC) representative
John Rushforth, Executive Secretary, CUC
Department for the Economy Northern Ireland (DfENI) representative
Claire Thompson, DfENI
Department for the Economy Northern Ireland (DfENI) representative (alternate)
Trevor Cooper, DfENI
Office for Students (OfS) representative
Susan Lapworth, Director, Regulation and Assurance, OfS
Office for Students’ Quality, Accountability and Regulation Strategic Advisory Committee (QARSAC) representative
Professor Andy Westwood, Associate Vice-President for Public Affairs and co-director of Policy@Manchester, University of Manchester; Professor of Further and Higher Education, and Director of the Observatory, University of Wolverhampton
Office for Students’ Quality, Accountability and Regulation Strategic Advisory Committee (QARSAC) representative (alternate)
Professor Amanda Chetwynd, Provost, Student Experience, Colleges and the Library, University of Lancaster
Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) representative
Celia Hunt, Director of Strategic Development, HEFCW
Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (alternate)
Cliona O’Neill, Head of Student Experience, HEFCW
Scottish Funding Council (SFC) representative
Alison Cook, Assistant Director of Learning & Quality and Outcome Manager Ayrshire, SFC
National Union of Students (NUS) representative
Amatey Doku, Vice-President (Higher Education), NUS
Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIA) representative
Ben Elger, Interim Chief Executive, OIA
Professional Statutory and Regulatory Body (PSRB) member
Ali Orr, Chair, Professions Together
Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) representative
Douglas Blackstock, Chief Executive, QAA
Sector member
Professor Lorna Milne, Vice-Principal (Proctor), University of St Andrews
Sector member
Professor Ben Calvert, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Learning, Teaching and Student Experience, University of South Wales
Sector member
Professor David S Jones, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Education and Students, Queen’s University Belfast
Sector member
Alison Wheaton, Independent
Sector member
Steve Denton, Chief Operating Officer and Registrar, Nottingham Trent University
Sector member
Jon Renyard, University Secretary and Director for Student Experience, Arts University Bournemouth
Student member
Emma Atkins, Education Officer, University of Manchester Students’ Union
Student member
Luke Renwick, President Elect, Sheffield Hallam University Students’ Union
