The UK Standing Committee for Quality Assessment draws on expertise from across the higher education sector.
The Committee includes the UK higher education funding bodies, regulators, sector body representatives, academics and students.
The current constitution of the Committee is:
Chair
Professor Andrew Wathey CBE, Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive, Northumbria University
Secretariat
Joseph Tennant, Senior Officer, Compliance and Student Protection, OfS
Association of Colleges (AoC) representative
Dr Arti Saraswat, Senior Policy Manager HE, AoC
GuildHE representative
Alex Bols, Deputy Chief Executive, GuildHE
Universities UK representative
Dr Charlotte Snelling, UUK
Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) representative
currently vacant
Committee of University Chairs (CUC) representative
John Rushforth, Executive Secretary, CUC
Department for the Economy Northern Ireland (DfENI) representative
David Rooney, DfENI
(Alternate: Trevor Cooper, DfENI)
Office for Students (OfS) representative
Nicholas Holland, Competition and Registration Manager, OfS
(Alternate: Jean Arnold, Head of Competition and Market Entry, OfS)
Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) representative
Dr Cliona O’Neill, Head of Student Experience, HEFCW
Independent Higher Education (Independent HE) representative
Alexander Proudfoot, Chief Executive, Independent HE
Scottish Funding Council (SFC) representative
Kathryn O’Loan, Assistant Director (Teaching & Quality), SFC
National Union of Students (NUS) representative
Hillary Gyebi-Ababio, Vice-President (Higher Education), NUS
Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIA) representative
Ben Elger, Chief Executive, OIA
Professional Statutory and Regulatory Body (PSRB) member
currently vacant
Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) representative
Vicki Stott, Executive Director of Operations, QAA
Sector member
Professor John Sawkins, Deputy Principal (Learning and Teaching), Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Heriot-Watt University
Sector member
Dr 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
Charlotte Gorse, London School Director, Istituto Marangoni
Sector member (shared membership)
Professor Amanda Chetwynd, Provost, Student Experience, Colleges and the Library, University of Lancaster
Professor Mary Bishop, Strategic Education Consultant and NED
Sector member
Steve Denton, Chief Operating Officer and Registrar, Nottingham Trent University
Sector member
Jon Renyard, University Secretary, Arts University Bournemouth
Student member
Jason Bunting, Education Officer, Queen’s Students’ Union, Queen’s University Belfast
Student member
Harry South, Vice-President Education, Worcester Students’ Union, University of Worcester
