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 Committee is:
Chair
Professor Andrew Wathey CBE, Vice-Chancellor of Northumbria University
Secretary
Dr Scott Court, Head of Quality Team, Office for Students (OfS)
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) representative (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 of Competition and the Register, OfS
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, Chief Executive, OIA
Professional Statutory and Regulatory Body (PSRB) member
TBC
Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) representative
Douglas Blackstock, Chief Executive, QAA
Sector member
Professor John Sawkins, Deputy Principal (Learning and Teaching), Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Heriot-Watt University
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
TBC
Sector member
Professor Amanda Chetwynd, Provost, Student Experience, Colleges and the Library, University of Lancaster
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
TBC
