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Supporting Professionalism in Admissions (SPA)
SPA is the independent and objective voice on higher education (HE) admissions in the UK. The programme assists universities and colleges maintain and enhance excellence and professionalism in admissions, student recruitment and widening inclusion. SPA leads on the development of fair admissions by researching and disseminating good practice and advice across the HE sector. Further information about SPA's work can be found at www.spa.ac.uk
The SPA team consists of six staff who have a combined 72 years experience within admissions, student recruitment and widening inclusion. Janet Graham, Director of SPA and formerly Head of Admissions Office at the University of Cambridge, is joined by three senior project officers. Annie Doyle previously Admissions Officer at the University of York, Leslie Currie who was Assistant Registrar at University of Bath, and Dan Shaffer who held the post of Assistant Registrar at Aston University. Ruth Burchell is the Project Officer and Sheila Ham is PA to the Director and provides administrative support.
From left to right: Leslie Currie - Senior Project Officer, Ruth Burchell - Project Officer, Janet Graham - Director, Annie Doyle - Senior Project Officer, Sheila Ham - Administrative Support Officer and Dan Shaffer - Senior Project Officer.