Our Council represents UCAS' customers and other key stakeholders, and advises the Board of Trustees.
Membership of the Council has been developed through formal nominations of key stakeholders and partners, by nominating organisations and bodies as supported and agreed by our Nominations Committee and Board of Trustees.
We have broad representation on the Council from across the higher education sector in England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, as well as representation from the independent and state education sectors, from further education and from the NUS and student community. Our Council Chair is a nominee from the Committee of University Chairs.
UCAS Council membership
There are currently 31 members of the UCAS Council.
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UCAS Council Chair
| Organisation/sector |
No. of members |
Nominated by |
Council member |
Alternate member |
| UCAS Council Chair |
1 |
Committee of University Chairs |
David Lowen
(Independent Governor and Chair of Leeds Beckett University, and Deputy Chair of the Committee of University Chairs [CUC])
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Dr Tim Westlake
(UCAS Council Member and Deputy Chair)
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Higher education (HE) sector
| Organisation/sector |
No. of members |
Nominated by |
Council member |
Alternate member |
| English universities (representing a range of institution types across mission groups) |
5 |
UUK (Universities UK) |
Daniel Hurley
(Acting Assistant Director of Policy, Universities UK)
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Dr Tim Westlake
(Chief Operating Officer, University of Sussex)
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Professor Richard Harvey
(Academic Director of Admissions, University of East Anglia)
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Dr Matthew Andrews
(University Secretary and Registrar, University of Gloucestershire)
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David Alder
(Chief Marketing Officer, Plymouth University)
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| English further education college |
1 |
AoC (Association of Colleges) |
Alastair Wilson
(Head of HE, South Devon College)
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| NI HE |
1 |
UUK |
Roisin McEvoy
(Head of Admissions and Access, Queen’s University, Belfast)
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| Scottish university* |
1 |
Universities Scotland |
Marie-Noël Earley
(Assistant Registrar, University of St. Andrews)
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| Welsh HE |
1 |
HE Wales |
Professor Martin Stringer
(Pro Vice-Chancellor, Swansea University)
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| GuildHE member institution |
1 |
GuildHE |
Lysandre de-la-Haye
(Deputy Registrar, Newman University)
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| Private HE provider |
1 |
Independent HE |
TBC
(Previously Graeme Slater, Head of Admissions, The Institute of Contemporary Music (ICMP))
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| UCAS Conservatoires service user |
1 |
UCAS Conservatoires Advisory Board |
Professor Linda Merrick
(Chair of Conservatoires UK [CUK]; Principal of the Royal Northern College of Music)
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Gerry Godley
Principal, Leeds College of Music
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| UCAS Teacher Training service user |
1 |
UCAS Teacher Training Advisory Group (UTT AG) |
Lisa Bowen
(Head of Admissions and Enrolment, Cardiff Metropolitan University)
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| UK Postgraduate Application and Statistical Service (UKPASS) service user |
1 |
Postgraduate Advisory Group (PAG) |
Michelle Magee
(Chair of the PAG; Assistant Director, Admissions, Canterbury Christ Church University)
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| HE (IT) representative |
1 |
UCISA (Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association) |
Heidi Fraser-Krauss
(Deputy Registrar and Director of Corporate and Information Services, University of York)
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| Other senior HE representatives |
4 |
HELOA (HE Liaison Officers Association) |
TBC
(Previously Robbie Pickles, UK Chair of the HELOA; Head of UK and EU Student Recruitment, Universtiy of Bath)
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| Undergraduate Advisory Group (UAG) |
Claire Pryke
(Chair of the UAG; Associate Director, University of Bradford)
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| HE sector sub-total |
20 |
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Applicants and students
| Organisation/sector |
No. of members |
Nominated by |
Council member |
| NUS (National Union of Students) |
1 |
NUS |
Juliana Mohamad Noor
Vice-President for Further Education, NUS
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| International students |
1 |
UKCISA (UK Council for International Student Affairs) |
Dr Anthony Manning
(Dean for Internationalisation, University of Kent)
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| Students |
2 |
NUS |
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Emily Andrews
(Part-time MSc and Postgraduate Residents Assistant, University of Edinburgh)
Grace Cappy
(Governance and Policy Manager, Coventry University Students' Union; Chair of the UCAS Student Advisory Group)
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| Applicants and students sub-total |
4 |
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Secondary education sector
| Organisation/sector |
No. of members |
Nominated by |
Council member |
Alternate member |
| English, Welsh, and NI secondary sector |
3 |
ASCL (Association of School and College Leaders) |
Andrew Parkin
(Principal, St Dominic's Sixth Form College)
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Eithne Hughes
Director of ASCL Cymru
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TBC
(Previously Deirdre Gillespie, Principal, St Mary's Grammar School, Magherafelt)
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| Scottish secondary sector |
1 |
School Leaders Scotland |
Mhairi Moore
(Adviser, Higher Education, School Leaders Scotland)
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| Independent school sector |
1 |
HMC/GSA (Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference/Girls’ Schools Association) |
Dr Millan Sachania
(Head Master, Streatham & Clapham High School)
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| Sixth Form College |
1 |
SFCF (Sixth Form Colleges’ Forum) |
Jim Grant
(Principal, Cirencester College)
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| Secondary education sector sub-total |
6 |
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NOTE: *Scottish colleges are currently outside of UCAS
Key documents
Key dates
2021 UCAS Council meetings
UCAS Council member biographies (1.06 MB)