The Most influential people that effect UK student lifes
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Ralph Seymour |
Chief Executive student loan company |
| Appointed Chief Executive in 2003 and responsible for the overall management of the Company, incorporating Business Development, Strategy and Planning and the Company’s three directorates. He launched his career as a pilot in the RAF before joining Norwich Union to train as an Actuary. Ralph joined Scottish Provident in 1992 spending 4 years as Chief Executive of their Greek operation. In 1998 he became Scottish Provident’s Head of UK Operations. When Scottish Provident was acquired by Abbey National in 2001, Ralph was appointed IT Director for the combined life businesses. |
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Lord Browne |
Chairman tuition fee review |
| Asked to assess the impact of fees – currently set at £3,225-a-year – on the drive to widen access to university among the poorest students and the impact of higher education on public finances.
Lord Browne’s review team will include David Eastwood, vice-chancellor of Birmingham University, and Prof Julia King, vice-chancellor of Aston University. Sir Michael Barber, former head of Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit. |
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Mike Hill |
Graduate Prospects chief executive |
| Is chief executive of both the charity HECSU, and its trading subsidiary, Graduate Prospects Ltd. He leads the boards of directors and senior managers, and is responsible for ensuring that Graduate Prospects and HECSU achieve both their business goals and charitable objectives. Mike works closely with HECSU's and Graduate Prospects’ stakeholders, including professional advisers and partners at the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS).
A law graduate from Manchester University, Mike Hill started his career at Greater Manchester Council's Trading Standards Department. From there, Mike held a variety of positions as both a journalist and subsequently publisher and, in 1999, following studying for an MBA at MMU, joined the Manchester Evening News to help develop its special publications and online activities. Mike joined HECSU as chief executive in February 2000. |
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David Lammy MP |
The Minister of State for Higher Education |
| Responsible for building strong relationships across the higher education sector, higher education teaching quality, Higher Education Strategy, Research Assessment Exercise and Research Excellence Framework in higher education, High Level Skills (seeking to increase significantly the number of people qualified to Level 4 (or university level skills) and above), voluntary giving (universities raising independent revenue from donors), student support policy – student grants and loans, all student loans issues, sponsorship of Higher Education Funding Council for England and Student Loans Company, intellectual property issues and the Intellectual Property Office. |
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Mark Allan |
Chief executive of UNITE |
| Appointed to the role of Chief Executive in September 2006, having previously served as Chief Financial Officer for three years. Mark held a variety of other roles in the business prior to that, having joined the Group in 1999. As Chief Executive he chairs the Group's Leadership Executive and has overall responsibility for the Group's performance against its business plan targets, whilst continuing to develop UNITE's growth strategy.
The UNITE Group is the UK’s leading developer and manager of student accommodation.
UNITE is the heart of student living, providing modern, safe homes to some 38,500 customers from Aberdeen to Plymouth. |
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Anthony McClaran |
Chief Executive of UCAS & Chief Executive of QAA |
| Anthony McClaran, Chief Executive of UCAS, joined the Admissions Service in 1995 as Head of the Academic Services and Development and was appointed Deputy Chief Executive a year later. He became Acting Chief Executive in January 2003 and was appointed Chief Executive in December. A graduate in English and American Literature from the University of Kent, Anthony began his career at the University of Warwick where, among other posts, he was Admissions Officer. In 1992 he moved to the University of Hull to take up the post of Academic Registrar, with responsibility for an office which included recruitment, admissions, student records, international affairs and the internal allocation of resources. In 1995 he was appointed Acting Registrar and Secretary. |
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Wes Streeting |
National Union of Students president |
| Streeting was elected as NUS President in April 2008 as a candidate of Labour Students.
NUS are a confederation of 600 students' unions, amounting to more than 95 per cent of all higher and further education unions in the UK. |
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Professor Steve Smith |
President universities uk and Vice-Chancellor, University of Exeter |
| Universities UK is the major representative body and membership organisation for the higher education sector. Their members are the executive heads of UK universities. |
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