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Chair
Debra Gray, Principal & CEO, Hull College Group
Members:
- Ajaz Ali, Director of HE, BMet College
- Brian Malyan, Vice Principle for Technical and Vocational Education, Derby College Group
- Carmel Jewell-Newby, Director of Higher Education, London & South East Colleges
- Charlotte Scheffmann, Dean of Higher Education, East Lancashire Learning Group
- Chris Cockerton, Dean of Higher Education, Loughborough College Group
- Claire Barton, Dean of Higher Education, Nottingham College
- Claire Poole, Assistant Principal Curriculum and Quality, Stoke on Trent College
- Claudine Barnes, Head of HE & Research, Solihull College & University Centre
- Corrin Hoyes, Vice Principal - Quality Improvement, Cambridge Regional College
- Dale Woolley, Dean of Higher Education, South and City College Birmingham
- Danielle Houghton, Assistant Principal: Apprenticeships, Trafford & Stockport College Group (TSCG)
- David Towsey, Director of Academic Studies and Higher Technical Education, The City of Liverpool College
- David Turner, Assistant Principal- Quality & HE, Walsall College
- Dr Fazal Dad, CBE, Principal and Chief Executive, Blackburn College
- Gabe Manthorp, Assistant Director-HE, Newham College of Further Education
- Gail Hall, HE Manager, Leicester College
- Guy Thomas, Dean of HE, Warwickshire College Group
- Helen Fogg, Director of HE, Blackpool and The Fylde College
- Helena Thomas, Principal, Northbrook College and Worthing College (Chichester College Group)
- Ian Graham, Vice Principal and Director of HE, Farnborough College of Technology
- James Ward, Vice Principal for Higher Education, Morley College London
- Jane Nickisson, Assistant Principal and Dean of Higher Education, Reaseheath College
- Jane Owen, Director of Higher Education & Professional Qualifications, Shrewsbury College Group
- Jo Baxter, Group Director of Higher Level Skills, The Bedford College Group
- Jon Ridley, Principal, Newcastle College, Newcastle College (NCG)
- Katherine Jones, Dean of HE Quality & Academic Registrar, South Devon College
- Kirsty Sincock, Deputy Dean of University Centre, Truro and Penwith College
- Marco Salotti, Head of HE, Leicester College
- Mathew Tuck, Group Academic Registrar, TEC Partnership
- Michele Harding, Head of Higher Education, West Herts College Group (WHCG)
- Peter Morrison, Vice Principal HE, New College Durham
- Peter Robinson, Vice Principal – Curriculum & Standards, Heart of Worcestershire College
- Rebecca Fores, Dean of Higher Education, University Centre Leeds (Luminate Education Group)
- Richard Bell, Director of Higher Education, Derby College (DCG)
- Sadie Skellon, Associate Principal: Director of Higher Education, Weston College / University Centre Weston
- Sian Pering, Head of Higher Education and Adult Learning, Yeovil College
- Stacey Higgs, Team Manager – Land Based HE, KS4 and Apprenticeships, Derby College (DCG)
- Sue Mountain, Director of Curriculum, Hertford Regional College
- Susanne Davies, Director - Institute of Technology & Partnerships, Dudley College of Technology
- Dr. Tamal Barman, Head of Higher Education and International Partnerships, City College Plymouth
- Yvette Foulds-Davis, Academic Registrar, Askham Bryan College
2025/26 meeting dates:
- Friday 9 November 2025 9:00am-11:00am
- Thursday 5 February 2026 11:00am-13:00pm
- Tuesday 2 June 2026 13:00pm-15:00pm