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2017 Speakers

Here's a selection of speakers for the 2017 event.

Sir Robert Worcester is the Founder of MORI (Market & Opinion Research International), London. He is past President of the…

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Sir Robert Worcester
Founder, MORI
Deputy Chairman, Magna Carta Trust

Kevin worked in NHS procurement from school progressing through a variety of roles before joining the HE Sector as a…

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Kevin Casey
Head of Procurement
University of Manchester

James is Director of Admissions and Student Recruitment at The University of Buckingham, joining in March 2016. James was formerly…

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James Seymour
Director of Admissions and Student Recruitment, The University of Buckingham
Advisory Board Member, UCAS

Raegan is the Head of Outbound Mobilities Programmes (HEGlobal and Go International) at Universities UK International (UUKi). Her HEGlobal work…

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Raegan Hiles
Head of Outbound Mobilities Programmes
Universities UK International

Professor Atkins joined HEFCE as Chief Executive from 1 January 2014 having previously been a member of the HEFCE Board.…

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Professor Madeleine Atkins
Chief Executive
Higher Education Funding Council for England

Conrad Bird is Director of the GREAT Britain campaign, based in the Department for International Trade and formerly at 10…

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Conrad Bird
Director of the GREAT Britain Campaign
Prime Minister's Office and Cabinet Office

Brenda McMahon is British Council sector lead on all aspects of Higher Education relating to teaching and students.  Her portfolio…

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Brenda McMahon
Global Head of Higher Education
British Council

Vivienne is the Director of Universities UK International (UUKi) which represents UK universities around the world and works to enable…

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Vivienne Stern
Director
Universities UK International

Sarah Davies has worked in technology-enhanced learning for more than 20 years and currently leads Jisc’s work to support learning…

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Sarah Davies
Head of Higher Education and Student Experience
Jisc

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Dom Trendall
President
University of Sheffield Students' Union

Veronica Moore began her career as both a qualified children’s social worker (fostering and adoption) for Coventry Local Authority in…

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Veronica Moore
Head of Counselling and Disability Service
Loughborough University

Will Naylor leads on QAA’s relationships with further education colleges and alternative providers and their representative bodies. He is also…

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Will Naylor
Director of Quality Assurance
Quality Assurance Agency (QAA)

Dr Phil Richards has a first degree in physics and a doctorate in nuclear physics from St Edmund Hall, University…

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Dr Phil Richards
Chief Innovation Officer
Jisc

Tom Ward is Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Student Education and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Leeds. After attending schools in…

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Tom Ward
Deputy Vice-Chancellor - Student Education
The University of Leeds

Dragan Gašević is a Professor and the Chair in Learning Analytics and Informatics in the Moray House School of Education…

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Professor Dragan Gašević
Chair in Learning Analytics and Informatics
University of Edinburgh

Ian has worked within HE and procurement for over 20 years. Following appointment to his current post in 2008 he…

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Ian Jarvey
Deputy Head of Procurement
University of Manchester