The 24-person Board is elected by our members. It includes the president, vice-presidents for Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland; the treasurer and the chairs of the Policy Networks, six elected members and six Presidential appointed members to serve on the Board.
The Board is our main decision-making body and meets five times a year. It focuses on UK-wide issues and those issues in the constituent nations of the UK that have UK-wide implications or interest.
Current Board members
Universities UK President and Chair
Professor Julia Buckingham CBE, Brunel University to 31 July 2021
Vice-presidents
Professor Patrick Nixon – Ulster, England and Northern Ireland to 31 July 2021
Professor Andrea Nolan OBE – Scotland to 31 July 2020
Professor Julie Lydon OBE – Wales to 31 July 2021
Treasurer
Professor Paul Layzell, Royal Holloway, University of London to 31 July 2020
Elected members
Professor Chris Day, Newcastle University to 31 July 2021
Professor Sir Chris Husbands, Sheffield Hallam University to 31 July 2022
Professor Edward Peck, Nottingham Trent University to 31 July 2022
Professor Sally Mapstone, University of St Andrews to 31 July 2022
Mr Bill Rammell, University of Bedfordshire to 31 July 2021
Professor Rama Thirunamachandran, Canterbury Christ Church University to 31 July 2022
Elected Policy Network Chairs
Professor David Phoenix OBE – Funding to 31 July 2021
Professor Alistair Fitt – Health Education and Research to 31 July 2020
Professor Quintin McKellar CBE – Innovation and Growth to 31 July 2021
Professor Sir Steve Smith – International to 31 July 2020
Professor Graham Galbraith – Longer Term Strategy to 31 July 2021
Professor Paul Boyle CBE – Research to 31 July 2020
Professor Debra Humphris – Student to 31 July 2021
Members appointed by the Board
Baroness Valerie Amos CH, SOAS, University of London to 31 July 2022
Sir Nigel Carrington, University of the Arts London to 31 July 2022
Professor Dame Janet Beer, University of Liverpool to 31 July 2022
Professor Jenny Higham, St George's, University of London to 31 July 2022
Professor Adam Tickell, University of Sussex to 31 July 2022
Professor Shearer West, University of Nottingham to 31 July 2022
