The 24-person Board is elected by our members. It includes the president; vice-presidents for Scotland, Wales, and England and Northern Ireland; the treasurer and the chairs of the Policy Networks. The president nominates up to six other 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 Dame Janet Beer DBE, University of Liverpool to 31 July 2019
Vice-presidents
Sir David Bell – England and Northern Ireland to 31 July 2019
Professor Andrea Nolan OBE – Scotland to 31 July 2020
Professor Julie Lydon OBE – Wales to 31 July 2019
Treasurer
Professor Julia Buckingham CBE, Brunel University London to 31 July 2020
Elected members
Professor G.Q. Max Lu, University of Surrey to 31 July 2019
Professor David Maguire, University of Greenwich to 31 July 2019
Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli, University of Glasgow to 31 July 2019
Professor Patrick Nixon, Ulster University to 31 July 2021
Mr Bill Rammell, University of Bedfordshire to 31 July 2021
Professor Rama Thirunamachandran, Canterbury Christ Church University to 31 July 2019
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
President's nominees
Baroness Valerie Amos CH, SOAS, University of London to 31 July 2019
Mr Nigel Carrington, University of the Arts London to 31 July 2019
Professor Sir David Eastwood, University of Birmingham to 31 July 2019
Sir Alan Langlands, University of Leeds to 31 July 2019
Professor Sally Mapstone, University of St Andrews to 31 July 2019
Professor Louise Richardson, University of Oxford to 31 July 2019
