Liz has worked in Higher Education for more than 20 years having held senior roles at the Open University, Salford, Goldsmiths and most recently at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) where, as Deputy Vice Chancellor, she was accountable for corporate planning and the international strategy. Liz was also responsible for marketing, recruitment, communications and the University’s external engagement agenda, including the management of the University’s many partnerships. Liz was acting CEO of University Alliance for some months during 2018, on secondment from UCLan.
First in family to go to University, Liz studied English Language and Literature at Worcester College, Oxford. She has been a passionate advocate for social equality and for widening access to all forms of education, in practical as well as in policy terms, throughout her career. Liz is well known across the education sector for leadership development, positive change management, entrepreneurial leadership, and for making things happen.
Liz is deputy chair of the Mulberry Multi Academy Trust in Tower Hamlets, and is a Trustee of the Sir John Brunner Foundation in Cheshire. She is a non-executive director of Common Purpose (UK) and was a member of AHUA’s executive board for some years. Liz is married to Andrew and has three daughters, a son, a stepson, three grandchildren, a cat and a dog.