Board and Associate Members
- Last Updated on Thursday, 30 April 2015 14:37
Board of Trustees
Disabled Students Allowances Quality Assurance Group (DSA-QAG) is governed by a Board of Trustees. These trustees are unremunerated, and have no vested interest in the quality assurance process.
The National Union of Students (NUS) has two seats on the board, to ensure that disabled students always have a voice. The other trustees are independent, and are involved because of their interest and expertise. The current board members are:
Chair: Rebecca Harrison
Trustees: David Malcolm (Deputy Chair) (NUS), Richard Currie (Independent), Maddy Kirkman (NUS) and Navin Kikabhai (Independent)
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Rebecca Harrison is the current Chair of the Board of DSA-QAG. Rebecca joined QAG in August 2011. Rebecca has over 20 years of experience in continuing professional development and student support services management gained in universities in the United States, the Middle East and the UK. Declared: Received hospitality at the NADP 2013 annual conference. Register of Interest:
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David Malcolm joined the DSA-QAG Board of Trustees in September 2006, and was acting Chair between June 2007 and June 2008. David is the Head of Social Policy at the National Union of Students, where he has worked on student finance policy since 2003, and in 2007 took on management responsibility for other social policy areas including disabled students. The trustee has declared for the year ended 31st May 2014, they have not received hospitality or financial benefit whilst acting as a DSA-QAG Trustee. Register of Interest: |
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Maddy Kirkman is the newest member of the Trustee Board. Maddy became a NUS nominated trustee in July 2014, as the current National Disabled Students' Officer at the NUS.
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Navin Kikabhai is a new member of the Trustee Board, joining at the start of 2012. Navin has much to offer, he is a senior lecturer in education and his research is focused on disability, higher education and inclusive education. The trustee has declared for the year ended 31st May 2014, they have not received hospitality or financial benefit whilst acting as a DSA-QAG Trustee. Register of Interest: |
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Richard Currie Richard Currie is very proud that he is from Grimsby. He has studied at the University of Coventry and has completed an undergraduate degree in Politics and International Relations, and has completed a postgraduate degree in International Relations. He has worked for various organisations for the past 6 years involving the campaign for disability equality at a local and national level. The trustee has declared for the year ended 31st May 2014, they have not received hospitality or financial benefit whilst acting as DSA-QAG Trustee. Register of Interest: |
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Associate Board Members
The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS), the Student Loans Company (SLC), National Health Service (NHS) and Open University also nominate one observer each to the Board. Associate members also include representatives from key stakeholders, National Network of Assessment Centres (NNAC), Independent Assessment Centres (IAC) and Assistive Technology Service (ATS) providers who each nominate one observer to the board.
The role of the associate member is to attend quarterly DSA-QAG board meetings and to represent their organisation, participate in board discussions and to assist DSA-QAG in its mission to continuously make improvements for disabled students attending Higher Education institutions during the needs assessment process and the receipt of equipment and services in line with the Quality Assurance Framework (QAF) and the Disabled Students' Allowances (DSAs).