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UCAS welcomes two new Board members

27 September

UCAS has announced the appointment of two new members to the UCAS Board with immediate effect. Professor David Fleming, Vice-Chancellor of York St John University, was nominated by GuildHE and Mr Rama Thirunamachandran, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Keele University, was elected to represent English institutions.

Speaking of his appointment, Professor Fleming said: 'I am delighted to have been appointed to the board of UCAS. I recognise the importance of the work which UCAS undertakes not just in terms of application handling, but in developing our understanding of entry qualifications and the professionalisation of admissions work.'

Mr Rama Thirunamachandran commented: 'UCAS plays a pivotal role in connecting people to higher education and I am excited about the potential it has to contribute to the HE sector at a time of extensive change.'

Mary Curnock Cook, Chief Executive of UCAS, said: Both Professor Fleming and Mr Thirunamachandran bring a wealth of knowledge and experience with them and I am sure their contributions will be immensely valuable.'

For more information, please contact:

Darren BarkerLisa Davies
Communications ExecutiveCommunications Officer
01242 54572301242 544619
d.barker@ucas.ac.ukl.davies@ucas.ac.uk

Notes to editors

About Professor Fleming

Professor Fleming joined York St John University in June 2010. Prior to his appointment, he was Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Sunderland. He holds a first degree in Urban Land Economics, a Postgraduate Diploma, an MBA and a Doctorate of Business Administration. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. His specialist areas encompass student experience enhancement, learning and teaching, international collaboration, research, third-stream initiatives, and widening access and participation.

About Mr Rama Thirunamachandran

Mr Thirunamachandran became the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Keele University in June 2008. He was Director for Research, Innovation and Skills at the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) from 2002 and was educated at Cambridge in Geography and Natural Sciences. Rama worked on a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) funded project carrying out research on the effects of flooding in Bangladesh. He was on the Editorial Board of the higher education journal Perspectives and has written and presented widely on a range of higher education issues.

About UCAS

UCAS is a charity and is the world's leading shared admissions service for higher education. We manage applications for full-time undergraduate courses, together with applications through GTTR (Graduate Teacher Training Registry), CUKAS (Conservatoires UK Admissions Service) and UKPASS (UK Postgraduate Application and Statistical Service).

Since its inception in 1993, UCAS has processed around 30 million applications and placed over 5 million students on higher education courses.

Services include:

  • an informative website (www.ucas.com) enabling students and parents to access a wealth of information designed to help their application to higher education run smoothly.
  • a state-of-the-art contact centre (0871 468 0 468) providing a point of contact for students, schools and higher education institutions.
  • an online application system.
  • a simple, straightforward tracking service enabling students and schools advisors to access up-to-date information about their applications at the click of a button.
  • over 50 higher education events each year providing 250,000 students with face-to-face advice on the UCAS process. Internationally, we participated in events in over 12 countries and also provided training and professional development throughout Europe and beyond.

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