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Anne was a senior civil servant until 2020. The majority of her career was in the Department for Education where she held a range of posts, many of which involved support for disadvantaged learners. Her final role was as Director of Further Education.
Before joining the civil service, Anne was an officer in the Royal Air Force serving in Hong Kong and at RAF Cranwell.
She is currently chair of trustees for a growing multi-academy trust in Leicestershire and governor of a large further education college. She is also vice chair and lead education trustee for NACRO, a national social justice charity.
Anne gained an MBA form Nottingham Business School and is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
She is studying for a Masters in Philosophy.
A member of BGU Council since 2018, Bishop Nigel Peyton has been Assistant Bishop in Lincoln Diocese since 2017. He was previously Diocesan Bishop in Dundee, Scotland, following service as Archdeacon of Newark.
His governance experience includes service as a Governor of Abertay University Dundee, Chair of Trustees of St Margaret’s Residential Home for the Elderly Dundee, Non-Executive Director of the Ecclesiastical Insurance Group, School Governor and Magistrate in Nottingham.
Nigel has degrees in history and in theology from Edinburgh University and from Union Theological Seminary New York. His published Lancaster University doctorate explored contemporary Church of England Parish Clergy. An Honorary Scholar at Liverpool University Management School, Nigel’s continuing academic research focuses on Christianity, organisation and social context. He is passionate about stimulating faith in public life, inspiring young people, educational access and lifelong learning.
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Dr. Sacha Mason is Head of Programmes for Education, Health and Lifelong Learning and Associate Dean for Research . She joined Bishop Grosseteste University in 2008 following a successful career in further education and as a primary teacher. Sacha is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and her current research and publication interests focus on Relationships and Sex Education, mature learners and widening participation, and academic literacies.
Karen was born in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire and was the first person in her family to go to university. She read for her first degree in History at the University of Sheffield and holds Postgraduate qualifications from the University of Sheffield and Manchester Metropolitan University. Before beginning her academic career, she worked as a researcher for the BBC and the Home Office.
Professor Stanton’s distinguished career within Higher Education includes being the Vice-Chancellor of both York St John University and Solent University, Southampton. She has also held senior leadership roles at the universities of Birmingham, Nottingham, King’s College London, and Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU).
Karen has an outstanding record of international achievements having set up University campuses in New York, Oman and a College of Nursing and Midwifery in Bangladesh. In 2014 she led the team from Glasgow Caledonian that won the Unilever Global Development Award in recognition of their work to reduce inequalities and poverty in Bangladesh.
Professor Stanton has a strong national profile and reputation for her work on the role of universities in the community and regional economy. This has included work with the UN Global Compact and supporting the Nobel Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus to bring the microlending Grameen Bank to Scotland. Whilst at King’s she was Director of the Centre for Digital Humanities and at GCU she established the Centre for Climate Justice in association with Mary Robinson. At Solent she established Research Centres in Marine Sustainability and Autonomous Surface Shipping.
She is a previous Chair of the Cathedrals Group of Universities, Deputy Chair of GuildHE and a former Trustee of UCAS and the United Nations International Services. She is currently a Governor of both Corndel College London and the University of the Arts, London.
Professor Stanton is a Fellow of the RSA and a Champion of the Chartered Management Institute. She also supports sustainable businesses through her work with the Social Enterprise Accreditation Mark. She is a Patron of the Island Charity which provides a safe space for vulnerable children and young people.
In the summer of 2023, she was awarded both an Emeritus Vice Chancellorship and a Honorary Doctorate from Solent University. Professor Stanton is regularly invited to give keynote lectures at conferences on both the future of technology in Higer Education and on how Universities can expand their international portfolios.
Over her 25 year career in Higher Education Karen has dedicated herself to working with her teams to provide students with a transformational education experience and to widening participation to Higher Education.
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Scott Fleming is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor and has responsibility for the development and implementation of the academic aspects of the Strategic Plan, chairing relevant committees, and line-management of the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Students), Dean of Faculty, Directors of External Engagement and of Marketing, Recruitment and Communications, and the Head of Research and Knowledge Exchange.
Scott is Professor of Sport and Leisure Studies and has a long-standing interest in ‘race relations’ and youth studies which form part of a wider portfolio of research linked to equality and diversity. His work embraces the social sciences and humanities, and more recent projects have been concerned with organisational cultures and aspects of sport development linked to public health. Throughout his career, he has maintained an interest in research methods and research ethics.
A former Chair of the Leisure Studies Association (2004-2009), Scott was a Managing Editor of Leisure Studies (2010-2016) and is a member of the Editorial Board of The Sport Psychologist. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, of the Royal Society of Arts, and of the Higher Education Academy.
Scott was also a member of the Research Excellence Framework 2021 Equality and Diversity Advisory Panel and is currently a member of the Athena Swan Governance Committee, as well as being a Panel Chair for Advance HE’s Athena Swan and Race Equality Charters.
Minutes
2021/2022
- 9 February 2022 - Approved Minutes
- 19 October 2021 - Approved Minutes
2020/2021
- 21 June 2021 - Approved Minutes
- 10 February 2021 - Approved Minutes
- 21 October 2020 - Approved Minutes
2019/2020
- 12 February 2020 - Approved Minutes
- 16 October 2019 - Approved Minutes
2018/19
- 15 May 2019 – Approved Minutes
- 6 February 2019 – Approved Minutes
- 10 October 2018 – Approved Minutes
2017/18
- 16 May 2018 – Approved Minutes
- 8 February 2018 – Approved Minutes
- 11 October 2017 – Approved Minutes
2016/17
- 18 May 2017 – Approved Minutes
- 9 February 2017 – Approved Minutes
- 13 September 2016 – Approved Minutes
- 10 October 2016 – Approved Minutes
2015/16
- 19 May 2016 – Agenda and Approved Minutes
- 11 February 2016 – Agenda and Approved Minutes
- 14 October 2015 – Agenda and Approved Minutes
2014/15
- 15 October 2014 – Agenda and Approved Minutes
- 12 February 2015 – Agenda and Approved Minutes
- 27 May 2015 – Agenda and Approved Minutes
2013/14
- 16 October 2013 – Agenda and Approved Minutes
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2012/13
- 19 September 2012 – Agenda and Approved Minutes
- 9 October 2012 – Agenda and Approved Minutes
- 14 May 2013 – Agenda and Approved Minutes
2011/12
- 2 February 2012 – Agenda and Approved Minutes
- 15 May 2012 – Agenda and Approved Minutes
- 28 June 2012 – Agenda and Approved Minutes