The Department for Education has today announced the appointment
of Professor Chris Millward as Interim Director for Fair Access
and Participation at the Office for Students (OfS).
Professor Millward is Professor of Practice in Education Policy
at the University of Birmingham, where he leads research on
educational equity and its impact on policy and practice. He
is a Marshall Scholarships Commissioner, a Trustee and Fellow of
the Academy of Social Sciences and a Trustee of the Society for
Research into Higher Education.
He previously served as the first Director for Fair Access
and Participation at the OfS, where his leadership
transformed Access and Participation Plans.
Prior to his first tenure at the OfS, Professor Millward was Director
of Policy at the Higher Education Funding Council for England
(HEFCE), overseeing the Teaching Excellence Framework, National
Student Survey and Uni Connect.
He has held academic and policy roles at the universities of
Warwick, Edinburgh and Durham, and at the Arts and
Humanities Research Council.
Professor Millward's work continues to focus on place-based
educational opportunity and lifelong learning. He will serve in
an interim part-time capacity whilst recruitment to the
substantive role takes place.
A full recruitment campaign for the substantive Director for Fair
Access and Participation role will be advertised on the
public appointments website in due course.
