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Peter Williams (educationalist)

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Nationality
  
British

Role
  
Educator

Name
  
Peter Williams


Years active
  
1970 -

Occupation
  
Educationalist

Alma mater
  
University of Exeter

Full Name
  
Peter Robert Williams

Born
  
20 April 1948 (age 75) (
1948-04-20
)
Oxford

Education
  
City of Oxford High School

Nationality
  
British

Similar
  
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Peter Williams (born 20 April 1948), is the former Chief Executive of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA), and the current Chairman of the British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education (BAC). He was given a CBE for his services to higher education in 2009.

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Education

Peter Williams has a degree in English from the University of Exeter.

Career

  • 1969 Management Trainee, Hazell, Watson and Viney (printers)
  • 1970 Registry office, University of Surrey
  • 1974 Higher Degrees Office, University of Leicester
  • 1978 Assistant Registrar, Medical School
  • 1982 Secretary, Medical School
  • 1984 Deputy Secretary, of the British Academy
  • 1990 Director (first and only), Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom (CVCP), Academic Audit Unit (AAU)
  • 1992 Director of the Quality Assurance Group of the Higher Education Quality Council (HEQC)
  • 1997 Director of Institutional Review in the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA),
  • 2001 Acting Chief Executive, Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA)
  • 2002 Chief Executive of QAA
  • 2005-8 President, European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education ([ENQA])
  • 2009 Retired
  • 2014 Master, Worshipful Company of Educators

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