The Committee is concerned with applications for degree awarding powers and university titles from providers in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The Committee will comprise 16 members, to include:

• the Chair
• a second QAA Board member (the Vice-Chair)
• two members to be nominated by the QAA Scottish Strategic Advisory Committee
• two members to be nominated by the QAA Welsh Strategic Advisory Committee
• two members appointed from the QAA Student Strategic Advisory Committee (SSAC) who are not also members of the QAA Board
• up to four members with current or recent (within the last two years) UK degree awarding powers experience at a strategic level, and/or having senior-level responsibility for areas covered by the criteria governing the grant of degree awarding powers or university title, or with experience in a higher education provider in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland without degree awarding powers
• two members providing an employer of graduates or professional body perspective • one member without degree awarding powers
• one member from a further education provider.

The Committee invites observers from the following, as appropriate:

• Scottish Government, Directorate for Advanced Learning and Science
• Northern Ireland, Department for the Economy
• Welsh Government, Department for Education and Skills.

The Committee may invite observers to provide oral updates on relevant matters at each meeting.

• Chair, independent QAA Board Member * - Dr Vanessa Davies, Former Director General, Bar Standards Board (retired)
• Dr Ernest Caldwell, Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies and Associate Director for Learning and Teaching, SOAS University of London
• Professor Ian Dunn, Provost, Coventry University
• Professor Tina Harrison, Assistant Principal, Academic Standards and Quality Assurance, University of Edinburgh
• Professor Neal Juster, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Lincoln
• Professor Jackie Labbe, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Gloucestershire
• Ms Leonie Milliner, Director of Education and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, General Optical Council
• Professor Clare Peddie, Vice Principal Education, University of St Andrews
• Nicola Poole, Head of Quality and Academic Services, University of South Wales
• Ms Clare Viney, Chief Executive Officer, The Careers Research and Advisory Centre
• Ms Emma Williams, Secretary and Registrar, Glasgow School of Art

*The Committee is chaired by an independent QAA Board member.