# ADVANCE HE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1101607
- **Other names:** THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [04931031](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04931031)
- **Registered:** Jan. 19, 2004
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1101607


## Contact

- **Address:** Advance HE, Innovation Way, York Science Park, YORK
- **Postcode:** YO10 5BR
- **Phone:** 01904 717500
- **Email:** corporate.support@advance-he.ac.uk
- **Website:** www.advance-he.ac.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE:(A) TO PROMOTE HIGHER EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT,(B) TO FURTHER PROMOTE HIGHER EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY FURTHER DEVELOPING THE PROFESSIONALISM AND PROFILE OF LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE WITHIN THE HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR,(C)TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, INCLUDING THE EDUCATION SECTOR AND ANY OTHER SECTORS THAT THE BOARD DEEMS APPROPRIATE.

**Activities:** Advance HE&#x27;s purpose is to advance the professional practice of higher education to improve outcomes for the benefit of students, staff and society. Advance HE has been created to be ?of and for the sector? and is jointly owned by GuildHE and Universities UK.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS
- Australia
- Bahrain
- China
- India
- Ireland
- Kazakhstan
- Luxembourg
- New Zealand
- Saudi Arabia





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Professor Mark Edmund Smith** | Chair | Jan. 2, 2024 |
| Alexandra Owen |  | Dec. 18, 2024 |
| Annette Hay |  | July 1, 2021 |
| Dr Samuel Grogan |  | April 27, 2023 |
| Janet Legrand |  | July 1, 2021 |
| Paul Woodgates |  | July 1, 2021 |
| Professor David Mba |  | Oct. 9, 2024 |
| Professor David Sadler |  | July 1, 2021 |
| Professor Elwen Evans |  | Oct. 9, 2024 |
| Professor Joanna Newman |  | Aug. 6, 2024 |
| Professor Karen O&#x27;Brien |  | Sept. 19, 2024 |
| Professor Parveen Yaqoob |  | Sept. 29, 2023 |
| Professor Randall Whittaker |  | July 4, 2024 |
| Professor Stephen Decent |  | Sept. 19, 2024 |
| Professor Susan Rigby |  | Feb. 6, 2026 |




