# THE OFFICE OF THE INDEPENDENT ADJUDICATOR FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1141289
- **Other names:** OIA/ OIAHE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [04823842](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04823842)
- **Registered:** April 11, 2011
- **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=1141289


## Contact

- **Address:** Office of the Independent Adjudicat, Apex Plaza, Forbury Road, READING
- **Postcode:** RG1 1AX
- **Phone:** 0118 959 9813
- **Email:** enquiries@oiahe.org.uk
- **Website:** www.oiahe.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** To advance education for public benefit through the independent review of student complaints in England and Wales and by using learning from complaints to help improve policies and practices.

**Activities:** Provides independent (free) review scheme for HE students in England/Wales. Deals with complaints from individual students after exhaustion of internal procedures of the HE provider. Where complaints found justified, recommendations for remedy are made and compliance monitored. Also publishes good practice guidance and runs not for profit learning events for HE providers and students&#x27; unions.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** ENGLAND AND WALES
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Simongnette Scavazza** | Chair | Oct. 1, 2023 |
| Alexander Isaac Stanley |  | July 1, 2024 |
| Andrew Frank Chandler |  | April 1, 2018 |
| Dr Gwawr Taylor |  | May 1, 2025 |
| Dr Wendy Victoria Finlay |  | April 1, 2017 |
| Jesy Mamputu |  | March 1, 2026 |
| Jonathan Nigel Rees |  | March 1, 2018 |
| Martin Stephen Kirke |  | July 1, 2019 |
| Nicola Ruth Flint |  | July 1, 2023 |
| Philip Kynaston |  | March 1, 2026 |
| Professor Alison Shan Wareing |  | May 1, 2025 |
| Professor Osama Khan |  | May 1, 2025 |
| Professor Rachael Elizabeth Langford |  | May 1, 2025 |




