Peter Williams (educationalist)

Peter Williams
CBE
Peter Williams CBE
Born	Peter Robert Williams; 20 April 1948 (age 76); Oxford, England
Nationality	British
Education	University of Exeter
Occupation	Educationalist
Years active	1970 -

Peter Williams CBE (born 20 April 1948) is the former Chief Executive of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA),^[1] and the current Honorary President 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.^[2]^[3]

Education

Peter Williams attended the City of Oxford High School for Boys and has a degree in English from the University of Exeter.^[4]

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, University of Leicester
1982 Secretary, Medical School, University of Leicester
1984 Deputy Secretary, 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)
2002-2009 Chief Executive of QAA
2005-8 President, European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education ([ENQA])
2009 Retired
2009-2016 Governor, Vice-chair and Chair of Audit Committee, Cardiff Metropolitan University
2011-2017 Member, Education Honours Committee
2012-18 Chair, British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education
2019 - Honorary President, British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education
2012-19 Trustee, Richmond The American International University in London
2014-15 Master, Worshipful Company of Educators
2017- Trustee, Norfolk Archives and Heritage Development Foundation (NORAH)
2017-2022 Chair, Norfolk Archives and Heritage Development Foundation (NORAH)
2018 - Trustee, The Educators' Trust [1]
2023 - Trustee, Heritage Education Trust

References

^ "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. 20 April 2012. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2014. Mr Peter Williams, Chief Executive, Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, 2002–09, 64
^ This is Gloucestershire (17 June 2009). "QAA boss gets CBE". Gloucester Citizen. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
^ "Press release - exciting changes at the BAC (20/11/12)". British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education (BAC). 20 November 2012. Archived from the original on 20 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
^ "Mr Peter Williams". World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), Qatar Foundation. Retrieved 20 April 2014.