University APPG

First Registered: 28/09/2017 • Last updated on: 30/05/2024

Note: This APPG was last registered on 30th May 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 28th August 2024 and may be defunct.

To act as a high-level forum for discussion between university leaders and parliamentarians on issues affecting the higher education sector.

Note: All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal, cross-party groups formed by MPs and Members of the House of Lords who share a common interest in a particular policy area, region or country. APPGs have no official status within Parliament.
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Reticulating Splines
Former APPG Members
Paul Blomfield Portrait
Paul Blomfield
Secretary
Labour - Former Member for Sheffield Central
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Willetts Portrait
Lord Willetts
Co-Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 8th April 2024
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Garden of Frognal Portrait
Baroness Garden of Frognal
Co-Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Daniel Zeichner Portrait
Daniel Zeichner
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Cambridge
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Emma Hardy Portrait
Emma Hardy
Vice Chair
Labour - Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Alison Thewliss Portrait
Alison Thewliss
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow Central
Joined: 29th August 2018
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe Portrait
Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Alyn Smith Portrait
Alyn Smith
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Stirling
Joined: 1st July 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Norton of Louth Portrait
Lord Norton of Louth
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Jason McCartney Portrait
Jason McCartney
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Colne Valley
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Carol Monaghan Portrait
Carol Monaghan
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow North West
Joined: 1st July 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Ben Lake Portrait
Ben Lake
Vice Chair
Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion Preseli
Joined: 29th August 2018
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Faulkner of Worcester Portrait
Lord Faulkner of Worcester
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Rachel Hopkins Portrait
Rachel Hopkins
Treasurer
Labour - Luton South and South Bedfordshire
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Humanist
None Portrait
Chris Skidmore
Co-Chair
Joined: 1st July 2020
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Kate Green Portrait
Kate Green
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Stretford and Urmston
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Lloyd Russell-Moyle Portrait
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
Treasurer
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Brighton, Kemptown
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 23rd March 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Aaron Bell Portrait
Aaron Bell
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme
Joined: 1st July 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Maddock Portrait
Baroness Maddock
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 20th May 2020
No other APPG Memberships
Vicky Ford Portrait
Vicky Ford
Co-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Chelmsford
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 24th February 2020
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts Portrait
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 31st July 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Bob Blackman Portrait
Bob Blackman
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Harrow East
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
1 APPG Membership
Fire Safety and Rescue
Rupa Huq Portrait
Rupa Huq
Vice Chair
Labour - Ealing Central and Acton
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 19th June 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Nicholas Dakin Portrait
Nicholas Dakin
Vice Chair
Labour - Scunthorpe
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 18th July 2018
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Daniel Zeichner MP,

Email: No email supplied

Public Enquiry Point:

Harriet Jones, Universities UK, Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9HQ. Tel: 020 7419 5621

Email: appug@universitiesuk.ac.uk

Group's Website:

https://appg-universities.org.uk/

Date
1 Jan 2018
Source
Universities UK
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2018
Value
£49,501
Date
1 Jan 2018
Source
Universities UK
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2018 To : 31/12/2018
Value
£49,501
Date
1 Jan 2017
Source
Universities UK
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2017 To : 31/12/2017
Value
£49,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the University APPG