Professor of Higher Education Learning and Management and Director of Accreditations, Aston Business School
Helen Higson completed her first degree in English Literature from Newnham College, Cambridge, followed by an MA with the Open University and a PhD at Birkbeck College, London. Until 1st March 2021 Helen was Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Aston University. She is now Professor of Higher Education Learning and Management in Aston Business School, and Director of Accreditations. Helen is a Principal Fellow of Advance HE, and a National Teaching Fellow. Her current research includes intercultural training, employability competencies and closing the degree attainment gap. Helen was awarded the OBE in 2011 for services to Higher Education. Helen serves on a number of regional and national boards, including Advance HE and Ravensbourne University London, and as Deputy Chair of the TEF subject panel. In September 2020 was appointed Vice Lord-Lieutenant of the West Midlands.
