The ARPS committee has responsibility to advise and make recommendations to the national executive committee (NEC) on any issues arising specifically from or related to the employment of members in academic-related roles.
The committee meets three times a year and is also responsible for the organisation of the academic-related staff national annual meeting. The ARPS committee is a special employment interest committee constituted under UCU rule 24.1.
The committee is elected during the academic-related staff annual meeting, which is open to all ARPS staff members.
2025/26 committee
Chair – Lauren Sandford, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Vicky Blake, University of Leeds
Vicky Blake, University of Leeds
Grant Buttars, University of Edinburgh
Peter Crowther – Birmingham City University
Emily Haikney, University of Leeds
Emily Haikney, University of Leeds
Steven Hale, University of Birmingham
Jo Taplin-Green, London School of Economics
Jo Taplin-Green, London School of Economics
Kevin Ward, Middlesex University
NEC reps
NEC reps
– Caroline Proctor, University of Warwick
– Michael Abberton, University of Cambridge
You can contact the committee at academicrelated@ucu.org.uk