About The Complete University Guide

History

The Complete University Guide has been publishing league tables online since 2007, the league tables are compiled by Mayfield University Consultants.

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Meet the Team

Bernard Kingston is now a university consultant, having been Director of the Careers Advisory Service and later Director of International Affairs at the University of Sheffield. He is a past president of the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (Agcas) and has advised governments and universities in Asia, Africa, Australia and the UK. Bernard and his wife, Jackie, have three children, all graduates, and between them the family has studied or worked in more than ten UK universities. He has degrees in chemistry from the Universities of Leicester and Sussex.

Bernard is the Principal Partner in Mayfield University Consultants.

Andrew Hindmarsh is Planning Officer at the University of Nottingham, where his responsibilities include providing management information and statistical returns to official bodies. Before moving to Nottingham, Andrew was Head of the Undergraduates Admissions Office at the University of Sheffield, where for ten years he worked closely with admissions tutors and UCAS. He has degrees in zoology and animal behaviour from the University of Oxford.

James Seymour is Head of Schools and Colleges Liaison at Aston University, Birmingham, joining in 1998. Previously, he worked in Student Recruitment roles at the Universities of Northumbria, Sheffield and Leeds. James served on the National Committee of HELOA (Higher Education Liaison Officers' Association) for the period 2002-04 and also spent a year as Tutor/Warden in one of Aston's Halls of Residence offering support to first year undergraduates. He has a degree in Politics from the University of Sheffield and a Masters in Management from Aston Business School.

Alison Patterson read history at the University of York. Her early career was spent as a university administrator, firstly at Leicester Polytechnic (now De Montfort University) and latterly at the University of Sheffield where her responsibilities covered academic admin and planning. Alison is a freelance writer and researcher and has been associated with Mayfield since 2001. She has been living in the USA for seven years but is returning to England in 2011 with her husband who has just taken up an academic post at the University of Liverpool.  Two of their four children are currently undergraduate students in England and the third will commence his studies in autumn 2011.

Neil Davidson is Planning Team Leader at the University of Nottingham, where his responsibilities include resource allocation modelling and management information reporting. Before working in Planning at Nottingham, Neil performed a similar role at the University of Derby, interrupted by a short stint in Quality Assurance at Nottingham. He has a degree in Business Studies from the University of Humberside (now Lincoln).

Philip Rogerson read Classics at Oxford. He has taught in a wide range of institutions: from UN (refugee camps in Jordan) to university (Oxford). He has been an HMC/ISI inspector of schools and is currently Director of Higher Education and Careers at Sherborne School. In recent years he has visited all 120 UK universities, as well as others in the USA and Europe.

Cicely Frew grew up on Hayling Island in Hampshire. She began her publishing career as an editorial temp with Times Books in London. After that, she worked for more than 15 years in an international publishing company, latterly managing leisure and Scottish reference titles. She has wide experience in the editorial management and production of reference and cartographic books and maps, from initial conception to final print. She now works as a freelance editor.

Ian Sidney spent a good six years helping magazine publisher Emap migrate onto the web. This led onto sites around bicycle reviews and deals, a used car price guide and a used bike price guide. The Complete University Guide is proving a great opportunity to provide students with a fast and informative online experience.

Simon Pearce is Digital Sales Executive. Having spent five years working for the Cambridge Evening News on features and supplements in both print and digital form, the bright lights of London called. In 2008 Simon moved to London and with his experience helped the Ecologist magazine's transition from iconic magazine to one of the UK's leading environmental websites. Now working for The Complete University Guide, Simon handles the various aspects of digital advertising, promotions and sponsorship.

Supporters

Mike Nicholson is Director of Undergraduate Admissions at the University of Oxford, a post he has held since October 2006. Prior to that, he held posts at the University of Essex in undergraduate admissions, widening participation and student recruitment. Mike has served on the Board of UCAS, was national chair of the Higher Education Liaison Officers' Association (HELOA), and serves on a number of national committees concerned with admissions issues. He read English and history at the University of Sheffield.

Allan Johnson was Director of Schools and Colleges Liaison and later Head of Recruitment and Admissions at the University of Sheffield until taking early retirement in 2003. He now runs his own Educational Consultancy, Allan Johnson Associates, specializing in project evaluation and data management. Recent clients include Yorkshire Universities, Aimhigher South Yorkshire, Sheffield Local Authority and the University of Nottingham. He has degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Leeds.

Mike Reddin and his National Survey.

Organisation

The Complete University Guide site is being managed by Robinson Digital Publishing in collaboration with Mayfield University Consultants. 

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Mayfield University Consultants
Mayfield University Consultants are the compilers of the Complete University Guide Tables. Between 1996 and 2006, Mayfield compiled the university league tables for The Times Good University Guide. Since 2007, Mayfield and its associates have been publishing The Complete University Guide online.