The Secretariat
The secretariat of
the information authority prepares information for the board and ensures that decisions of board members are acted upon. We work closely with the
Data Service in administering the specification and publication of further education data standards.
The information authority secretariat:
- John Perks, Head of the information authority secretariat
- Victoria Spinner, Team Administrator
- Peter Ashton, Quality and Standards Manager
- Ola Alli, Data Quality and Improvement Manager
- Lisa Macdougall, Data Specification Manager
- Sarah Williams, Data Specification Co-ordinator
- Sharon King, Data Specification Co-ordinator
- Vacant post, Standards Development Advisor
- Anne Fessi, Community and Stakeholder Manager
- Fazia Saleem, Communication and Marketing Manager
- Paul Kelman, Stakeholder Engagement Manager
- Selvy Kasparis, Stakeholder Engagement Manager
- Greta Smalley, Community Facilitator
The duties of the secretariat are to:
- Assess new requests for data and balance need against burden before making recommendations to the information authority board.
- Receive representations from further education organisations on the practicality and workability of standards, collection and dissemination processes.
- Publish and promote all of the standards agreed by the information authority board.
- Support the information authority board in communicating decisions.
- Work with the Information Standards Board on common standards.
