Ceri Nursaw

Ceri has worked in the higher education sector for over 25 years. Currently Chief Executive of the National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education, which supports leadership development and the growth of enterprise and entrepreneurial capacity in further and higher education. Since her appointment she has extended NCEE's global reputation, establishing a branch in China, and growing the number of leadership programmes available (including a ground-breaking leadership programme for heads of schools and services).

Alongside NCEE Ceri runs Nursaw Associates which advises and seeks to improve social mobility in higher education. Clients include the Office for Students, Sutton Trust, Medical Schools Council and a range of universities and charities. Currently she is reviewing outreach in the health service with Health Education England, alongside managing the Medical Schools Council's national outreach programme.

Through her work in national educational policy development alongside working with Vice-Chancellors and senior leaders across the UK (and overseas), Ceri has an understanding of the context in which Leeds Trinity is operating, and is able to translate it so that the University can positively position itself. She is skilled in bringing together policy and practice, particularly in and around access, progression, employability and enterprise.

Ceri has worked with Leeds Trinity University throughout her career and has always respected the strong commitment to its students and the warm and caring environment it creates. She wants to ensure that the University continues to build on its strengths as they look to the future - with a new strategy and an ever-changing external context.