QAA, UK. The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education is pleased to announce that Vicki Stott has been appointed as Executive Director of Operations (Deputy CEO). Vicki brings a wealth of experience from a career in senior university leadership. She joins QAA from St. Hugh’s College, University of Oxford, where she has been Bursar since 2012. She has also held roles at the Universities of Birmingham and Warwick, and at UMIST. Executive Director of Operations (Deputy CEO) is a new post at QAA, created following its recent transformation program and restructure. Vicki will lead QAA’s operational delivery, including the new membership services launched in August 2019. In addition the role will have oversight of all QAA’s activity across the UK and Europe, as well as its international and commercial services and operation as the Designated Quality Body in England.