NATFHE's Universities Department includes a dedicated team of staff at both national and regional level with expertise of working in the higher education system. They implement the policies and priorities determined by our HE members through our democratic lay structures.

The Universities Department has five national staff based at NATFHE's Head Office near King's Cross Station in London:
Universities Department, 27 Britannia Street, London WC1X 9JP

Telephone 020 7837 3636 ext 3242
Fax 020 7833-8405
Departmental e-mail [email protected]

Roger Kline (Head of Universities Department)
Responsible for co-ordinating NATFHE's HE work at both national and regional level, liaising with the press, government and other external bodies. Roger is also responsible for national pay and conditions negotiations, and development of NATFHE's industrial relations policy.

Sharon Russell (Universities Departmental Administrator)
Responsible for - general enquiries, information, running universities department office, responsibility for committee and sector conference administration.

Andy Pike (National Official)
Deputises for Roger Kline on industrial relations, and assists with policy development, research and information, and HE equal opportunities work. Andy is also responsible for maintaining liaison with regions and branches.

Liz Allen (National Official)
Specialising in policy work, including teaching and learning, governance and research, and is also a member of the Institute for Learning and Teaching Transitional Council.

Paul Bennett (National Official)
Responsible for AUT/NATFHE relations, international links, teacher education, and the GTC.

The Universities Department has regional teams dedicated to our higher education work. Regional Office staff primarily support branch officers in local negotiations and individual cases.

Members should try to contact their NATFHE Branch Officer before contacting their Regional Official. Members will be referred back to their branch officer if they have not made contact. Only in exceptional circumstances - for example, if your branch officer is off sick or on annual leave, or you have a complaint against a branch officer - should you contact your Regional Official. Branch Officers are ideally placed to deal with most internal institutional issues since they have experience of working in your institution and the way it operates. In addition, it helps to improve the overall efficiency by ensuring that issues being dealt with by Regional Offices are those where a branch genuinely needs help and support.

Sue Davis (Regional Official, NATFHE Birmingham Office)
2nd Floor, Alpha Tower, Suffolk Street Queensway, Birmingham B1 1TT
Telephone 0121 634 7384 / Fax 0121 643 6648

Jenny Golden (Regional Official, NATFHE London Office)
27 Britannia Street, London WC1X 9JP
Telephone 020 7520 3285 / Fax 020 7839 9214

Adrian Jones (Regional Official, NATFHE Manchester Office)
Lancastrian Office Centre, Talbot Road, Old Trafford, Manchester M32 0FP
Telephone 0161 772 7011 / Fax 0161 772 7014

Jim McCracken (Regional Official, NATFHE Exeter Office)
26b Clifton Hill, Exeter EX1 2DJ
Telephone 01392 412525 / Fax 01392 412418

Jim McKeown (Regional Official, NATFHE Northern Ireland)
475 Lisburn Road, Belfast, N Ireland BT9 7AP
Telephone 02890 665501 / Fax 02890 669225

Margaret Phelan (Regional Official, NATFHE Wales)
Unit 33, The Enterprise Centre, Bryn Road, Tondu, Mid Glamorgan CF32 9BS
Telephone/fax 01656 721951

REGIONAL OFFICES