Wendy Appleby

The Vice-President (Operations) leads the University’s professional service departments. As Vice-President (Operations), Wendy Appleby provides leadership and strategic accountability for the University’s professional services, for UoS’s 23,000 students and 6,000 staff on its 6 campuses in the UK and 1 in Malaysia. The Professional Services teams take pride in ensuring that UoS is one of the UK’s and world’s leading research-intensive universities.

Wendy has worked in higher education administration for over 30 years, primarily in functions related to education administration, student support, academic and institutional governance and most recently as Registrar and Head of Student and Registry Services & Secretary to Council at University College London. Before joining UCL in 2014, Wendy spent eight years as Secretary to Council and Academic Registrar at Queen Mary University of London, and has worked in a further five higher education institutions in London.