Senior Management Team
Maldwyn Buckland
Maldwyn Buckland
Governor – Vice Principal
Maldwyn has an extensive background in senior academic leadership, having served as Vice Principal, Director of Quality & Standards, HE Policy Manager (AoC), and NW Regional Education Consultant (HEFCE-LLLN). He has been a Senior Consultant with QAA, undertaking the roles of Review Manager, Coordinator and Reviewer across several review methods including REO, IQER, FD Review and Access to HE.
His consultancy portfolio includes guiding multiple providers through OfS Registration, QAA Quality & Standards Review, governance reform, staff development, due diligence and strategic partnership development. He has led successful awarding body partnerships, franchise arrangements, TDAP support, and major quality enhancement frameworks across diverse organisations. Maldwyn has also served as External Examiner for the Royal College of Art, Staffordshire University and the University of Sheffield, and has contributed to national HE policy and sector development through membership of the following:
- QAA Policy Forum & National Liaison Group
- QAA/HEA Quality Event Presenter – HE in FE Enhancement Programme
- Chair: Greater Manchester Strategic Alliance (GMSA) Consortium of Colleges
- GMSA Management Board Representative
- GMSA Heads of Quality Group
- Mixed Economy Group of Colleges (MEG) Representative
- Mixed Economy Group of Colleges (MEG) Foundation Degree Awarding Powers Sub-Committee Member
- Association of Collaborative Provision (ACP): Chair (interim)
- Council for Validating Universities (CVU) Representative
- University of Manchester Teaching & Learning Working Group
- Lancashire Lifelong Learning Network (LLN): Regional Educational Director
- British Journal of HE in FE – Editorial Board Member
- Foundation Degree Forward (FDF): Regional Marketing Board member
Huw Flynn Hughes
Huw Flynn Hughes
Governor
Huw has 45 years’ experience of working within the Higher Education and Further Education sectors (public and private) within the UK and with institutions and government agencies based in over 40 countries worldwide.
His UK roles have included Director of Bangor University’s International College, Director of International at Cardiff and Vale College, Director of Collaborative Provision at the University of Wales, Director of Strategic Projects at the London School of Business and Finance and Senior Advisor, International at Ashridge Business School.
Further afield, Huw has spent time at the Asian Banking School (part of Bank Negara, the National Bank of Malysia) as Director of Programme Development.
Huw has also established and run a successful consultancy service which has cooperated with several UK universities and education institutions in many countries including Cyprus, Hong Kong and Italy. Huw has also been involved in various capacities with City of London College for over 20 years and is delighted to have seen the continued success of the College during that period.
Dr S. Yousuf
Dr S. Yousuf [ MBA(B’ham), DipM, PhD (Cran’d), MCIM FRSA]
Chief Executive Officer
Dr Yousuf MBA (Birmingham), PhD (Cranfield), FCIM, FRSA, is the Chief Executive Officer of company. He has a Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies from the University of East London, Masters in Business Administration from the University of Birmingham Business School and Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) from the Cranfield School of Management. He teaches Research Methods, Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Corporate Finance and has worked in the fashion retailing and petroleum industries. For over 25 years he has been involved in the management of Higher Education.