Welcome to Sam Roseveare who has taken up the post of Head of Government Affairs at Warwick.

He says of the role:

The purpose of the government affairs function is to raise the university’s voice in national as well as local policy debates. We aim to bring the world of Whitehall and Westminster to Warwick and ensure our university community not only knows what is going on in policy debates, but also has the opportunity to shape these discussions through evidence, experience and good practice.

We proactively seek opportunities to bring our expertise to bear on the issues that count. We do this through our work with trusted partners, including the Industry and Parliament Trust (IPT), the Whitehall and Industry Group (WIG) and the Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN).

I’m always open to working with colleagues. Please get in touch if you’d like to discuss the role and how we might work together. Samuel dot Roseveare at warwick dot ac dot uk

About Sam

Before joining Warwick, Sam worked in a variety of roles at Universities UK and Imperial College London. In his most recent role, Sam led UUK’s policy work on research, innovation and security policy, and oversaw its governance relationship with various sector agencies, including AdvanceHE, HESA and Jisc.

While at UUK Sam developed and supported policy work across a wide range of areas including funding for health education, regulation and professional education. This included work on the Higher Education and Research Act and the development of policy interventions intended to support the comparability of degree standards in the UK. He joined UUK after working at Imperial College London’s strategic planning division, working on resource allocation models, widening participation and fair access and a range of other initiatives. Prior to that, Sam was President of Durham Students’ Union, leading the organisation between 2010 and 2011 and serving on the governing body of the university. He is a graduate of the University of Durham and UCL.