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The Vocational Aspect of Education Limited
The Vocational Aspect of Education Limited is an active UK company (number 01880148), incorporated 1985, with 16 current directors including Professor Jonathan Edward Tummons and Prof Markus Maurer. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Professor Jonathan Edward TummonsDirector · since 2026
- Prof Markus MaurerDirector · since 2025
- Dr Presha RamsarupDirector · since 2025
- Dr Junmin LiDirector · since 2024
- Dr Geng WangDirector · since 2023
- Professor Stephanie Matseleng AllaisDirector · since 2021
- James Relly, Susan Fay, Associate ProfessorDirector · since 2021
- Dr Lesley Eileen DoyleDirector · since 2020
- Dr William James EsmondDirector · since 2020
- Professor Simon Andrew McgrathDirector · since 2017
- Dr Elizabeth (Leesa) Mary WheelahanDirector · since 2017
- Dr James Alexander HordernDirector · since 2017
- Professor Ann-Marie BathmakerDirector · since 2014
- Professor James AvisDirector · since 2003
- Professor Peter John SandersonDirector · since 2001
- Professor Muriel Ann HarrisDirector · since 1996
- Professor Kevin Charles OrrSecretary · since 2016
Previous officers 31
- Henderson, Holly Charlotte, Assistant Professor 2021-2023 View profile
- Dr Monika Baeroe Nerland 2020-2025 View profile
- Dr Cheryl Maria Reynolds 2018-2022 View profile
- Martin Joseph Johnson 2017-2017 View profile
- Dr Paul Charles Warmington 2016-2016 View profile
- Professor Christian Helms Jorgensen 2015-2018 View profile
- Professor Allison Margaret Fuller 2014-2014 View profile
- Prof Dr Matthias Pilz 2014-2022 View profile
- Dr Michaela Brockmann 2013-2014 View profile
- Professor Alison Margaret Fuller 2013-2014 View profile
- Dr Beatrix Niemeyer-Jensen 2011-2015 View profile
- Professor Helen Colley 2009-2017 View profile
- Professor Lorna Winifred Unwin 2007-2016 View profile
- Roger Anthony Osborn King 2004-2006 View profile
- Karen Gomoluch 2003-2012 View profile
- Dr Michael Humphreys 1999-2009 View profile
- Dr Jocelyn Enid Robson 1996-2009 View profile
- Professor Jaswinder Kaur Dhillon 1995-2024 View profile
- Vincent Farrell 1992-2001 View profile
- Leela Cubillo 1992-1995 View profile
- Paul Oliver 2000 View profile
- Dr Yves Reynolds Benett 1996 View profile
- Dr Neil Moreland 2002 View profile
- Dr Geoff Tabbron 1992 View profile
- Robert Meiron Davies 1992 View profile
- Anne Griffin 1996 View profile
- Thomas Edward Phillips 2002 View profile
- William Bailey 2004-2022 View profile
- Anthony Elwyn Mears 2002-2004 View profile
- Paul Anthony Smelt 1996-2001 View profile
- Arthur, Paul Francis, Doctor 1996 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 23/01/1985
Financials
- Cash
- £139,682
- Employees
- 0.15
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Small company accounts.
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
16 directors on the board
- Professor Stephanie Matseleng Allais Director · appointed 2021
- Professor Ann-Marie Bathmaker Director · appointed 2014
- Prof Markus Maurer Director · appointed 2025
- James Relly, Susan Fay, Associate Professor Director · appointed 2021
- Dr Lesley Eileen Doyle Director · appointed 2020
- Professor Jonathan Edward Tummons Director · appointed 2026
- Professor Muriel Ann Harris Director · appointed 1996
- Dr Presha Ramsarup Director · appointed 2025
- Professor James Avis Director · appointed 2003
- Dr William James Esmond Director · appointed 2020
- Dr Junmin Li Director · appointed 2024
- Professor Peter John Sanderson Director · appointed 2001
- Professor Simon Andrew Mcgrath Director · appointed 2017
- Dr Elizabeth (Leesa) Mary Wheelahan Director · appointed 2017
- Dr Geng Wang Director · appointed 2023
- Dr James Alexander Hordern Director · appointed 2017
Directors past 6 years
- Professor Ann-Marie Bathmaker Director · appointed 2014
- Dr Lesley Eileen Doyle Director · appointed 2020
- Professor Muriel Ann Harris Director · appointed 1996
- Professor James Avis Director · appointed 2003
- Dr William James Esmond Director · appointed 2020
- Professor Peter John Sanderson Director · appointed 2001
- Professor Simon Andrew Mcgrath Director · appointed 2017
- Dr Elizabeth (Leesa) Mary Wheelahan Director · appointed 2017
- Dr James Alexander Hordern Director · appointed 2017
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (16)
- Professor Stephanie Matseleng Allais Director · appointed 2021
- Professor Ann-Marie Bathmaker Director · appointed 2014
- Prof Markus Maurer Director · appointed 2025
- James Relly, Susan Fay, Associate Professor Director · appointed 2021
- Dr Lesley Eileen Doyle Director · appointed 2020
- Professor Jonathan Edward Tummons Director · appointed 2026
- Professor Muriel Ann Harris Director · appointed 1996
- Dr Presha Ramsarup Director · appointed 2025
- Professor James Avis Director · appointed 2003
- Dr William James Esmond Director · appointed 2020
- Dr Junmin Li Director · appointed 2024
- Professor Peter John Sanderson Director · appointed 2001
- Professor Simon Andrew Mcgrath Director · appointed 2017
- Dr Elizabeth (Leesa) Mary Wheelahan Director · appointed 2017
- Dr Geng Wang Director · appointed 2023
- Dr James Alexander Hordern Director · appointed 2017
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 01880148
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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