About the Access to HE team

The Access to HE team is supported by colleagues from across QAA. The following members of staff hold key responsibilities.

Stephen Tipping Access Manager

• Access Validating Agency (AVA) review and monitoring
• Access to HE Diploma qualification development, grading and assessment
• AVA liaison
• regulatory oversight
• policy
• management

Ann-Marie Karadia Access Officer

• Access Validating Agency (AVA) review and monitoring
• AVA liaison
• Access to HE qualification development
• Access to HE data analysis
• key statistics
• joint agency statistics reports
• secretary to the Access Recognition and Licensing Committee 
• Access Diploma database