Julie Swan
Last updated on: 22/04/2009
Julie Swan joined Ofqual as Head of Regulatory Policy in 2008.
Her previous roles have included director of development with the Quality Assurance Agency for higher education. In this role she led the work to develop the academic infrastructure for higher education, recommended by the Dearing inquiry into higher education, including a code of practice for assuring quality and standards, subject benchmarks and the framework for higher education qualifications for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
More recently she was head of education for the Law Society of England and Wales where she was responsible for the regulation of solicitors' education and training both leading to and after qualification.
The regulation policy team which Julie heads leads on a wide range of policy developments within Ofqual including the QCF and access to qualifications.