Board of Commissioners & Secretariat
The Council operates under a constitution of independent peer review, led by distinguished academics, former chancellors, and international quality assurance directors.
Dr. Alistair MacIntyre, FRSE
Registrar & Chief Inspector of Academic Standards
Former Dean of Informatics and senior adviser on Scottish Higher Education Quality Frameworks. Leads institutional audit panels worldwide.
Prof. Dame Eleanor Vance, PhD, OBE
Chairperson, Board of Commissioners
Over 30 years of academic governance experience across ancient Scottish and Russell Group universities. Specialist in transnational accreditation law.
Prof. Sir David Harrington, ScD
Head of Digital LMS & Technological Quality Assurance
Pioneer in secure digital proctoring systems, Bologna Process ECTS mapping, and cross-border distance learning pedagogy.
Dr. Aminata Diallo-Sow, PhD
Commissioner for Pan-African & Commonwealth Liaison
Specialist in higher education capacity building, bilingual curricula (EN/FR), and United Nations SDG-4 quality frameworks.
The Edinburgh Secretariat
The permanent Secretariat manages day-to-day inspection scheduling, institutional candidacy dossiers, consular inquiries, and public registry cryptographic key management.