UKES Council


All UKES business is managed by the UKES Council. This consists of five Officers (President, Vice President, Immediate Past President, Secretary, Treasurer) and at least ten ordinary members elected by the members of the Society at the Annual General Meeting. The AGM is held at the Annual Conference to maximise attendance. The Council meets five times a year in January, March. May, July, September, November. Election of Council Members and Officer bearers is by a simple majority vote in a secret ballot of the individual and corporate members of the Society. Members may cast their vote either at the Annual General Meeting or by postal ballot. Candidates for the Council must be nominated by at least two members of the Society. Nominations must reach the Secretary not less than 21 days before the Annual General Meeting.

UKES Council 2008

Office bearers

  • President - Richard Thurston, Welsh Assembly Government
  • Vice President -Helen Morrell, Jobseekers Analysis Division, Work and Welfare Strategy Directorate, Department for Work and Pensions
  • Immediate Past President - Helen Simons, School of Education, University of Southampton
  • Secretary -Richard Cotmore, NSPCC
  • Treasurer - Christine Rose, National Audit Office

Council members

  • Anne Eldridge, East Midlands Police Forces
  • Jean Ellis, Charities Evaluation Services
  • Kari Hadjivassiliou, The Tavistock Institute
  • Colin Jacobs, The British Council
  • Carwyn Jones, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
  • Myra Kandemiri, University of Edinburgh
  • Jane Lewis, National Children's Bureau
  • Robert Picciotto
  • Deborah Sambor, Mercian Research Associates
  • Sue Yeandle, University of Leeds


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