The National Conference of University Professors (NCUP) is an organisation for university professors in the United Kingdom. The past Patron was Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark.
NCUP was founded in 1989 by a group of university professors. It is a non-political organisation that aims to promote beneficial developments across United Kingdom universities.
Membership Members come from all academic disciplines.
According to the membership criteria: 'Full membership is open to all who hold, or have held, the title of Professor, Visiting Professor or Honorary Professor within a recognised University in the United Kingdom for a minimum of one year. It is also open to Professors of a recognised University from overseas, who are now permanently resident in UK.' and 'Applicants eligible to apply for Associate Membership of NCUP (ANCUP) include: 1. All Associate Professors, Readers and Principal and Senior Lecturers of a recognised UK University; 2. Other academics who consider themselves to be of equal standing to any of those above.'
Leadership Recent presidents have included:
Thomas Brooke Benjamin (founding president) - mathematician Terence Davis - psychometrics Janet Wilson (2020–2022) - English and post-colonial studies Roger Watson (2022–2024) - nursing George Kernohan (2024–present) - health research The current Vice President is Mike Watts.
Publications
NCUP (1990) Quality-Control of Teaching Standards NCUP (1991) Higher Education: A New Framework NCUP (1991) The Role of the Professoriate NCUP (1992) Improving Public Opinion of Universities NCUP (1993) Commitment to Scholarship and Research in Universities
References
External links
Official website
See also
American Association of University Professors