Chief Student Officer
Nick Barratt joined Royal Holloway, University of London in August 2023 as Executive Director, Student Journey, transitioning into the role of Chief Student Officer in January 2026. He leads on the university's Skills for Choice and Opportunity strategic ambition, sponsors the Student Records Evolution project which will deliver a new student records system by 2028-29, and champions the parents and carers network.
Prior to Royal Holloway he was the Director of Learner and Discovery Services at the Open University (OU) from 2019, the Director of Senate House Library at the University of London and Head of Medieval, Early Modern, Legal, Maps and Photographs Unit for The National Archives.
A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Nick holds a BA (Hons) in History and a PhD in Medieval State Finance and Fiscal History from King's College London, and has published a series of academic articles on the subject. He also works in the field of public history, having previously been recognised for his contribution with an honorary associate professorship at the University of Nottingham.
Please see Nick’s research here.
