Reflections of the NEP: 5 years on - (on demand)
Publié le: septembre 26, 2025
Join us for an engaging conversation with QS Executive Directors Selma Toohey and Ashwin Fernandes as we explore the impact and progress of India’s ambitious National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, five years since its launch.
This one-hour session will reflect on the developments and reforms shaped by the NEP, the opportunities it presents for UK universities, and insights gathered from conversations with Vice Chancellors across both India and the UK over the past five years.
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Our Panel Member - Selma Toohey |
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Selma Toohey is the Executive Director of Europe at QS, leading a team of 9 client partnership managers who give insight, solutions and advice to Universities across Europe. Based in the UK, Selma joined QS two years ago following senior positions in international offices at UK and US universities. Having lived in 7 countries, she has formed an expertise in HE emerging markets, driving revenue to support University expansion, transformation initiatives and growth vision. Selma studied Politics at Nottingham Trent University and an M.Phil at Trinity College Dublin. |
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Our Panel Member - Ashwin Fernandes |
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Dr Ashwin Fernandes is the Executive Director for Africa, Middle East, and South Asia at QS. He works closely with institutions across the regions to better understand the local context and to support the drive for excellence and capacity building. During his professional engagement, he has met with senior leaders from the region and is often invited to speak at several conferences and events on university rankings, ratings, education, higher education etc. He has been a panellist on various discussion forums and presented his recommendations on thought provoking topics related to higher education. Dr Fernandes championed the need for an independent rankings framework for the Arab Region and hence was instrumental in developing the QS Arab Region University Rankings in 2014/15. He also founded India’s first nationwide private sector evaluation framework called QS I-GAUGE. |
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Our Panel Member - Andrew Plant |
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Andy worked at 3 UK universities in international student recruitment and partnership roles for 16 years before joining QS in 2021. He leads the UK & Ireland client facing team with particular expertise on optimising the student journey on behalf of QS's partners and believes that every student deserves personalised and premium support during their daunting admissions journey. He often presents at international conferences about “Admissues” (admissions issues) and other topical subjects facing international higher education. |
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