Stephanie
Smith
Deputy Director of Policy and Head of Policy (Research and Innovation)
Stephanie Smith is Deputy Director of Policy at the Russell Group and is primarily responsible for policy relating to research and innovation.
She joined the organisation from Universities UK International in 2014, where she helped to found UUKi’s outward mobility policy programme. Before this she worked at the Council of Deans of Health, the representative body for university faculties engaged in education and training for the nursing, midwifery and the allied health professions. Stephanie began her career working in think tanks including the Royal Society of Arts and Institute for Citizenship. Stephanie holds an MSc in European Politics and a BSc in Political Science, both from the London School of Economics