Craig Mahoney is Chief Executive of the Higher Education Academy, the UK body working in partnership with institutions, academic staff, funding bodies and governments to enhance the quality of the student learning experience for students studying for a Higher Education award.

Prior to joining the academy in 2010, he was Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Northumbria University.

Craig has a strong interest in differentiated learning, including student-centred individualised learning environments, and has served as a reviewer for the Quality Assurance Agency. He is an advocate of e-Learning and the use of technology to create positive blended learning environments. He has published widely in the areas of children’s fitness, health, sport, exercise, performance and education, and been entered in the four UK Research Assessment Exercises.

Professor Mahoney has been an outspoken advocate of Internationalisation, through globalisation; professional development; staff and student exchange and international partnership development in teaching, research and enterprise. He has also supported several volunteer programmes across the sector.

Professor Mahoney is a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society and is a past Chair of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES). With an international reputation as a sports psychologist, Craig has worked with an extensive range of performers at World, Olympic and Commonwealth level and is an adviser to UEFA and FIFA on psychology in officiating.