Rachel Wenstone is Vice-President (Higher Education) of the National Union of Students. Previously, she studied for an MSc in Human Rights at the London School of Economics. She studied Law as an undergraduate at Leeds University, before spending a year as a sabbatical officer at Leeds University Union.

Rachel sits the Boards of QAA and OIA, and is a member of HEFCE’s Teaching, Quality and Student Experience Strategic Advisory Committee. She represents NUS to the Regulatory Partnership Group and has spoken widely on student engagement and partnership, the public value of education and access, retention and success in higher education.