Joy leads IHE’s policy work and is directly responsible for international education, freedom of speech and governance. Alongside policy, Joy oversees member engagement and development, and events, training and consultancy. Joy works closely with stakeholders in Parliament and serves as secretariat to the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for International Students, a role held since the group’s inception in 2016. She has been co-author on all four of the APPG’s inquiry reports.
Joy is an established leader in international higher education and is a member of the Home Office and UKVI Education Advisory Groups, the UKCISA Strategic Advisory Board, and the British Council Higher Education Strategic Advisory Board. With a UK focus she is also a member of the SLC Stakeholder Group and was part of one of the working groups for the government’s Access and Participation Taskforce. She has been part of sector projects including data reform, merger and acquisitions guidance, agent quality frameworks and graduate earnings metrics.
Before joining IHE, Joy spent over a decade in the UK and Canadian higher education sectors, working within universities, independent providers, students’ unions and national sector bodies. This included the National Union of Students, where Joy led on immigration and international students.