Editing 1994 Group (section)

==Governance and management structure==
The 1994 Group was headed by a board made up of the heads of member institutions. The board met formally five times a year. In addition, an annual residential conference took place in the summer where longer-term strategic issues were discussed.<ref name="web-1994" /> The board had responsibility for determining strategy and agreeing all policy papers, position statements and consultation responses, and responsibility for the governance of all joint activity.

The chair was elected by board members for a three-year term of office. Professor Michael Farthing, vice-chancellor of University of Sussex, was elected chair in 2011.<ref name="web-1994" /> The chair was the national spokesperson for the group and represented its interests where a senior representative of the group was required. The chair had overall responsibility for the development and delivery of the communication strategy on behalf of the board.
Previous chairs included: 
1997-2000 Sir [[Ivor Crewe]] (Essex);
2000-03 Alisdair Smith (Sussex);
2003-06 Sir [[David Eastwood]] (UEA);
2006-09 Sir [[Steve Smith (political scientist)|Steve Smith]] (Exeter);
2009-12 [[Paul Wellings]] CBE (Lancaster);
2012- close  [[Michael Farthing]] (Sussex). 

The chair was assisted by a Chair's Advisory Group (CAG) elected from the board for a three-year period of office (initial membership was staggered to ensure a rolling change of membership).<ref name="web-1994" /> The CAG met on four occasions each year. CAG members had a general brief for assisting the chair in the development of all areas of group policy (including management of the relationship with the Policy Groups). The CAG had a central role in the development of relationships with government, funding bodies, and HE stakeholder organisations.