APPG officer roles
All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal cross-party groups that have no official status within Parliament. They are run by and for Members of the Commons and Lords, though many choose to involve individuals and organisations from outside Parliament in their administration and activities.
Officer Roles are drawn from the latest edition of the Register of APPGs. To see the latest edition of the register, go to Published Register of APPGs.
International Students
To recognise the internationalisation and global prominence of UK education; to promote the value of international students to UK education, economy and ‘soft power’; to raise awareness of issues affecting international students; and to provide a platform for collaboration between parliamentarians, educators, professionals and business leaders.
Chair & Registered Contact
Palestine
To foster good relations and understanding between Britain and Palestine and to promote a just and lasting peace in the Middle East.
Vice Chair
Race and Community
The group focuses on issues of racial justice. It aims to increase the coverage in parliament of issues relating to race and ethnicity; to update members on these issues as well as on up-to-date research; and to connect the group with charities and other organisations working on these issues around the country.
Officer
Somaliland
To promote understanding of and support for Somaliland’s achievements in building peace, democratic governance and a sovereign state in the Horn of Africa.
Vice Chair
Students
To bring HE and FE (higher and further education) students’ issues to Westminster, connecting students’ unions, students and decision-makers to better understand student life today.
Vice Chair
University
To act as a high-level forum for discussion between university leaders and parliamentarians on issues affecting the higher education sector.
Vice Chair