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Biography
Auriol Hazel Dawn Stevens (born 4 November 1940) is a British journalist, and former Editor of the Times Higher Education Supplement (THES), the leading national publication for UK universities.
Early life
She was the daughter of Captain Barry Stevens of the Royal Navy. She grew up in Bishop's Waltham. She attended Somerville College, Oxford.
Career
From 1962-72 she was a freelance journalist, often writing for The Guardian. From 1972-78 she worked for the Times Education Supplement (TES), becoming Deputy Editor. From 1978-83 she was an education correspondent for the The Observer.
From 1983-86 she was a presenter on the political television series A Week in Politics on Channel 4. From 1986-92 she was Director of the Universities Information Unit of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals (now Universities UK).
Times Higher Education Supplement
She was Editor from 1992-2002 of the Times Higher Education Supplement. She replaced Sir Peter Scott, who became Professor of Education at the University of Leeds. She left the THES at the end of May 2002. The THES was situated at Admiral House, near the UK Payments Administration and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, on the A1203 (The Highway) in east London, and was part of TSL Education.
She is on the Ethics Committee of the University of Essex.
Personal life
She married Prof Hugh Stephenson on Friday 10 August 1962 at Chelsea Old Church; they divorced in 1987 and have two sons and a daughter. Her first husband was Editor from 1982-86 of the New Statesman and Professor of Journalism at City, University of London, and son of Sir Hugh Stephenson, and brother of Jonathan Stephenson, the Chairman from 1995-98 of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP).
She lives in Wivenhoe in north-east Essex.
Publications
- Clever Children in Comprehensive Schools, 1978, Penguin Books, ISBNÂ 0140220739
- The State of the Universities, 1991
- Women in the Media, 1998