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'''Auriol Hazel Dawn Stevens''' (born 4 November 1940)<ref>[https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/33cp3Wmpx_JgLpO_exMK0O2VkRg/appointments Companies House]</ref> is a British journalist, and former editor of the ''[[Times Higher Education Supplement]]'', the leading national publication for UK universities.

==Early life==
She was the daughter of Captain Barry Stevens of the Royal Navy, growing up in [[Bishop's Waltham]]. She attended [[Somerville College, Oxford]].

==Career==
From 1962 to 1972 she was a freelance journalist, often writing for ''The Guardian''. From 1972 to 1978 she worked for the [[TES (magazine)|Times Education Supplement]], becoming deputy editor. From 1978 to 1983 she was an education correspondent for ''[[The Observer]]''.

From 1983 to 1986 she was a presenter on the political television series ''[[A Week in Politics]]'' on [[Channel 4]]. From 1986 to 1992 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 of the ''[[Times Higher Education Supplement]]'' from 1992 to 2002. She replaced Sir Peter Scott, who became professor of education at the [[University of Leeds]]. She left ''The Times'' at the end of May 2002. She is on the Ethics Committee of the [[University of Essex]].<ref>[http://www.essex.ac.uk/committees/CommitteeResults.asp?committee=ECMT University of Essex]</ref><ref>[https://www.essex.ac.uk/reo/governance/ethics-contacts.aspx Research & Enterprise Office]</ref>

==Personal life==
She married Professor [[Hugh Stephenson (UK journalist)|Hugh Stephenson]] on 10 August 1962 at [[Chelsea Old Church]]; they divorced in 1987 and have two sons and a daughter. Her first husband was editor of the ''[[New Statesman]]'' from 1982 to 1986 and professor of journalism at [[City, University of London]], and son of [[Sir Hugh Stephenson]], and brother of [[Jonathan Stephenson]], the chairman from 1995 to 1998 of the [[Social Democratic and Labour Party]].

She lives in [[Wivenhoe]] in north-east [[Essex]].

==Publications==
* ''Clever Children in Comprehensive Schools'', 1978, Penguin Books, {{ISBN|0140220739}}
* ''The State of the Universities'', 1991
* ''Women in the Media'', 1998

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba7da099a BFI]{{dead link|date=October 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

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