• oversee the BAS scheme
• act as a forum for stakeholder liaison and management
• promote the rationale and benefits of the scheme
• approve annual estimates of income and expenditure for the scheme

BAS Steering Group members

• Bishop Grosseteste University, Phil Davis (Chair)
• Llandrillo College, Alison Evans
• University of Oxford, Adam Evans
• University of Birmingham, Emma Corke
• University of Strathclyde, Lee Harrison
• University of Liverpool, Helen Bartlett
• University of Leicester, Jason Munday
• UWTSD, 
• Academic Registrars Council, Fiona Fisk
• Student Loans Company, Various staff members