Auriol Hazel Dawn Stevens (born 4 November 1940)[1] is a British journalist, and former editor of the Times Higher Education Supplement, the leading national publication for UK universities.
She was the daughter of Captain Barry Stevens of the Royal Navy, growing up in Bishop's Waltham.
She replaced Sir Peter Scott, who became professor of education at the University of Leeds.
[2][3] She married Professor 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.