Robin Ciceri. the Deputy Minister of the BC Advanced Education and Labour Market Development Ministry is leaving her job to work for Research Universities’ Council of British Columbia (RUCBC), reported The Vancouver Sun.

UBC President Stephen Toope, who is RUCBC board chair, announced the appointment earlier this month, saying that the board is “simply delighted to be able to recruit someone of Robin Ciceri’s caliber to lead the council.”

However, smaller universities are worried that Ciceri will use information she gained as deputy minister to lobby the government on behalf of larger institutions such as UBC, SFU, UNBC and UVic, leaving smaller universities at a disadvantage.