Current members of the Senate

The Senate is made up of members of the Senior Management Team, Deans, Heads of Schools, Senate Assessors on Court, a number of elected  members of academic staff and six student members.

A list of all current members of the Senate can be found below.

Principal (Convener)

Professor Dame Sally Mapstone FRSE

Deputy Principal

Professor Brad MacKay

Vice-Principal Education (Proctor)

Professor Clare Peddie

Vice-Principal (Research, Collections and Innovation)

Professor Tom Brown

Deans

  • AVP Dean of Arts and Divinity (Professor Catherine O’Leary)
  • AVP Dean of Science (Professor Gareth Miles)
  • Dean of Medicine (Professor David Crossman)
  • Dean of Business School (Professor Brad MacKay)

Heads of school

  • Art History (Professor Laura Moretti)
  • Biology (Dr Simon Northridge)
  • Business School (Professor Brad MacKay)
  • Chemistry (Professor Christopher Baddeley)
  • Classics (Professor Roger Rees)
  • Computer Science (Professor Ian Miguel)
  • Divinity (Professor Oliver Crisp)
  • Earth and Environmental Sciences (Professor Richard White)
  • English (Professor Ian Johnson)
  • Geography and Sustainable Development (Professor Dan Clayton)
  • History (Professor Bridget Heal)
  • International Education Institute (Dr Eoin Jordan, director)
  • International Relations (Professor Phillips O'Brien)
  • Mathematics and Statistics (Dr Antonia Wilmot-Smith)
  • Medicine (Professor David Crossman)
  • Modern Languages (Professor Nicki Hitchcott)
  • Philosophical, Anthropological and Film Studies (Professor James Harris)
  • Physics and Astronomy (Professor Ian Bonnell)
  • Psychology and Neuroscience (Professor James Ainge)

Due to the formation of the Business School, there are no longer Heads of School for the Schools of Economics and Finance, and Management. The Dean of the Business School is also Head of School (Currently Professor Brad MacKay), and there are Heads of Department for Economics, Finance, and Management.

Senate Assessors on University Court

  • Professor Sharon Ashbrook (until 31 July 2024)
  • Professor Catherine O'Leary (until 31 July 2024)
  • Dr Stephen Tyre (until 31 July 2026)
  • Dr Morven Shearer (until 31 July 2025)

Student members

  • Barry Will, President (Students' Association)
  • Cam Brown, Director of Education (Students' Association)
  • Caitlin Ridgway, Director of Wellbeing (Students' Association)
  • Hitanshi Badani, Arts and Divinity Faculty President (Students’ Association)
  • Calum Naughton, Science and Medicine Faculty President (Students’ Association)
  • Cooper Smith. Postgraduate Taught President
  • Callum Irvine, Postgraduate Research President

Direct electees

Arts

  • Dr Alice König (until 31 July 2024)
  • Professor Alison Beach (until 31 July 2024)
  • Dr Stephanie O'Rourke (until 31 July 2024)
  • Dr Ricardo Fernández Romero (until 31 July 2024)
  • Dr Stavroula Pipyrou (until 31 July 2026)
  • Dr Bernhard Struck (until 31 July 2026)

Life Sciences

  • Dr Tracey Gloster (until 31 July 2024)
  • Dr Akira O'Connor (until 31 July 2024)
  • Dr Judith Sleeman (until 31 July 2026)

Physical Sciences

  • Dr James Rae (until 31 July 2026)
  • Professor Graham Turnbull (until 31 July 2024)
  • Professor Douglas Philp (until 31 July 2024)
  • Professor Stephen Linton (until 31 July 2026)
  • Dr Paul Cruickshank (until 31 July 2026)

Social Sciences

  • Dr Ozge Senay (until 31 July 2026, serving a second term)
  • Dr Fiona McCallum Guiney (until 31 July 2024)
  • Dr Luca Savorelli (until 31 July 2024)
  • Dr Marcel Lukas (until 31 July 2026)

In regular attendance

  • Professor Ineke De Moortel, Master of the United College
  • Professor Monique MacKenzie, Vice-Principal (Digital Education, Research and Environment)
  • Alastair Merrill, Vice-Principal (Governance)
  • Ester Ruskuc, Vice-Principal (Strategy, Policy and Planning)
  • Dr Rebekah Widdowfield, Vice-Principal (People and Diversity)
  • Niall Scott, Vice-Principal (Communications)
  • Professor Frank Müller, AVP (Dean of Learning and Teaching) and Provost
  • Dr Michael Downes, Director of Music
  • Margaret Sinclair, Executive Officer to Senate (Clerk)
  • Dr Katie Eagleton, Director of Libraries and Museums