Senate membership

Senate membership 2022/2023

Ex-officiis members

  • Professor Stephen Decent, (Chair), Principal and Vice-Chancellor
  • Professor Andrea Nelson, (Vice Chair), Provost & Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Interim)
  • Susan Mitchell, Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Operations)
  • Professor Alastair Robertson, PVC Learning and Teaching
  • Professor Anita Simmers and Professor Rachel Baker, PVC Research (Interim)
  • Jan Hulme, Vice-Principal Governance
  • Fiona Campbell, Vice-Principal People and Student Wellbeing
  • Claire Hulsen, Vice-Principal Strategy and Planning
  • Professor Mike Mannion, Vice-Principal Global Engagement (Interim)
  • Professor Bonita Steves, Director of Caledonian Graduate School

Deans of school

  • Professor Carl Schaschke, School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment
  • Professor Anita Simmers, School of Health and Life Sciences
  • Professor John Lennon, Glasgow School for Business and Society

Heads of department

School of Computing, Engineering and Built Environment

  • Professor Sheila Smith, Dept of Applied Science
  • Professor Bruce Wood, Dept of Applied Computer Games
  • Professor Craig Thomson, Dept of Construction and Surveying

Glasgow School for Business and Society

  • Jane Burt, Dept of Finance, Accounting and Risk
  • Linda Shearer, Dept of Construction and Surveying
  • Irene Mains, Department of Human Resource Management

School of Health and Life Sciences

  • Dr Sharron Jackson, Dept of Social Work
  • Professor Kerri McPherson, Dept of Psychology
  • Dr Diane Dickson, Dept of Podiatry and Radiography

Elected members

Glasgow School for Business and Society (5)

  • Wendy Mazzucco (until 31 July 2023)
  • Professor Angela O'Hagan (until 31 July 2024)
  • Dr Karen Fryer (until 31 July 2024)
  • Naveed Kayani (until 31 July 2024)
  • Samantha MacLean (until 31 July 2026)

School of Health and Life Sciences (7)

  • Dr Catriona Khamisha (until 31 July 2023)
  • Dr Adrian Pierotti (until 31 July 2024)
  • Dr Lyle Gray (until 31 July 2024)
  • Dr Valerie Ness (until 31 July 2024)
  • Tom McAlear (until 31 July 2026)
  • Dr Karen Thomson (until 31 July 2026)
  • Vacancy

School of Engineering and Built Environment (6)

  • Dr Tuleen Boutaleb (until 31 July 2024)
  • Professor Mohamed Emad Farrag (until 31 July 2024)
  • Steven Latta (until 31 July 2024)
  • Professor Ole Pahl (until 31 July 2024)
  • Dr Omair Uthmani (until 31 July 2024)
  • Professor Iain Cameron (until 31 July 2026)

GCU London (1)

  • Dr Bipasha Ahmed (until 31 July 2024)

One member elected by academic staff not in Schools (1)

  • Mr Brian Smith (U2B), (until 31 July 2025)

Elected Student Members (6)

Six students elected by the Students’ Association, including the President of the Students’ Association, and elected students who the Association considers to represent the interests of all students.

  • Laiba Tareen, President of the Students’ Association
  • Bolaji Oyewo
  • Kanwal Chaudhry
  • Chidozie Nwaigwe
  • Aspen Milledge
  • Aryan Srivastava

Non-voting advisors

  • Jackie Main, Director of Student Life
  • Robert Ruthven, Director of Library Services
  • Mark Anderson, Director of Research and Innovation
  • *, University Secretary
  • Mr Stephen Lopez, Academic Registrar
  • Vacancy, Chair of Senate Disciplinary Committee

* Where the role holder is a full member of Senate in another capacity their name has been removed from the advisory role.

Representative from Department of Governance and Legal Services as Senate Secretary