Vice-Principal (Governance and Planning)
Professor Ronald Piper
Professor Ron Piper is the Vice-Principal for Governance and Planning.
Responsibilities of the Vice-Principal for Governance and Planning include:
- Court office and related governance
- University planning (other than academic issues)
- IT Services
- Health and Safety
- Risk Management
A physics graduate of Pomona College, California, and a New Testament graduate of Kings College, London, Professor Piper was Head of the School of Divinity at the University of St Andrews from 1992-2001 and Dean of the Faculty of Divinity 2001-2002. Between 2002 and 2003 he was Research Fellow of the Center of Theological Inquiry at Princeton University, New Jersey, USA, returning to the University of St Andrews as Vice-Principal (Learning and Teaching) in 2003. From 2007 to the present he has served as Vice-Principal for Governanace and Planning, and he is secretary to the University Court. Professor Piper also served on the Theology and Religious Studies panel for the UK Research Assessment Exercise 2008.
Further information on the rap.