General Council meeting - Saturday 28 June 2025

GENERAL COUNCIL

Members of the General Council are called to a statutory half-yearly meeting on

SATURDAY 28 JUNE 2025 at 10.30am

in PARLIAMENT HALL, SOUTH STREET, ST ANDREWS

The Chancellor, The Rt Hon Lord Campbell of Pittenweem CH CBE PC KC FRSE, will preside.

Opening Prayer: Revd Professor Ian Bradley, Emeritus Professor of Cultural and Spiritual History

  1. Minute of the last ordinary half-yearly meeting of the General Council held on
    30 November 2024

  2. Update from the GCBC Convenor – Proposed restructuring of the Business Committee

  3. University Address – Professor Dame Sally Mapstone DBE FRSE, Principal and Vice-Chancellor
  1. Presentation on University Business School by Professor Mark Brewer, Dean and Head of School, University of St Andrews Business School

  2. Any Other Competent Business

Benediction: Revd Professor Ian Bradley, Emeritus Professor of Cultural and Spiritual History

Mr Alastair Merrill
Registrar and Clerk to the General Council

The next statutory meeting of the General Council will be held on Saturday 29 November 2025 at 10.30am in Parliament Hall, St Andrews.

PRESIDENT

The Chancellor, The Rt Hon Lord Campbell of Pittenweem CH CBE PC KC FRSE

GENERAL COUNCIL ASSESSORS TO THE UNIVERSITY COURT

Jonathan Hewitt (until 31 July 2027)
Iain Anderson     (until 31 July 2028)

BUSINESS COMMITTEE

Convener                   Revd Matthew Lawson

Ex-Officio Members

The Principal

The Chancellor’s Assessor (Alison Johns until 2029)

The General Council Assessors to the University Court – see above

Elected Members

2025: John Edward, Revd Matthew Lawson, Callum MacLeod, Dr Ralitza Nikolaeva and Lauren Stewart

Registrar and Clerk to the General Council
Alastair Merrill, Vice-Principal (Governance)

General Council and University webpages

Listed below are a number of General Council and University webpages that may be of interest to General Council members.

Agenda Item 1

The minute of the last ordinary half-yearly meeting of the General Council held on 30 November 2024 can be found on the minutes page of the General Council website.

Agenda Item 2: Update from the GCBC Convenor - Proposed restructuring of the Business Committee

Paper for this meeting on the proposed restructure of the Business Committee from the General Council Business Committee can be found on the Business Committee website.

Agenda Item 3: University Address by Professor Dame Sally Mapstone FRSE, Principal and Vice-Chancellor.

There will be an opportunity for questions following the address.

Agenda Item 4: Presentation by Professor Mark Brewer, Dean and Head of School in the University of St Andrews Business School

In his previous roles, Mark served as International Director at Heilbronn University Graduate School in Germany, inaugural rector of Lancaster University’s German campus, founding president of a new university in the Middle East, and other senior academic leadership positions in the UK.

Prior to his career in higher education, Mark practised law at three global law firms. He holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of St Andrews, a Juris Doctor from Cornell University, and a MLLP from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. He has been named a Truman Scholar, Rotary Scholar and Bosch Fellow. His academic research focuses on the intersection of law, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability, with a particular focus on the fashion industry.

Members will have an opportunity to ask questions from the floor following the presentation.

Agenda Item 5: Any Other Competent Business

OPENING PRAYER

Oremus

Omnipotens et aeterne Deus:
Actiones nostras omnes aspirando praeveni
Et adiuvando prosequere;
Ut cuncta nostra operatio,
Et praesertim hoc quod nunc adgredimur opus,
A te incipiat
Et per te coeptum finiatur;
Quatenus sanctum nomen tuum glorificemus,
Et misericordia tua vitam aeternam consequamur
Per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum.
AMEN

Let us pray
Almighty and eternal God:
Prepare all our doings by your spirit
And further them by your help;
That all our work,
And especially this task which we now undertake,
May be begun from you
And through you reach its completion;
That we may glorify your holy name,
And by your mercy obtain eternal life
Through Jesus Christ our Lord.
AMEN

CLOSING PRAYER

Gratia domini nostri Jesu Christi
Et caritas Dei
Et communicatio Spiritus Sancti
Sit cum omnibus nobis
In saecula saeculorum.
AMEN

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ
And the love of God
And the communion of the Holy Spirit
Be with us all
For ever and ever.
AMEN