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 of Faculty
- AVP Dean of Arts and Divinity (Professor Catherine O’Leary)
- AVP Dean of Science (Professor Gareth Miles)
- Dean of Medicine (Professor Deborah Williamson)
Heads of school
- Art History (Dr Luke Gartlan)
- Biology (Dr Gerald Prescott)
- Business School (Professor Mark Brewer)
- Chemistry (Professor Sharon Ashbrook)
- Classics (Professor Myles Lavan)
- Computer Science (Professor Ian Miguel)
- Divinity (Professor William Tooman)
- Earth and Environmental Sciences (Professor Robert Wilson)
- English (Professor Rhiannon Purdie)
- Geography and Sustainable Development (Dr Matthew Sothern)
- History (Professor Caroline Humfress)
- International Education and Lifelong Learning Institute (Professor Eoin Jordan, director)
- International Relations (Professor Fiona McCallum Guiney)
- Mathematics and Statistics (Professor Antonia Wilmot-Smith)
- Medicine (Professor Deborah Williamson)
- Modern Languages (Professor Nicki Hitchcott)
- Philosophical, Anthropological and Film Studies (Professor Adam Reed)
- Physics and Astronomy (Professor Jonathan Keeling)
- 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 Mark Brewer), and there are Heads of Department for Economics, Finance, and Management.
Senate Assessors on University Court
- Professor Margaret Connolly (until 31 July 2028)
- Dr Stephen Tyre (until 31 July 2030)
- Dr Antonis Vradis (until 31 July 2029)
- Professor Allan Watson (until 31 July 2028)
Student members
- Emily Bannister, President of Education (Students' Association)
- Alex Chun, President of Wellbeing and Community (Students' Association)
- Alice Hodges, President of Union Affairs (Students' Association)
- Maya Fenyk, Arts and Divinity Faculty President (Students’ Association)
- Ariane O'Rourke, Science and Medicine Faculty President (Students’ Association)
- Pierluigi Maffi, Postgraduate Taught President
- Amy Hopkins, Postgraduate Research President
Direct electees
Arts
- Dr Ted Bergman (until 31 July 2030)
- Dr Mattia Fumanti (until 31 July 2028)
- Dr Rebekah Lamb (until 31 July 2028)
- Dr Stephanie O'Rourke (until 31 July 2028)
- Dr Anindya Raychaudhuri (until 31 July 2028)
- Dr Sophie Schoess (until 31 July 2030)
Life Sciences
- Dr Tracey Gloster (until 31 July 2028)
- Dr Jane Illès (until 31 July 2028)
- Dr Samantha Pitt (until 31 July 2030)
Physical Sciences
- Dr Paul Cruickshank (until 31 July 2030)
- Dr Ife Okafor-Yarwood (until 31 July 2030)
- Professor Douglas Philp (until 31 July 2030)
- Professor Graham Turnbull (until 31 July 2028)
- Dr Michael Young (until 31 July 2028)
Social Sciences
- Dr Anna Bratström (until 31 July 2026)
- Dr Malaka Shwaikh (until 31 July 2028)
- Dr Luca Savorelli (until 31 July 2028)
- Casual vacancy (until 31 July 2030)
In regular attendance
- Professor Ineke De Moortel, Master of the United College
- Professor Monique MacKenzie, Vice-Principal (Digital Education, Research and Environment)
- Ester Ruskuc, Vice-Principal (Strategy, Policy and Planning)
- Dr Rebekah Widdowfield, Vice-Principal (People and Governance)
- Niall Scott, Vice-Principal (Communications)
- Professor Morven Shearer, Provost of St Leonard's College
- Dr Michael Downes, Director of Music
- Margaret Sinclair, Executive Officer to Senate (Clerk)
- Dr Katie Eagleton, Director of Libraries and Museums