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)
Heads of school
- Art History (Professor Laura Moretti)
- Biology (Dr Gerald Prescott)
- Business School (Professor Mark Brewer)
- Chemistry (Professor Christopher Baddeley)
- Classics (Professor Roger Rees)
- Computer Science (Professor Ian Miguel)
- Divinity (Professor William Tooman)
- Earth and Environmental Sciences (Professor Richard White)
- English (Professor Rhiannon Purdie)
- Geography and Sustainable Development (Professor Dan Clayton)
- History (Professor Bridget Heal)
- International Education Institute (Professor Eoin Jordan, director)
- International Relations (Professor Phillips O'Brien)
- Mathematics and Statistics (Professor Antonia Wilmot-Smith)
- Medicine (Professor David Crossman)
- Modern Languages (Professor Nicki Hitchcott)
- Philosophical, Anthropological and Film Studies (Professor James Harris)
- 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 Morven Shearer (until 31 July 2025)
- Dr Stephen Tyre (until 31 July 2026)
- Professor Allan Watson (until 31 July 2028)
Student members
- Cam Brown, President (Students' Association)
- Hitanshi Badani, Director of Education (Students' Association)
- Caitlin Ridgway, Director of Wellbeing (Students' Association)
- Emily Bannister, Arts and Divinity Faculty President (Students’ Association)
- Phoebe Rickard, Science and Medicine Faculty President (Students’ Association)
- William Evans, Postgraduate Taught President
- Callum Irvine, Postgraduate Research President
Direct electees
Arts
- Dr Mattia Fumanti (until 31 July 2028)
- Dr Susan Manly (until 31 July 2028)
- Dr Stephanie O'Rourke (until 31 July 2028)
- Dr Stavroula Pipyrou (until 31 July 2026)
- Dr Anindya Raychaudhuri (until 31 July 2028)
- Professor Bernhard Struck (until 31 July 2026)
Life Sciences
- Dr Tracey Gloster (until 31 July 2028)
- Dr Jane Illès (until 31 July 2024)
- Dr Judith Sleeman (until 31 July 2026)
Physical Sciences
- Dr Paul Cruickshank (until 31 July 2026)
- Professor Stephen Linton (until 31 July 2026)
- Dr James Rae (until 31 July 2026)
- Professor Graham Turnbull (until 31 July 2028)
- Dr Michael Young (until 31 July 2028)
Social Sciences
- Dr Ozge Senay (until 31 July 2026)
- Dr Luca Savorelli (until 31 July 2028)
- 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