People

Provost of the Graduate School at St Leonard’s College

Professor Morven Shearer

As Provost, Morven provides strategic academic leadership for postgraduate education, research and experience at the University of St Andrews. The Provost is the head of the Graduate School with overall responsibility for its academic and administrative operations. Morven is a professor in the School of Medicine working in the area of medical ethics and healthcare policy.

Graduate School Manager

Lisa Neilson

As School Manager, Lisa is part of the Senior Management Team and is responsible for the planning and co-ordination of the administrative operations of the Graduate School.

Lead Administrator

Claire Brodie

Claire provides administrative support to the Graduate School, with a particular focus on the teaching administration for the interdisciplinary programmes. For the interdisciplinary programmes, Claire is the School Disabilities Coordinator and clerk to the Module Examination Board and the Degree Classification Board.

Administrative Officer

Hazel Grapes

Hazel works part-time for the Graduate School and provides administrative support for the Graduate School funding schemes and institution-wide postgraduate events organised by the Graduate School. She is also responsible for day-to-day running of the Old Burgh School building.

Administrator

Donna Marr

Donna provides administrative support to the Graduate School. She covers reception duties, supports teaching administration, and processes applications for incoming students on interdisciplinary programmes.

Digital Postgraduate Curriculum Manager

Kirsty Peters

Kirsty works with the digital team, Schools and units, to manage the development and enhancement of the portfolio of digital postgraduate programmes.

Associate Provost (Students)

Dr Tristan Henderson

Tristan has responsibilities across the University for postgraduate students and associated policies and processes. He also acts as the Graduate School's Director of Teaching for the interdisciplinary Masters programmes. Tristan is an interdisciplinary computer scientist with expertise in economics, computer science and law, and research interests spanning data protection, privacy and digital rights.

Associate Provost (Education)

Dr Emily Finer

Emily is the Associate Provost (Education) with responsibilities across the University for postgraduate education and associated policies and processes. She also works with colleagues within the Graduate School on educational matters relating to postgraduate training and development. Emily is an academic in the School of Modern Languages working on transnational and multilingual interactions between English, Polish, Ukrainian, Yiddish and Russophone language cultures.