Senate membership

Senate membership 2023/2024

Ex-officiis members

  • Professor Stephen Decent, (Chair), Principal and Vice-Chancellor
  • Professor Ehsan Mesbahi (Vice Chair), Provost & Deputy Vice-Chancellor
  • Susan Mitchell, Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Vice-Chancellor
  • Professor Louise Dixon, PVC Education
  • Professor Andrea Nelson, PVC Research
  • Professor Dawn Anderson, PVC International
  • Professor Caroline Bysh, PVC Engagement
  • Jan Hulme, Vice-Principal Governance
  • Fiona Campbell, Vice-Principal People and Student Well-being
  • Claire Hulsen, Vice-Principal Strategy and Planning

Deans of school

  • Professor Joanna Lumsden , School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment
  • Professor Anita Simmers, School of Health and Life Sciences
  • Dr Shirley Rate, Glasgow School for Business and Society

Heads of department

School of Computing, Engineering and Built Environment

  • Professor Babakali Alkali, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
  • Dr James Paterson,  Dept. of Computing
  • Dr Mark Philipson, Dept. of Civil Engineering and Environmental Management

Glasgow School for Business and Society

  • Dr Rob Kivits, Dept. of Management
  • Dr Emmanuel Silva, Dept. of Law and Economics
  • Prof. Simon McKerrell, Dept. of Media and Journalism

School of Health and Life Sciences

  • Dr Sharron Jackson, Dept of Social Work
  • Prof. Gunter Lofler,  Dept. of Vision Sciences
  • Dr Diane Dickson, Dept of Podiatry and Radiography

Elected members

Glasgow School for Business and Society (5)

  • Professor Angela O'Hagan (until 31 July 2024)
  • Dr Karen Fryer (until 31 July 2024)
  • Naveed Kayani (until 31 July 2024)
  • Samantha MacLean (until 31 July 2026)
  • Wendy Mazzucco (until 31 July 2027)

School of Health and Life Sciences (7)

  • Dr Adrian Pierotti (until 31 July 2024)
  • Dr Lyle Gray (until 31 July 2024)
  • Dr Valerie Ness (until 31 July 2024)
  • Tom McAlear (until 31 July 2026)
  • Dr Karen Thomson (until 31 July 2026)
  • Dr Laura Sweeney  (until 31 July 2024)
  • Anika Volkaert (until 31 July 2027)

School of Engineering and Built Environment (6)

  • Dr Tuleen Boutaleb (until 31 July 2024)
  • Professor Mohamed Emad Farrag (until 31 July 2024)
  • Steven Latta (until 31 July 2024)
  • Professor Ole Pahl (until 31 July 2024)
  • Dr Omair Uthmani (until 31 July 2024)
  • Professor Iain Cameron (until 31 July 2026)

GCU London (1)

  • Dr Bipasha Ahmed (until 31 July 2024)

One member elected by academic staff not in Schools (1)

  • Mr Brian Smith (U2B), (until 31 July 2025)

Elected Student Members (6)

Six students elected by the Students’ Association, including the President of the Students’ Association, and elected students who the Association considers to represent the interests of all students.

  • Wilfred Obi, President of the Students’ Association
  • Ema Dow
  • Paul Riley
  • Vacancy x3 (to be elected in October 2024)

    • Non-voting advisors

    • Jackie Main, Director of Student Life
    • Gary Steele, Director of Library Services
    • Mark Anderson, Director of Research and Innovation
    • Prof. Peter Jones, Director of GCU London
    • *, University Secretary
    • Mr Stephen Lopez, Academic Registrar
    • Prof. John Connolly, Chair of Senate Disciplinary Committee
    • Prof. John Lennon, Dean of Enterprise and Innovation

    * Where the role holder is a full member of Senate in another capacity their name has been removed from the advisory role.

    Representative from Department of Governance and Legal Services as Senate Secretary