Constituency and membership of Senate
EX OFFICIO MEMBERS
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- Vice-Chancellor and President (Chair)
- Professor Charlie Jeffery
- Deputy Vice-Chancellor & Provost
- Pro-Vice-Chancellors
- Professor Matthias Ruth
Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research)
- Professor Tracy Lightfoot
Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching, Learning and Students)
- Professor Kiran Trehan
Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Partnerships & Engagement)
- Director of Library, Archive and Learning Services
Kirsty Lingstadt
- Faculty Deans (ex officio)
- Professor Andy Dougill (Sciences)
- Professor Ambrose Field (Arts and Humanities)
- Professor Karen Rowlingson (Social Sciences)
- Dean of the Graduate Research School
- Director of the International Pathway College
- President and Principal of City College (Europe Campus)
- Academic Registrar
- President of the University of York Students' Union (YUSU)
- Mr Pierrick Roger (until 31 July 2023)
- Academic Officer of the University of York Students' Union (YUSU)
- Mr Debayan Dey (until 31 July 2023)
- Graduate Students' Association (GSA)
- Ms Viviane Cao (until 31 July 2023)
- Graduate Students' Association Vice-President (Academic)
- Mr Zhangteng (until 31 July 2023)
NOMINATED MEMBERS
- Fifteen Heads of Department nominated by Faculty Executive Groups (five from each):
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Sciences
- Professor Kieran Gibson (PET) until 31 July 2024
- Professor Kate Flemming (Health Sciences) until 31 July 2025
- Professor Martin Bees (Mathematics) until 31 July 2025
- Professor Caroline Dessent (Chemistry) until 31 July 2025
- Professor Roland Gehrels (Environment & Geography) until 31 July 2025
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Social Sciences
- Professor Lesley Stewart (CRD) until 31 July 2024
- Professor Bob Doherty (Business & Society) until 31 July 2025
- Professor Mike Thornton (Economics) until 31 July 2025
- Professor TT Arvind (Law) until 31 July 2025
- Professor Nik Brown (Sociology) until 31 July 2025
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Arts & Humanities
- Professor Nicky Milner (Archaeology) until 31 July 2024
- Professor Monika Schmid (Language & Linguistic Science) until 31 July 2025
- Professor Liz Prettejohn (History of Art) until 31 July 2024
- Professor Laura Stewart (History) until 31 July 2024
- Professor Tom Stoneham (Philosophy) until 31 July 2023
Professor Avtar Matharu (Chemistry)
- One academic staff member nominated by the LGBTI+ matters network:
Dr Derek Wann (Chemistry)
- One academic staff member nominated by the Include network:
Ms Joanna Malefaki (IPC)
ELECTED MEMBERS
- Not more than eighteen persons as may be elected from among themselves by all members of the academic staff of the University based in Faculties
- Professor Mona Kanaan (until 31 January 2024)
Health Sciences
- Dr Katherine Selby (until 31 January 2024)
Environment & Geography/Natural Sciences
- Dr Claire Ball-Smith (until 31 January 2024)
Education
- Dr Ruth Penfold-Mounce (until 31 January 2024)
Sociology
- Dr Pedro Saramago (until 31 January 2024)
Centre for Health Economics
- Dr Kenneth Clarke (until 31 January 2024)
English
- Dr Heather Marsden (until 31 January 2024)
Language and Linguistic Science
- Dr Deborah Maxwell (until 31 January 2024)
School of Arts and Creative Technologies
- Dr Gerard McCann (until 31 January 2024)
History
- Dr Rob Hodgson (until 31 July 2024)
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
- Dr John Bissell (until 31 July 2024)
School of Physics, Engineering and Technology
- Dr Ian Gray (until 31 December 2025)
Computer Science
- Dr Karen Parkhill (until 31 December 2025)
Environment and Geography
- Dr Pegine Walrad (until 31 December 2025)
Biology
- Dr Liz Matykiewicz (until 31 December 2025)
Business and Society
- Dr Philip Roberts (until 31 December 2025)
Politics
- Dr Ahmed Khaleel (until 31 December 2025)
Language and Linguistic Science
- Dr Emilie Murphy (until 31 December 2025)
History
- One academic staff member elected from non-Faculty aligned departments
- Julia Lancaster (until 31 December 2025)
International Pathway College
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES
- Not more than three undergraduates elected from among themselves by all registered students of the University
- Ms Tamara Ullyart-Edwards (Faculty Rep for Arts and Humanities)
- Mr Ben Durkan and Mr Sam Pritchard (job share) (Faculty Rep for Sciences)
- Ms Hannah Carley (Faculty Rep for Social Sciences)
- One PGR student nominated by the GSA
- One PGT student nominated by the GSA
- One member nominated by the Student Expert Panel
IN ATTENDANCE
- University Secretary
- Senior Governance and Assurance Officer
University Senate chair
- Professor Charlie Jeffery
Vice-Chancellor & President
vc@york.ac.uk
Contacts
Meeting dates
2022/23
- Tuesday 18 October 2022 (paper deadline 7 October 2022)
2.15pm in Bowland Lecture Theatre, Berrick Saul Building
- Tuesday 31 January 2023 (paper deadline 20 January 2023)
2.15pm in Bowland Lecture Theatre, Berrick Saul Building
- Tuesday 9 May 2023 (paper deadline 28 April 2023)
2.15pm in Bowland Lecture Theatre, Berrick Saul Building
- Tuesday 11 July 2023 (paper deadline 30 June 2023)
2.15pm in Bowland Lecture Theatre, Berrick Saul Building
2023/24
- Tuesday 17 October 2023 (paper deadline 6 October 2023)
2.15pm in Bowland Lecture Theatre, Berrick Saul Building
- Tuesday 25 January 2024 (paper deadline 12 January 2024)
2.15pm in Bowland Lecture Theatre, Berrick Saul Building