Senate members
Senate is the academic governing body of the University.
It is chaired by the Vice-Chancellor.
Other members are the Pro-Vice-Chancellors, nominated heads of academic departments and schools, elected academic staff and student representatives.
The makeup of membership is periodically reviewed by Senate itself, factoring in gender balance and wider equality, diversity and inclusion considerations.
Ex officio members
- Professor Charlie Jeffery, Vice-Chancellor and President (Chair)
- Professor Ken Badcock, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost
- Professor Ambrose Field, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Global Strategy)
- Professor Tracy Lightfoot, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education and Students)
- Professor Sarah Thompson, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research)
- Professor Kiran Trehan, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Engagement, Partnerships and Enterprise
- Professor Andy Dougill, Dean of the Faculty of Sciences
- Professor Duncan Petrie, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities
- Professor Karen Rowlingson, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences
- Professor Paul Wakeling, Dean of the Graduate Research School
- Yannis Ververidis, President and Principal of University of York Europe Campus
- Lewis Parrey, Union Affairs Officer, University of York Students' Union, until 30 June 2026
- Aya Haidar, Academic Officer, University of York Students' Union, until 30 June 2026
- Vikki Goddard, Chief Academic Services Officer
- Tom Banham, Academic Registrar
- Kirsty Lingstadt, Director of Library, Learning, Archive and Wellbeing Services, and University Librarian
Nominated members
Fifteen Heads of Department nominated by Faculty Executive Groups (five from each)
Sciences
- Professor Martin Bees, Mathematics, until 31 July 2027
- Professor Lisa Henderson, Psychology, until 31 July 2028
- Professor Kate Flemming, Health Sciences, until 31 July 2026
- Professor Claire Hughes, Environment and Geography, until 31 July 2028
- Professor Stephen Smith, Physics, Engineering and Technology, until 31 July 2027
Social Sciences
- Professor Kathryn Asbury, Education, until 31 July 2028
- Professor Bob Doherty, Business and Society, until 1 Dec. 2025
- Professor Tony Heron, Politics, until 31 July 2027
- Professor Mark Sculper, Health Economics, until 31 July 2026
- Professor Sue Westwood, Law, until 31 July 2028
Arts and Humanities
- Professor Keith Allen, Philosophy, until 31 July 2027
- Professor Jennie Batchelor, English, until 31 July 2026
- Prof Oleg Benesch, History, until 31 July 2028
- Prof Lorraine Farrelly, Architecture, until 31 July 2027
- Prof Stephanie Wynne-Jones, Archaeology, until 31 July 2028
One academic staff member nominated by the Staff Race Equality Forum:
- Prof Avtar Matharu, Chemistry, until 31 July 2028
One academic staff member nominated by the Rainbow Alliance staff network:
- Dr Chris Murphy, Physics, Engineering and Technology, until 31 July 2028
One academic staff member nominated by the Include network:
- To be confirmed
Elected members
Not more than 18 persons elected from among themselves by all members of the academic staff of the University based in Faculties
- Dr Keith Anderson, School for Business and Society, until 31 July 2026
- Dr Sue Faulds, Health Sciences, until 31 July 2026
- Dr Peter Gardner, Sociology, until 31 July 2026
- Dr Ian Gray, Computer Science, until 31 December 2025
- Dr Jon Hill, Environment & Geography, until 31 July 2026
- Dr Ahmed Khaleel, Language and Linguistic Science, until 31 December 2025
- Dr Elia Lorena Lopez Ramirez, Department of Language and Linguistic Science, until 31 July 2026
- Dr Liz Matykiewicz, Business and Society, until 31 December 2025
- Dr Emilie Murphy, History, until 31 December 2025
- Ms Heather Niven, School of Arts and Creative Technologies, until 31 July 2026
- Dr Karen Parkhill, Environment and Geography, until 31 December 2025
- Dr Philip Roberts, Politics, until 31 December 2025
- Mr Sanjit Samaddar, School of Arts and Creative Technologies, until 31 July 2026
- Dr Claire Smith, Department of Politics and International Relations, until 31 July 2026
- Assistant Professor Dimitrios Stafylas, School for Business and Society, until 31 July 2027
- Professor Marian Ursu, School of Arts and Creative Technologies, until 31 July 2026
- Dr Pegine Walrad, Biology, until 31 December 2025
- Dr Chris Wilkinson, Hull York Medical School, until 31 July 2027
One academic staff member elected from non-Faculty aligned departments
- Currently vacant
Student representatives
Not more than three undergraduates elected from among themselves by all registered students of the University
- Mia Scattergood/Sophia Hudelist, Faculty Representative for Arts and Humanities
- Amelie Paterson, Faculty Representative for Sciences
- Chenumi Haegoda, Faculty Representative for Social Sciences
Nominated student representatives
- Tom O'Neill, postgraduate research student nominated by University of York Students' Union
- Nihaal Nayeem, taught postgraduate student nominated by University of York Students' Union
- Simon Edwards, Student Expert Panel member nominated by the Student Expert Panel
In attendance
- Richard Harrison, Deputy Secretary