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, Faculty Deans, 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 Ken Badcock, Interim Vice-Chancellor and President (Chair)
- Professor Karen Rowlingson, Interim Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost
- 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 Claire Hughes, Dean of the Faculty of Sciences
- Professor Duncan Petrie, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities
- TBC, Interim 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
- Sam Dickinson, Union Affairs Officer, University of York Students' Union, until 30 June 2027
- Aya Haidar, Academic Officer, University of York Students' Union, until 30 June 2027
- Vikki Goddard, Chief Academic Services Officer
- Tom Banham, Academic Registrar
- Gary Brannan, Interim 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 James Chong, Biology, until 31 July 2028
- Professor Lisa Henderson, Psychology, until 31 July 2028
- Professor Stephen Smith, Physics, Engineering and Technology, until 31 July 2027
- TBC
Social Sciences
- Professor Kathryn Asbury, Education, until 31 July 2028
- Professor Tony Heron, Politics, until 31 July 2027
- Professor John Hudson, Business and Society, until 31 July 2028
- Professor Sue Westwood, Law, until 31 July 2028
- TBC
Arts and Humanities
- Professor Keith Allen, Philosophy, until 31 July 2027
- 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
- TBC
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:
- Dr Emilie Dufresne, Mathematics, until 31 July 2028
Elected members
Not more than 18 persons elected from among themselves by all members of the academic staff of the University based in Faculties
Arts and Humanities
- Mr Daniel Lock, Arts and Creative Technologies, until 31 July 2029
- Dr Hyojung Sun, Arts and Creative Technologies, until 31 July 2029
- TBC
- TBC
- TBC
- TBC
Sciences
- Dr Emily Brunsden, Physics, Engineering and Technology, until 31 July 2029
- Dr Sangeeta Chawla, Biology, until 31 July 2029
- Dr Anika Haque, Environment and Geography, until 31 July 2029
- Dr Chris Wilkinson, Hull York Medical School, until 31 July 2027
- TBC
- TBC
Social Sciences
- Dr Naomi Gibbs, Health Economics, until 31 July 2029
- Dr Jessica Ochalek, Health Economics, until 31 July 2029
- Assistant Professor Dimitrios Stafylas, Business and Society, until 31 July 2027
- TBC
- TBC
- TBC
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
- TBC, Faculty Representative for Arts and Humanities
- TBC, Faculty Representative for Sciences
- TBC, Faculty Representative for Social Sciences
Nominated student representatives
- TBC, postgraduate research student nominated by University of York Students' Union
- TBC, taught postgraduate student nominated by University of York Students' Union
- TBC, Student Expert Panel member nominated by the Student Expert Panel
In attendance
- Justine Daniels, Director of Research, Innovation and Knowledge Exchange
- Richard Harrison, Deputy Secretary