Senate members

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 Kathryn Arnold, Dean of the Graduate Research School
• Professor Ken Badcock, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost
• Tom Banham, Interim Academic Registrar
• Meely Doherty, Academic Officer of the University of York Students' Union (YUSU), until 31 July 2024
• Professor Andy Dougill, Dean of the Faculty of Sciences
• Professor Ambrose Field, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Global Strategy)
• Professor Tracy Lightfoot, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching, Learning and Students)
• Kirsty Lingstadt, Director of Library, Archive and Learning Services
• Mardan Nasier, President of the Graduate Students' Association (GSA), until 31 July 2024
• Dr Matthew Perry, Director of the International Pathway College
• Professor Duncan Petrie, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities
• Pierrick Roger, President of the University of York Students' Union (YUSU), until 31 July 2024
• Professor Karen Rowlingson, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences
• Professor Matthias Ruth, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research)
• Cytheria Shen, Graduate Students' Association Vice-President (Academic), until 31 July 2024
• Professor Kiran Trehan, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Partnerships and Engagement)
• Yannis Ververidis, President and Principal of City College (Europe Campus)

Nominated members

Fifteen Heads of Department nominated by Faculty Executive Groups (five from each)

Sciences

• Professor Martin Bees, Mathematics, until 31 July 2025
• Professor Caroline Dessent, Chemistry, until 31 July 2025
• Professor Kate Flemming, Health Sciences, until 31 July 2025
• Professor Roland Gehrels, Environment and Geography, until 31 July 2025
• Professor Kieran Gibson, Physics, Engineering and Technology, until 31 July 2024

Social Sciences

• Professor TT Arvind, Law, until 31 July 2025
• Professor Nik Brown, Sociology, until 31 July 2025
• Professor Bob Doherty, Business and Society, until 31 July 2025
• Professor Lesley Stewart, Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, until 31 July 2024
• Professor Mike Thornton, Economics, until 31 July 2025

Arts and Humanities

• Professor Jennie Batchelor, English, until 31 July 2026
• Professor Nicky Milner, Archaeology, until 31 July 2024
• Professor Liz Prettejohn, History of Art, until 31 July 2024
• Professor Monika Schmid, Language and Linguistic Science, until 31 July 2025
• Professor Laura Stewart, History, until 31 July 2024

One academic staff member nominated by the Staff Race Equality Forum:

• Professor Avtar Matharu, Chemistry, until 31 July 2025

One academic staff member nominated by the Rainbow Alliance staff network:

• Dr Derek Wann, Chemistry, until 31 July 2025

One academic staff member nominated by the Include network:

• Joanna Malefaki, International Pathway College, until 31 July 2025

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 Claire Ball-Smith, Education, 31 January 2024
• Dr John Bissell, Physics, Engineering and Technology, until 31 July 2024
• Dr Kenneth Clarke, English, until 31 January 2024
• Dr Ian Gray, Computer Science, until 31 December 2025
• Dr Rob Hodgson, Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, until 31 July 2024
• Professor Mona Kanaan, Health Sciences, until 31 January 2024
• Dr Ahmed Khaleel, Language and Linguistic Science, until 31 December 2025
• Dr Gerard McCann, History, until 31 January 2024
• Dr Heather Marsden, Language and Linguistic Science, until 31 January 2024
• Dr Liz Matykiewicz, Business and Society, until 31 December 2025
• Dr Deborah Maxwell, Arts and Creative Technologies, until 31 January 2024
• Dr Emilie Murphy, History, until 31 December 2025
• Dr Karen Parkhill, Environment and Geography, until 31 December 2025
• Professor Ruth Penfold-Mounce, Sociology, until 31 January 2024
• Dr Philip Roberts, Politics, until 31 December 2025
• Dr Pedro Saramago, Centre for Health Economics, until 31 January 2024
• Dr Katherine Selby, Environment and Geography/Natural Sciences, until 31 January 2024
• Dr Pegine Walrad, Biology, until 31 December 2025

One academic staff member elected from non-Faculty aligned departments

• Julia Lancaster, International Pathway College, until 31 December 2025

Student representatives

Not more than three undergraduates elected from among themselves by all registered students of the University

• James Clay, Faculty Rep for Arts and Humanities, until 31 July 2024
• Harry Coplin/May Local (job share), Faculty Rep for Sciences, until 31 July 2024
• Francesca De Michele, Faculty Rep for Social Sciences, until 31 July 2024

Nominated student representatives

• Abayomi Sanusi, PGR student nominated by the GSA, until 31 July 2024
• Stevie Wolfe, PGT student nominated by the GSA, until 31 July 2024
• Shareef Fang, nominated by the Student Expert Panel, until 31 July 2024

In attendance

• Richard Harrison, Deputy University Secretary
• Hannah Smallpage-Hurst, Governance and Assurance Administrator