Council
Committee description
Council is the University’s governing body, and has ultimate responsibility for the management of the University, its status as a body in receipt of public funds, and its status as an exempt Charity. It has a membership of 22, including, senior managers, representatives of Senate and the Professional Services, the President of the Guild of Students and a member of the student body, and a majority of lay members (who are neither employees nor students of the University). Members of Council are Charitable Trustees, subject to the obligations this imposes under charity law.
The President of Council is drawn from the lay membership and chairs its meetings. The current President of Council is Carmel Booth.
Council has four business meetings a year, and two Away Days.
Primary responsibilities
Council’s powers and duties are detailed in Statute 9 of the University’s Statutory Framework.
Members or key people
Clerk to the Council: Kevan Ryan
Ex officio members
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| The Vice-Chancellor Professor Tim Jones, BSc, PhD |
The Provost & Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Black, BA, PhD
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| The Chief Operating Officer Lucy Everest (from 7 October 2024) |
| The President of the Guild of Students Rowan Bradbury, BA (2024-2025) |
Thirteen lay members (including the President and Vice-President of the Council) appointed by the Council
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| Cilla Ankrah-Lucas, CQSW (2022-2025) |
| Carmel Booth, BA, FCA (2023-2026) (President) |
| Dr Alison Campbell, OBE, BSc, PhD, RTTP, DiplOD (2023-2026) |
| Dr Mark Carawan, BA, PhD (2023-2026) |
| Fiona Cullen, BA (2023-2026) |
| Barry Flynn, BSc, ACA, MBA (2022-2025) |
| Dr Kashmir Gill, PEng, PhD (2023-2026) |
| Vanessa Griffiths, MA (2023-2026) |
| Mark Proctor, CBE, MEng, CEng, FICheme, MBA (2023-2026) |
| Matthew Reed, BEng, MA, MSc (2023-2026) |
| Hans van Mourik Broekman, MA (2023-2026) (Vice-President) |
| Dr Diana Walford, CBE, MA, MD, BSc, MSc, FRCP, FRCPath, FFPH (2022-2025) |
Three members of the Senate, two appointed by the Council on the recommendation of the Nominations Committee and one elected from and by Senate’s elected membership
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| Professor Julia Balogun, BSc, PhD, MBA (appointed 2024-2027) |
| Professor Hazel Scott, MBChB, MD, FRCP, PFHEA (appointed 2022-2025) |
| Professor Thomas Teubner, Dr. rer. nat. (elected 2023-2026) |
One member of the Professional Services staff appointed by the Council on the recommendation of the Nominations Committee
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| Kieran O'Sullivan, BA (appointed 2024-2027) |
One member of the student body
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| Othman Ibrahim, BEng (2024-2025) |
Meeting dates
Dates for the 2023-24 session are as follows:
- 26 September 2024, Away Day
- 28 November 2024, 9.30 am
- 12 February 2025, 1.30 pm
- Spring Away Day TBC
- 22 May 2025, 9.30 am
- 9 July 2025, 1.30 pm
A full schedule of Committee meeting dates can be viewed here.
Minutes
You can download the unreserved minutes of our Council's recent business meetings below:
Please note that minutes of meetings are not published online until they have been formally approved by the Committee at its next meeting.
2023-24
2022-23
2021-22
2020-21
2019-20
2018-19
2017-18
