Senate
The Senate is the senior forum for academic staff to shape academic strategy, as well as examine plans and raise issues of importance to the University.
The Senate's powers and constitution can be found in the University’s Ordinances.
Current members
Membership of the Senate is made up of ex officio members whose role at the University means they sit on the Senate, elected members from academic staff, and student members. The secretary is Rhodri Evans, Head of Education Governance.
| Name | Role | End of current term of office |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Wendy Larner | Chair: The Vice-Chancellor | 31 August 2028 |
| Professor Damian Walford Davies | The Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor | 31 July 2028 |
| Professor Urfan Khaliq | Pro Vice-Chancellor | 31 August 2028 |
| Professor Stephen Riley | Pro Vice-Chancellor | 31 December 2027 |
| Professor Gavin Shaddick | Pro Vice-Chancellor | 8 May 2028 |
| Professor Amanda Tonks | Pro Vice-Chancellor | Interim |
| Professor Roger Whitaker | Pro Vice-Chancellor | 31 May 2030 |
| Michelle Deininger (Interim) | Director of Lifelong Learning | ex-officio |
| Steve Jorgensen-Corfield / Justin Edwards (Interim) | Director of English Language Programmes | ex-officio |
| Helen Spittle | Director for Cardiff Learning and Teaching Academy | ex-officio |
| Ruth Thornton / Gareth Owen (Interim) | Director of University Libraries and The University Librarian | ex officio |
| Dr Juliet Davis | Head of School, Architecture | 31 July 2029 |
| Professor Eshwar Mahenthiralingam | Head of School, Biosciences | 30 April 2028 |
| Professor Deborah Hann | Head of School, Business | Interim |
| Dr Jonathan Gillard | Head of School, Computational and Mathematical Sciences | 31 July 2031 |
| Professor Vaseekaran Sivarajasingam | Head of School, Dentistry | 30 June 2031 |
| Vacant | Head of School, Engineering | 31 August 2026 |
| Professor Mark Llewellyn / Professor Vicki Cummings | Head of School, Global Humanities | 31 July 2029 |
| Professor Kate Button | Head of School, Healthcare Sciences | 30 November 2029 |
| Dr Matt Walsh | Head of School, Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies | 31 January 2029 |
| Professor Duncan French | Head of School, Law and Politics | 31 May 2031 |
| Professor Rachel Errington | Head of School, Medicine | 30 September 2029 |
| Professor Joy Myint | Head of School, Optometry and Vision Sciences | 9 February 2030 |
| Professor Andrew Westwell | Head of School, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences | 28 February 2031 |
| Professor Haley Gomez | Head of School, Physical, Chemical and Environmental Sciences | 31 July 2031 |
| Professor Katherine Shelton | Head of School, Psychology | 31 May 2028 |
| Professor Luke Sloan | Head of School, Social and Spatial Sciences | 31 July 2031 |
Fifteen professors elected by and from the Professors of the University.
| Name | School | End of current term of office |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Aseem Inam | Architecture | 31 July 2025 |
| Professor Sarah Hall | Biosciences | 31 July 2029 |
| Professor Maneesh Kumar | Business | 31 July 2029 |
| Professor Karl Michael Schmidt | Computational and Mathematical Sciences | 31 July 2027 |
| Professor Anthony Bennett | Engineering | 31 July 2026 |
| Professor Clare Griffiths | Global Humanities | 31 July 2027 |
| Professor Monika Hennemann | Global Humanities | 31 July 2028 |
| Professor Michal Tombs | Medicine | 31 July 2028 |
| Professor Patrick Sutton | Physical, Chemical and Environmental Sciences | 31 July 2027 |
| Professor Adam Hedgecoe | Social and Spatial Sciences | 31 July 2027 |
| Five vacancies |
Twenty-five members elected by and from the academic staff of the Schools:
| Name | School | End of current term of office |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Eshrar Latif | Architecture | 31 July 2029 |
| Dr Shibu Raman | Architecture | 31 July 2029 |
| Dr Emma Yhnell | Biosciences | 31 July 2027 |
| Dr Xuesheng You | Business | 31 July 2027 |
| Dr Olaya Moldes Andres | Business | 31 July 2027 |
| Dr Martin Caminada | Computational and Mathematical Sciences | 31 July 2029 |
| Dr Robert Wilson | Computational and Mathematical Sciences | 31 July 2027 |
| Dr Wayne Nishio | Dentistry | 31 July 2029 |
| Dr Riccardo Maddalena | Engineering | 31 July 2029 |
| Dr Mo Alnajideen | Engineering | 31/07/2029 |
| Cadi Rhys Thomas | Global Humanities | 31 July 2027 |
| Dr Jan Machielsen | Global Humanities | 31 July 2028 |
| Dr Christie Margrave | Global Humanities | 31 July 2028 |
| Dr Mohammad Al-Amri | Healthcare Sciences | 31 July 2028 |
| Suzanne Hughes | Healthcare Sciences | 31 July 2028 |
| Dr Diana Garrisi | Journalism, Media and Culture | 31 July 2028 |
| Greg Mothersdale | Journalism, Media and Culture | 31 July 2027 |
| Dr Sarju Patel | Medicine | 31 July 2029 |
| Dr Katja Umla-Runge | Medicine | 31 July 2028 |
| Dr Polina Prokopovich | Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences | 31 July 2029 |
| Dr Andrew Logsdail | Physical, Chemical and Environmental Sciences | 31 July 2028 |
| Dr Juan Pereiro Viterbo | Physical, Chemical and Environmental Sciences | 31 July 2027 |
| Kate Richards | Psychology | 31 July 2027 |
| Dr Hayley Reed | Social and Spatial Sciences | 31 July 2029 |
| Gemma Robinson | Social and Spatial Sciences | 31 July 2027 |
Five members elected by and from the academic staff of the Professional Services group:
| Name | Department | End of current term of office |
|---|---|---|
| Megan Jenkins | Student Experience | 31 July 2028 |
| Luke Jehu | Estates | 31 July 2027 |
| Dr Lisa Clayton | The Research Service | 31 July 2028 |
| 2 vacancies |
| Name | End of current term of office |
|---|---|
| Joshua Tandy | 30 June 2027 |
| Sean Strong | 30 June 2027 |
| Lakshmi Ksheeraja Sikha | 30 June 2027 |
| Liz McLaughlin | 30 June 2027 |
| Margherita Puccinelli | 30 June 2027 |
| Manala Aggour | 30 June 2027 |
| Owain Siôn | 30 June 2027 |